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

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 443-446

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate rocks; Glaciation; Methane; Neoproterozoic; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE MINERALS; CATCHMENTS; GAS HYDRATES; ISOTOPES; PERMAFROST; STRATIGRAPHY;

MASS-BALANCE ESTIMATES;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CARBONATE; DEGASSING; GAS HYDRATE; GLOBAL WARMING; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOCLIMATE; PERMAFROST; PROTEROZOIC;

EID: 84874983165     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0443:APCCAI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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