Minimal geological methane emissions during the Younger Dryas-Preboreal abrupt warming event

Nature

Volumn 548, Issue 7668, 2017, Pages 443-446

  Petrenko, Vasilii V ^a   Smith, Andrew M ^b   Schaefer, Hinrich ^c   Riedel, Katja ^c   Brook, Edward ^d   Baggenstos, Daniel ^e,f   Harth, Christina ^e   Hua, Quan ^b   Buizert, Christo ^d   Schilt, Adrian ^d   Fain, Xavier ^g   Mitchell, Logan ^d,h   Bauska, Thomas ^d,i   Orsi, Anais ^e,j   Weiss, Ray F ^e   Severinghaus, Jeffrey P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^g UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^j LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FOSSIL FUEL; ICE; METHANE;

ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HISTORY; RADIOMETRIC DATING; WETLAND;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON; FOSSIL FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; HISTORY, ANCIENT; ICE; METHANE; RADIOMETRIC DATING; WETLANDS;

EID: 85025169649     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature23316     Document Type: Article

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