Comment by atomfullerene on 06/12/2023 at 19:01 UTC

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The high temperature pulse is thought to have lasted somewhere from several tens of minutes to several hours (estimates change as better simulations are done). The dust-driven cooling is usually put at a period of several years.

And at the same time the Deccan traps were erupting and seem to have been causing significant global warming over longer timescales.

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Comment by sawitontheweb at 07/12/2023 at 04:52 UTC

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Sorry - what are the Deccan traps?