| Abstract: | A previously unsuspected source of fuel for the global firestorm recorded by soot in the Cretaceous-Tertiary impact layer may have resided in methane gas associated with gas hydrate in the end-Cretaceous seafloor. End-Cretaceous impact-generated shock and megawaves would have had the potential to initiate worldwide oceanic methane gas blow-outs from these deposits. The methane would likely have ignited and incompletely combusted. This large burst of methane would have been followed by longer-term methane release as a part of a positive thermal feedback in the disturbed ocean-atmosphere system. |
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| Citation Author: | Max, M. D.; Dillon, W. P.; Nishimura, C.; Hurdle, B. G. |
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| Citation Larger Work Title: | Geo-Marine Letters |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Sea-floor methane blow-out and global firestorm at the K-T boundary; 1999; Article; Journal; Geo-Marine Letters; Max, M. D.; Dillon, W. P.; Nishimura, C.; Hurdle, B. G. |
| Citation Start Page: | 285 |
| Citation Volume: | 18 |
| Citation Year: | 1999 |
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| Text: | Sea-floor methane blow-out and global firestorm at the K-T boundary; 1999; Article; Journal; Geo-Marine Letters; Max, M. D.; Dillon, W. P.; Nishimura, C.; Hurdle, B. G. |
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| Date Other: | Fri, 1 Jan 1999 00:00 -0600 |
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