The aim of this volume is to bring together recent and updated contributions on African volcanism (and associated mantle xenoliths)
Geochemistry Stratigraphy Tectonics Geochronology Volcano
and responses of the science and engineering communities to this rare event serve as models for responding to future events
and syntheses reconciling several branches of earth science
Taylor's 1915 USGS monograph of the region
Volcanism, Impacts, and Mass Extinctions: Causes & Effects 1-1-001-322-4330-322 The aim of this volumeEditors: Gerta Keller and Andrew C. Kerr This volume comprises articles stemming from the international, multi disciplinary conference that took place in March 2013 at London's Natural History Museum (NHM). This conference brought together researchers across geological, geophysical, and biological disciplines to assess the state of research into the causes of mass extinction events and, in particular, to evaluate the respective roles of volcanism,