Stable isotopic evidence for methane seeps in Neoproterozoic postglacial cap carbonates

Nature

Volumn 426, Issue 6968, 2003, Pages 822-826

  Jiang, Ganqing ^a   Kennedy, Martin J ^a   Christie Blick, Nicholas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBONATES; EARTH (PLANET); ECOSYSTEMS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES;

GLACIAL DEPOSITS;

METHANE;

CARBON; CARBONIC ACID; METHANE;

CARBONATE; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ECOSYSTEM; FLOODING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON; CARBONATES; CHINA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ICE; ISOTOPES; METHANE; OCEANS AND SEAS;

EID: 0347987857     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02201     Document Type: Article

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