Methane and environmental change during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum (PETM): Modeling the PETM onset as a two-stage event

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Carozza, David A ^a   Mysak, Lawrence A ^a   Schmidt, Gavin A ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; METHANE;

ATMOSPHERIC RELEASE; BOX MODELS; CARBON EMISSIONS; EMISSION SCENARIO; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE; ISOTOPE EXCURSION; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; METHANE HYDRATES; PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUMS; SINGLE SOURCE; TWO STAGE;

GAS HYDRATES;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON EMISSION; HYPSITHERMAL; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METHANE; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY;

EID: 79952121711     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL046038     Document Type: Article

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