Comment on "Gas hydrate growth, methane transport, and chloride enrichment at the southern summit of Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia margin off Oregon" by Torres et al. [Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 226 (2004) 225-241]

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 239, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 162-167

  Milkov, Alexei V ^a   Xu, Wenyue ^b  

^a BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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GAS HYDRATE;

EID: 27744446759     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.05.044     Document Type: Note

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