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Global methane emission through mud volcanoes and its past and present impact on the Earth’s climate—a comment

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  1. BP America, Exploration and Production Technology Group, Houston, TX, 77079, USA

    Alexei V. Milkov

  2. INGV, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Via Vigna Murata, 605, 00143, Rome, Italy

    Giuseppe Etiope

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Milkov, A.V., Etiope, G. Global methane emission through mud volcanoes and its past and present impact on the Earth’s climate—a comment. Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch) 94, 490–492 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-005-0480-5

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