High-resolution isotopic records (δ18O and δ13C) and cathodoluminescence study of lucinid shells from methane seeps of the Eastern Mediterranean

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 195-203

  Lietard, Cécile ^a   Pierre, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPES; COLD SEEPS; DEEP SEA; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN (EM); ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONING; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; METHANE SEEPS; MUD VOLCANOES; NILE DEEP-SEA FAN; ORGANISM GROWTH; SEA FLOORS;

BIVALVE; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; COLD SEEP; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METHANE; MUD VOLCANO; SHELL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

AMORPHA; BIVALVIA; GORGONACEA; LUCINIDAE; MYRTEA;

EID: 48549106534     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-008-0100-z     Document Type: Article

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