Methane oxidation during the Late Palaeocene Thermal Maximum

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-49

  Dickens, Gerald R ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Climate; Gas hydrate; Greenhouse

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; GAS HYDRATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHANE; OXIDATION; PALEOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE;

EID: 0034026695     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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