Re: "The Deccan Traps, massive volcanic eruptions on the Indian sub-continent, may have been activated by the impact, further sealing the fate of the Cretaceous ecosystem," the Deccan Traps eruptions began to occur some time BEFORE the Chicxulub bolide impact. The characteristic ash layer which defines the K-T boundary is found midway down the Deccan Traps. There is a Hindu temple in the region which features a row of carved elephants - all of which have lost their trunks where the weaker K-T boundary ash band passed through them.