Geologic controls on the distribution of chemosynthetic communities in the Gulf of Mexico

AAPG Memoir

Volumn , Issue 66, 1996, Pages 39-62

  Reilly Jr , James F ^a,d   Biegert, E K ^b   MacDonald, Ian R ^c   Brooks, James M ^d  

^a Enserch Exploration Inc   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c GEOSAT Committee   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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