Autochthonous death assemblages from chemoautotrophic communities at petroleum seeps: Palaeoproduction, energy flow, and implications for the fossil record

Historical Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 165-198

  Callender, W Russell ^a   Powell, Eric N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemoautotrophic communities; Death assemblages; Paleoecology; Petroleum seeps

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

CHEMOAUTOTROPHIC COMMUNITIES; CHEMOAUTOTROPHIC COMMUNITY; COLD SEEP; COLD SEEP ORGANISMS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEATH ASSEMBLAGE; DEATH ASSEMBLAGES; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HYDROCARBON SEEP; PALAEOECOLOGY; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM SEEP; TAPHONOMY;

GULF OF MEXICO; USA, COLORADO, PUEBLO;

EID: 0031450735     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08912969709386562     Document Type: Article

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