Benthic foraminifera response to methane release in an Adriatic Sea pockmark

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 549-562

  Panieri, Giuliana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

13C; Adriatic Sea; Benthic foraminifera; Bonaccia field; Foraminiferal taxonomy; Italy; Methane release (pockmark)

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542367500     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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