Did postglacial catastrophic flooding trigger massive changes in the Black Sea gas hydrate reservoir?

Terra Nova

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 135-140

  Poort, Jeffrey ^a   Vassilev, A ^b   Dimitrov, L ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS HYDRATE; METHANE; POSTGLACIAL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WARM WATER;

BLACK SEA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; WORLD;

EID: 17744381229     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2005.00599.x     Document Type: Article

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