Cold-water corals - Are they hydrocarbon seep related?

Marine Geology

Volumn 137, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 159-164

  Hovland, Martin ^a   Thomsen, Elsebeth ^b  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD-WATER CORALS; CORAL REEF; CORAL REEFS; GAS SEEPAGES; HYDROCARBON SEEP; LOPHELIA; MARINE SEDIMENT; METHANE;

NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 0030620738     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(96)00086-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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