Palaeogene and Neogene cold seep communities in Barbados, Trinidad and Venezuela: An overview

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 227, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 191-209

  Gill, Fiona L ^a   Harding, Ian C ^b   Little, Crispin T S ^a   Todd, Jonathan A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barbados; Chemosynthesis; Cold seep; Trinidad; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

COLD SEEP; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NEOGENE; PALEOGENE; SEAFLOOR;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BARBADOS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTH AMERICA; TRINIDAD [TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO]; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; VENEZUELA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BIVALVIA; CATAEGIS; GASTROPODA; HUSO; INVERTEBRATA; LUCINIDAE; NUCULANIDAE; POGONOPHORA; PROVANNIDAE; SOLEMYOIDA; THYASIRA; THYASIRIDAE; VESICOMYIDAE;

EID: 26844540501     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.04.024     Document Type: Article

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