Sea-floor methane blow-out and global firestorm at the K-T boundary

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 285-291

  Max, M D ^a   Dillon, W P ^b   Nishimura, C ^a   Hurdle, B G ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOWOUT; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; GAS HYDRATE; METHANE; SEAFLOOR;

EID: 0033384569     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003670050081     Document Type: Article

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