Schmidt, Gavin A. and Shindell, Drew T. (2003): Atmospheric composition, radiative forcing, and climate change as a consequence of a massive methane release from gas hydrates
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ODP 113
Identifier:
ID:
2003-051840
Type:
georefid
ID:
10.1029/2002PA000757
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doi
Creator:
Name:
Schmidt, Gavin A.
Affiliation:
NASA, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, United States
Role:
author
Name:
Shindell, Drew T.
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Role:
author
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Title:
Atmospheric composition, radiative forcing, and climate change as a consequence of a massive methane release from gas hydrates
Year:
2003
Source:
Paleoceanography
Publisher:
American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States
Volume:
18
Issue:
1
Pages:
4.1-4.9
Abstract:
The massive perturbation to global climate and the carbon cycle during the Paleocene/Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) may have been forced by a catastrophic release of methane gas (CH (sub 4) ) from hydrate deposits on the continental slope. We investigate whether reported PETM paleotemperature and paleo-CO (sub 2) proxies are consistent with this hypothesis by considering the impact of large increases in CH (sub 4) emissions to the atmosphere. Significant effects on atmospheric chemistry and CH (sub 4) lifetime are seen for a range of plausible emission rates. (modified journ. abstr.)
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English
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Coverage: Geographic coordinates: North:30.0311 West:-179.3321 East:
1.1218 South:-65.0938
Keywords: Stratigraphy; aliphatic hydrocarbons; alkanes; Atlantic Ocean; atmosphere; Cenozoic; climate change; cores; Eocene; Foraminifera; gas hydrates; general circulation models; hydrocarbons; Invertebrata; Leg 113; Leg 143; Leg 171B; lower Eocene; methane; microfossils; numerical models; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP Site 1051; ODP Site 690; ODP Site 865; organic compounds; Pacific Ocean; paleo-oceanography; Paleocene; paleoclimatology; paleoenvironment; Paleogene; paleotemperature; Protista; Southern Ocean; Tertiary; upper Paleocene;
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