Global methane emission through mud volcanoes and its past and present impact on the Earth's climate - A comment

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 490-492

  Milkov, Alexei V ^a   Etiope, Giuseppe ^b  

^a BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate change; Emission; Methane; Mud volcanism

Indexed keywords

METHANE; MUD VOLCANO;

EID: 22144443485     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-005-0480-5     Document Type: Article

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