Uncorking the bottle: What triggered the Paleocene/Eocene thermal maximum metahane release?

Paleoceanography

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 549-562

  Katz, Miriam E ^a   Cramer, Benjamin S ^a   Mountain, Gregory S ^b   Katz, Samuel ^c   Miller, Kenneth G ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; GAS HYDRATE; GLOBAL WARMING; METHANE; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOCLIMATE; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

EID: 0035713372     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000PA000615     Document Type: Article

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