Rise of the base of the gas hydrate zone since the last glacial recorded by rock magnetism

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-120

  Musgrave, Robert J ^a,b   Bangs, Nathan L ^c   Larrasoaña, Juan Cruz ^d   Gràcia, Eulàlia ^e   Hollamby, Jennifer A ^f   Vega, Marta E ^f  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Geological Survey of New South Wales   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e CSIC Unidad de Tecnologia Marina UTM   (Spain)

^f LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bottom water; Gas hydrates; Hysteresis; Last glacial maximum; Methane; Ocean Drilling Program

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM WATER; GAS HYDRATE ZONE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; ROCK MAGNETISM;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; IRON COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS; METHANE; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

GAS HYDRATES;

GAS HYDRATE; HYSTERESIS; IRON SULFIDE; LAST GLACIAL; SEISMIC SURVEY;

EID: 32244447929     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22008.1     Document Type: Article

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