A Smoking Gun for Methane Hydrate Release During the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

Joost Frieling, Utrecht University, Earth Sciences, Utrecht, Netherlands, Francien Peterse, Utrecht University, Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht, Netherlands, Dan John Lunt, University of Bristol, School of Geographical Sciences, Bristol, BS8, United Kingdom, Steven M Bohaty, University of Heidelberg, Institute of Earth Sciences, Heidelberg, Germany, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, 't Horntje, Netherlands, Gert-Jan Reichart, NIOZ, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Ocean Systems, and Utrecht University, Fac Geosci, Dept Earth Sci, Texel, Netherlands and Appy Sluijs, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands