Natural gas hydrates: searching for the long-term climatic and slope- stability records

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 137, Issue , 1998, Pages 303-318

  Haq, B U ^a  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GAS HYDRATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 0032324043     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.137.01.24     Document Type: Article

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