Are Proterozoic cap carbonates and isotopic excursions a record of gas hydrate destabilization following Earth's coldest intervals?: Comment

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 762-763

  Max, M D ^a   Dillon, W P ^b  

^a Marine Desalination Systems   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; GAS HYDRATE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PROTEROZOIC; STABILIZATION;

EID: 78649304957     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0762:>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Note

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