Stable carbon isotope records of carbonates tracing fossil seep activity off Indonesia

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Wiedicke, M ^a   Weiss, W ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Carbon isotopes; Carbonate; Cold seeps; Methane; Seep activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 54949126331     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GC001292     Document Type: Article

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