Seabed pockmarks associated with deepwater corals off SE Brazilian continental slope, Santos Basin

Marine Geology

Volumn 207, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 159-167

  Sumida, Paulo Yukio Gomes ^a   Yoshinaga, Marcos Yukio ^a   Madureira, Lauro Antonio Saint Pastous ^b   Hovland, Martin ^c  

^a Instituto Oceanografico   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^c STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

deepwater corals; pockmarks; Santos Basin; SW Atlantic Ocean

Indexed keywords

CHEMOSYNTHESIS; SEABED POCKMARKS;

COASTAL ZONES; ECOSYSTEMS; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTS;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CORAL REEF; HYDROCARBON SEEP; POLYCHAETE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SANTOS BASIN;

EID: 3042843771     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2004.03.006     Document Type: Article

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