Seep faunas and other indicators of methane-rich dewatering on New Zealand convergent margins

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 181-200

  Lewis, Keith B ^a   Marshall, Bruce A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b MUSEUM OF NEW ZEALAND TE PAPA TONGAREWA   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Calyptogena; Convergent margin; Methane; Pore fluid; Seep; Seep fauna; Subduction

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE CHIMNEY; CHEMOSYNTHETIC FAUNA; CONVERGENT MARGIN; CONVERGENT MARGINS; DEWATERING; FLUID SEEP; HYDROTHERMAL ORGANISMS; HYDROTHERMAL VENTS; METHANE; METHANE-RICH DEWATERING; SUBDUCTION;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0030506797     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1996.9514704     Document Type: Article

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