Atmospheric methane from organic carbon mobilization in sedimentary basins - The sleeping giant?

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 107, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 423-442

  Kroeger, K F ^a,b   di Primio, R ^a   Horsfield, B ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Basin modeling; Climate; Gas hydrates; Methane leakage; PETM; Petroleum systems

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEGASSING; GAS HYDRATE; GLOBAL WARMING; HYPSITHERMAL; LEAKAGE; METHANE; MOBILIZATION; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

EID: 79960699115     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2011.04.006     Document Type: Review

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