Early anthropogenic CH4 emissions and the variation of CH4 and 13CH4 over the last millennium

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Houweling, S ^a,b   van der Werf, Guido R ^c   Goldewijk, Kees Klein ^d   Rockmann T ^b   Aben, I ^a  

^a SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOGENIC EMISSION; BIOMASS BURNING; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOSSIL FUEL; ICE CORE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LITTLE ICE AGE; METHANE; MODELING;

BOVIDAE;

EID: 38649108428     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GB002961     Document Type: Article

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