Dissociation of oceanic methane hydrate as a cause of the carbon isotope excursion at the end of the Paleocene

Paleoceanography

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 965-971

  Dickens, Gerald R ^a   O'Neil, James R ^a   Rea, David K ^a   Owen, Robert M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ISOTOPE; METHANE; WATER;

CARBON ISOTOPE; GAS HYDRATE; ISOTOPIC EXCURSION; METHANE; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALAEOCENE; THERMAL MAXIMUM;

ATMOSPHERE; DISSOCIATION; GAS; HYPOTHESIS; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCENE; SEA; SEDIMENT; WARMING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0029529085     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: 19449186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95PA02087     Document Type: Article

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