Methane seeps, methane hydrate destabilization, and the late Neoproterozoic postglacial cap carbonates

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1152-1173

  Jiang, Ganqing ^a   Shi, Xiaoying ^b   Zhang, Shihong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cap carbonate; Carbon isotopes; Climate change; Global glaciation; Metazoan evolution; Methane hydrates; Methane seeps; Neoproterozoic; Ocean anoxia; Snowball Earth

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; METAZOA;

EID: 33748926961     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-006-1152-y     Document Type: Review

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