If the Deccan Traps were the location of a verneshot event at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary, the strong iridium spike at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary could be explained by the iridium-rich nature of volatiles in the Reunion mantle plume, which is currently beneath Piton de la Fournaise, but during the end Cretaceous was located beneath India in the area of the Deccan Traps; the verneshot event could potentially distribute the iridium globally.