Double Mass Extinctions and the Volcanogenic Dark Matter Scenario

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1998-05-12

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9805142v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

11 pages, RevTeX, no figures

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A few of the major mass extinctions of paleontology have recently been found to consist of two distinct extinction peaks at higher resolution. A viable explanation for this remains elusive. In this paper it is shown that the recently proposed volcanogenic dark matter model can explain this puzzling characteristic of these extinctions. The accumulation and annihilation of dark matter in the center of the Earth due to the passage of a clump leads to excess heat generation with the consequent ejection of superplumes, followed by massive volcanism and attendant mass extinctions. This is preceded by an extinction pulse due to carcinogenesis arising from the direct interaction of the clumped dark matter with living organisms.

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