Tube worm fossils or relic methane expulsing conduits?

Palaios

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 41-50

  Krause, Federico F ^a   Clark, Jesse ^b   Sayegh, Selim G ^a   Perez, Renee J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPANIAN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; INVERTEBRATE; LIMESTONE; METHANE; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN INTERIOR; WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY;

SIBOGLINIDAE; TUBICOLAE;

EID: 60649112269     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2008.p08-040r     Document Type: Article

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