Methane-rich proterozoic atmosphere?

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-90

  Pavlov, Alexander A ^a   Hurtgen, Matthew T ^b   Kasting, James F ^b   Arthur, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric greenhouse; Methane abundance; Proterozoic climate; Snowball Earth

Indexed keywords

OXYGENATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; METHANE; MIXING; OXIDATION;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

EARLY EARTH; METHANE; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PROTEROZOIC;

EID: 0037281314     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0087:MRPA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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