Possible role of wetlands, permafrost, and methane hydrates in the methane cycle under future climate change: A review

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  O'Connor, Fiona M ^a   Boucher, O ^a   Gedney, N ^a   Jones, C D ^a   Folberth, G A ^a   Coppell, R ^b   Friedlingstein, P ^c   Collins, W J ^a   Chappellaz, J ^d   Ridley, J ^a   Johnson, C E ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDRATION; METHANE; PERMAFROST; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; THAWING; TIME MEASUREMENT; WETLANDS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CLIMATE SYSTEM; EARTH SYSTEM MODELING; FUTURE CLIMATE; HEAT PENETRATION; METHANE EMISSIONS; METHANE HYDRATES; NATURAL SOURCES; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SHALLOW WATERS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TIME-SCALES; WETLAND AREA; WETLAND EMISSIONS;

GAS HYDRATES;

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS HYDRATE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; METHANE; PERMAFROST; TEMPERATURE; TIMESCALE; WETLAND;

EID: 78650896817     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010RG000326     Document Type: Review

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