Evidence for Late Jurassic release of methane from gas hydrate

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 223-226

  Padden, Maureen ^a   Weissert, Helmut ^a   De Rafelis, Marc ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Gas hydrate; Late Jurassic; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035263454     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0223:EFLJRO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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