Late Carboniferous hydrocarbon-seep carbonates from the glaciomarine Dwyka Group, southern Namibia

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 257, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 185-197

  Himmler, Tobias ^a   Freiwald, André ^a   Stollhofen, Harald ^b   Peckmann, Jörn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydrocarbon seeps; Karoo; Methane; Pennsylvanian; Vestimentiferans

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GEOMETRY; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; HYDROCARBON SEEP; INVERTEBRATE; KAROO SUPERGROUP; LIMESTONE; METHANE; PENNSYLVANIAN; TAPHONOMY;

AFRICA; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

TUBICOLAE; VESTIMENTIFERA;

EID: 36849042646     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.09.018     Document Type: Article

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