Impacts do not initiate volcanic eruptions: Eruptions close to the crater: Comment and Reply

We appreciate the comment by A.Y. Glikson on our paper ([Ivanov and Melosh, 2003a][1]). He raises, we believe, five major points, to which we reply below: 1. Glikson suggests that the eruption of the Deccan traps at the Cretaceous-Tertiary (K-T) boundary is a possible exception to the lack of