Global warming and the mining of oceanic methane hydrate

Topics in Catalysis

Volumn 32, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 95-99

  Lai, Chung Chieng A ^a   Dietrich, David E ^b   Bowman, Malcolm J ^c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AcuSea Inc   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Global warming; Greenhouse gases; Heat content; Methane; Methane bubbles; Methane hydrate; Methane oxidation; Ocean warming

Indexed keywords

EID: 18244380610     PISSN: 10225528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11244-005-2879-4     Document Type: Article

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