A Late Devonian hydrocarbon-seep deposit dominated by Dimerelloid brachiopods, Morocco

Palaios

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 114-122

  Peckmann, Jörn ^a   Campbell, Kathleen A ^b   Walliser, Otto H ^c   Reitner, Joachim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BRACHIOPOD; CARBONATE ROCK; CRUDE OIL; DEPOSITION; DEVONIAN; FAUNA; HYDROCARBON SEEP; LIMESTONE; MICROORGANISM; SEAFLOOR;

AFRICA; CHAOUIA-OUARDIGHA; MESETA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

BRACHIOPODA; DIMERELLOIDEA;

EID: 34548281686     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2005.p05-115r     Document Type: Article

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