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Nature 412, 691-693 (16 August 2001) | doi:10.1038/35089168
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Earth science: Gas hydrates and deglaciations
Stein B. Jacobsen
Abstract
Long ago, Earth experienced a series of especially severe glaciations. A new explanation for deposits laid down at the end of these events centres on the large-scale release of methane from solid gas hydrates.
The Earth's harshest glaciations occurred between about 600 million and 800 million years ago, in the late Neoproterozoic era. The severity of the glaciations was first recognized1 in the 1960s.
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