Lower Eocene carbonate cemented chimneys (Varna, NE Bulgaria): Formation mechanisms and the (a)biological mediation of chimney growth?

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 185, Issue 3-4 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 159-173

  De Boever, Eva ^a   Swennen, R ^a   Dimitrov, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Authigenic carbonates; Bulgaria; Cold seep; Eocene; Methane oxidation; Varna

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CEMENTATION; EOCENE;

BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VARNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TERMINALIA CATAPPA;

EID: 33645061512     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.12.010     Document Type: Article

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