Tectonic controls on greenhouse gas flux to the Paleogene atmosphere from the Gulf of Alaska accretionary prism

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 547-550

  Hudson, Travis L ^a   Magoon, Leslie B ^a  

^a Applied Geology   (United States)

Author keywords

Global warming; Greenhouse gas; Gulf of Alaska; Metamorphism; Methane; Paleogene

Indexed keywords

WARM CLIMATE;

CARBON; CLOUDS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHANE; SEDIMENTS;

TECTONICS;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; METAMORPHISM; METHANE; PALEOGENE;

GULF OF ALASKA;

EID: 84879886909     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0547:TCOGGF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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