Warming the fuel for the fire: Evidence for the thermal dissociation of methane hydrate during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1067-1070

  Thomas, Deborah J ^a   Zachos, James C ^b   Bralower, Timothy J ^a   Thomas, Ellen ^c,d   Bohaty, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Methane hydrates; Paleoceanography; Paleocene Eocene thermal maximum; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

THERMAL DISSOCIATION;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FUELS; HYDRATES; ISOTOPES; METHANOL; OXIDATION; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

GEOLOGY;

GAS HYDRATE; METHANE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOGENE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EID: 0346403225     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<1067:WTFFTF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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