Atmospheric composition, radiative forcing, and climate change as a consequence of a massive release from gas hydrates

Paleoceanography

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 4-1

  Schmidt, Gavin A ^a   Shindell, Drew T ^a  

^a NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; GAS HYDRATE; METHANE; RADIATIVE FORCING;

EID: 0038505606     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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