The possible relationship between the Siberian large igneous province and the end-Permian extinction, the most significant mass extinction in Earth history, has been discussed for more than a decade. Our mission is to explore this further by investigating:

• The rates of eruption of the tuffs and lavas, and the dates of the intrusive rocks
• The possible volatile emissions of the tuffs and the country rocks the lavas erupted through
• An initial integrated seismic, gravity, magnetic, and geodynamic investigation of the Siberian lithosphere
• Climate modeling and the effects of carbon and sulfur injections into the atmosphere

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