Evidence of methane release from Blake Ridge ODP Hole 997A during the Plio-Pleistocene: Benthic foraminifer fauna and total organic carbon

Current Science

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 192-199

  Bhaumik, Ajoy K ^a   Gupta, Anil K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Blake Outer Ridge; Methane release; Northern hemisphere glaciation; Total organic carbon

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 33847134906     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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