The researchers have elucidated a close coincidence between the Deccan Traps eruptions and the impact.
This theory, whether asteroid was the sole cause of the end-Cretaceous mass extinction, has always cast doubt.
By mentioning forams he was actually referring to the tiny sea creatures called foraminifera.
He realized that the last four or six mass extinctions seems to be concurrent with these massive eruptions.
Further research on the Deccan eruptions confirmed this theory of Richards.
source: www.techworm.net
