• The Karoo and Ferrar Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) are two large igneous provinces in Southern Africa and Antarctica respectively, collectively known...
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    examples are the Deccan Traps (Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event), the Karoo-Ferrar (Pliensbachian-Toarcian extinction), the Central Atlantic magmatic province...
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    temperatures associated with extinctions, likely caused by the eruption of the Karoo-Ferrar large igneous provinces. The end of the Jurassic, however, has no clear...
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  • Look up ferrar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ferrar is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ada Ferrar (1867–1951), British actress...
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    provinces in Siberia, the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province, and the Karoo-Ferrar flood basalt. Some idea of the impact of flood basalts can be given by...
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    "Synchrony between Early Jurassic extinction, oceanic anoxic event, and the Karoo-Ferrar flood basalt volcanism". Geology. 28 (8): 747–750. Bibcode:2000Geo.....
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  • carbon dioxide levels. Argon-argon dating of Karoo-Ferrar rhyolites points to a link between Karoo-Ferrar volcanism and the extinction event, a conclusion...
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    following the extensive and fast emplacement of the Karoo-Ferrar flood basalts c. 184 Ma. Before the Karoo plume initiated rifting between Africa and Antarctica...
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  • The Karoo, sometimes also Karroo, is a semi-desert region of South Africa. Karoo may also refer to: In earth sciences: Karoo-Ferrar, a major geologic...
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    The Karoo Supergroup is the most widespread stratigraphic unit in Africa south of the Kalahari Desert. The supergroup consists of a sequence of units...
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    Karoo, which led to suggestions that L. curvatus immigrated from Zambia into the Karoo. However, a re-examination of Permian specimens in the Karoo has...
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    Permian–Triassic extinction event, the largest mass extinction ever. Karoo-Ferrar 183  Mainly Southern Africa and Antarctica. Also South America, India...
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    Franklin (Franklin dike swarm) High Arctic (Sverdrup Basin) Iceland Karoo-Ferrar Kerguelen (Broken Ridge) Marathon Keweenawan Long Range Mackenzie (Coppermine...
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    Examples include the Deccan traps in India, the Siberian traps of Asia, the Karoo-Ferrar basalts/dolerites in South Africa and Antarctica, the Paraná and Etendeka...
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    north, where the entire Cape Supergroup dives beneath the Karoo rocks. Drilling in the Karoo has established that Cape Supergroup rocks are found below...
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    Jagersfontein Mine Koffiefontein mine Barberton Greenstone Belt Drakensberg Karoo-Ferrar Earthquakes 1620 Robben Island earthquake 1969 Tulbagh earthquake 2006...
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    greater Mesozoic-aged Karoo Igneous Province of southern Africa and the Ferrar Large Igneous Province of Antarctica (Karoo-Ferrar). The Kirwan basalts...
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    Jagersfontein Mine Koffiefontein mine Barberton Greenstone Belt Drakensberg Karoo-Ferrar Earthquakes 1620 Robben Island earthquake 1969 Tulbagh earthquake 2006...
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    Jagersfontein Mine Koffiefontein mine Barberton Greenstone Belt Drakensberg Karoo-Ferrar Earthquakes 1620 Robben Island earthquake 1969 Tulbagh earthquake 2006...
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    the Lebowa Granites and the Rooiberg Felsics, that are overlain by the Karoo sediments. The site was first publicised around 1897 by Gustaaf Molengraaff...
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    Jagersfontein Mine Koffiefontein mine Barberton Greenstone Belt Drakensberg Karoo-Ferrar Earthquakes 1620 Robben Island earthquake 1969 Tulbagh earthquake 2006...
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    Jagersfontein Mine Koffiefontein mine Barberton Greenstone Belt Drakensberg Karoo-Ferrar Earthquakes 1620 Robben Island earthquake 1969 Tulbagh earthquake 2006...
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    Jagersfontein Mine Koffiefontein mine Barberton Greenstone Belt Drakensberg Karoo-Ferrar Earthquakes 1620 Robben Island earthquake 1969 Tulbagh earthquake 2006...
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  • 174.1 ± 1.0* Lower Toarcian 182.7 ± 0.7 early Toarcian anoxic event Karoo-Ferrar (~183) Pliensbachian-Toarcian extinction Formed as Gondwana broke up...
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    hotspot), w= .8 az= 109° ±10° rate= 25 ±13 mm/yr Possibly related to the Karoo-Ferrar geologic province (183 Ma) Kerguelen hotspot (20) 49°36′S 69°00′E /...
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    occurred, ejecting 8,600 cubic kilometers (2,063 cu mi). Formation of the Karoo-Ferrar flood basalts begins 183 million years ago. The flood basalts of the...
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    system, into which the Karoo Supergroup was deposited. Eventually much of the Cape Supergroup became buried under these Karoo deposits, only to re-emerge...
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    mouth of the Orange River, which are 37 million years old, or even the Karoo-Ferrar large igneous province. HIMU is a suite of mantle melts with high...
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    of Jurassic dinosaur evolution, linked to volcanic eruptions in the Karoo-Ferrar region that caused multiple extinction pulses. While well-studied in...
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  • of volcanogenic gases such as carbon dioxide. The age of three LIPs (Karoo-Ferrar flood basalt, Caribbean large igneous province, Ontong Java Plateau)...
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