Jurassic and Cretaceous gastropods from hydrocarbon seeps in forearc basin and accretionary prism settings, California

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 679-703

  Kiel, Steffen ^a,e   Campbell, Kathleen A ^b,c   Elder, William P ^c   Little, Crispin T S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Deep water; Franciscan complex; Gastropoda; Great valley group; Hydrocarbon seeps

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; FOREARC BASIN; GASTROPOD; HYDROCARBON SEEP; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; NEW TAXON; TAXONOMY;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ABYSSOCHRYSIDAE; GASTROPODA;

EID: 58149505343     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2008.0412     Document Type: Article

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