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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.
Comment by sawitontheweb at 07/12/2023 at 04:52 UTC
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Sorry - what are the Deccan traps?