Ice-core record of atmospheric methane changes: relevance to climatic changes and possible gas hydrate sources

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 137, Issue , 1998, Pages 327-331

  Raynaud, D ^a   Chappellaz, J ^a   Blunier T ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GAS HYDRATE; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; ICE CORE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD;

EID: 0032322810     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.137.01.26     Document Type: Article

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