Geochemical evidence for a large methane release during the last deglaciation from Marmara Sea sediments

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1537-1550

  Ménot, Guillemette ^a   Bard, Edouard ^a  

^a CEREGE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED GAS; GAS HYDRATE; HOPANOID; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAST DEGLACIATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; METHANE; VULNERABILITY; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER COLUMN;

SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

EID: 75449083251     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.11.022     Document Type: Article

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