Methane seepages recorded in benthic foraminifera from Miocene seep carbonates, Northern Apennines (Italy)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 284, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 271-282

  Panieri, Giuliana ^a,b   Camerlenghi, Angelo ^c,d   Conti, Stefano ^e   Pini, Gian Andrea ^a   Cacho, Isabel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Miocene; Northern Apennines; Seep carbonates; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; AUTHIGENIC MINERAL; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CALCIUM CARBONATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARL; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROHABITAT; MIOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEAFLOOR; SEEPAGE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BOLIVINA; BRIZALINA; CIBICIDES; CIBICIDOIDES KULLENBERGI; FORAMINIFERA; PENNATULA; PLANULINA; SIPHONINA;

EID: 70549113550     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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