Sensitivity of the global submarine hydrate inventory to scenarios of future climate change

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 367, Issue , 2013, Pages 105-115

  Hunter, S J ^a   Goldobin, D S ^b,c   Haywood, A M ^a   Ridgwell, A ^d   Rees, J G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CONTINUOUS MEDIA MECHANICS   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic; Climate change; Methane hydrate

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC; ATMOSPHERIC RELEASE; BUSINESS-AS-USUAL; DISSOCIATION RATES; HYDRATE DISSOCIATION; HYDRATE DISTRIBUTION; METHANE HYDRATES; TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISSOCIATION; HYDRATION; METHANE; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINES;

GAS HYDRATES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; GAS HYDRATE; MARINE SEDIMENT; METHANE; OXIDATION; PRESSURE EFFECT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEAFLOOR; WARMING; WATER COLUMN; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84875499297     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.02.017     Document Type: Article

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