The Late Eocene 'Whiskey Creek' methane-seep deposit (western Washington State) Part I: Geology, palaeontology, and molecular geobiology

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Volumn , Issue 48, 2003, Pages 223-240

  Goedert, James L ^a   Thiel, Volker ^b   Schmale, Oliver ^c   Rau, Weldon W ^d   Michaelis, Walter ^c   Peckmann, Jörn ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d Div of Geology and Earth Resources   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Carbonates; Chemosymbiosis; Eocene; Mollusca; Olympic Peninsula (Washington State); Palaeontology; Pysht Formation; Seeps

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMARKER; EOCENE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HYDROCARBON SEEP; INVERTEBRATE; LIMESTONE; MOLLUSC; PALEOECOLOGY;

OLYMPIC PENINSULA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

BIVALVIA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0038607040     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02667541     Document Type: Article

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