Chemosymbiotic bivalves and stable carbon isotopes indicate hydrocarbon seepage at four unusual Cenozoic fossil localities

Lethaia

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 345-357

  Kiel, Steffen ^a,b   Peckmann, Jön ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemosymbiosis; Deep sea; Hydrocarbon seep; Lucinidae; Mytilidae; Solemyidae; Thyasiridae; Vesicomyidae

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CENOZOIC; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FOSSIL; HYDROCARBON SEEP;

BIVALVIA; LUCINIDAE; MYTILIDAE; SOLEMYIDAE; SOLEMYOIDA; THYASIRIDAE; VESICOMYIDAE;

EID: 35948933014     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2007.00033.x     Document Type: Article

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