An Early Carboniferous seep community and hydrocarbon-derived carbonates from the Harz Mountains, Germany

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 271-274

  Peckmann, Jörn ^a   Gischler, Eberhard ^b   Oschmann, Wolfgang ^b   Reitner, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbonates; Carboniferous; Chemosynthesis; Hydrocarbons; Seeps; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035263458     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0271:AECSCA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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