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

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 287-288

  Kennedy, Martin J ^a   Christie Blick, Nicholas ^b   Sohl, Linda E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; COOLING; GAS HYDRATE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PROTEROZOIC;

EID: 84871258969     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0287:>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Letter

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