Methane seeps on an Early Jurassic dysoxic seafloor

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 270, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 230-238

  Allison, Peter A ^a   Hesselbo, Stephen P ^b   Brett, Carlton E ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue Lias; Carbon isotopes; Cold seep; Early Jurassic; Methane

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; BIOCLASTIC ROCK; BRECCIA; COLD SEEP; DIAGENESIS; JURASSIC; METHANE; OXIDATION; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; KILVE; SOMERSET; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 56349131667     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.01.033     Document Type: Article

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