Gas hydrates and global climate change

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 912, Issue , 2000, Pages 195-199

  Brewer, Peter G ^a  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL FUEL;

CLIMATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GAS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDRATION; SEA;

EID: 0033925627     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb06773.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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