Palaeozoic cold seep carbonates from Europe and North Africa - An integrated isotopic and geochemical approach

Facies

Volumn 51, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 566-583

  Buggisch, Werner ^a   Krumm, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Carboniferous; Devonian; Methane; Oxygen isotopes; Seep; Silurian; Strontium

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; COLD SEEP; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOZOIC;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 29944431586     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10347-005-0005-5     Document Type: Article

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