Stability of thermogenic gas hydrate in the gulf of mexico: Constraints on models of climate change

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 124, Issue , 2000, Pages 131-143

  Sassen, Roger ^a   Sweet, Stephen T ^a   Milkov, Alexei V ^a   DeFreitas, Debra A ^a   Kennicutt, Mahlon C ^a   Roberts, Harry H ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85026600855     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM124p0131     Document Type: Chapter

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