Fossil clams from a serpentinite-hosted sedimented vent field near the active smoker complex Rainbow, MAR, 36°13′N: Insight into the biogeography of vent fauna

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Lartaud, Franck ^a,b   De Rafelis, Marc ^b   Oliver, Graham ^c   Krylova, Elena ^d   Dyment, Jérôme ^e   Ildefonse, Benoît ^f   Thibaud, Remy ^g   Gente, Pascal ^h,i,j   Hoisé, Eva ^k   Meistertzheim, Anne Leïla ^l   Fouquet, Yves ^m   Gaill, Françoise ⁿ   Le Bris, Nadine ^a,m  

^a Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls sur Mer   (France)

^b Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^c DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^e INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^g CC600   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

ⁱ Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

^j UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^k LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^l University Via Domitia   (France)

^m IFREMER   (France)

ⁿ MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

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Author keywords

bivalve shells; carbon and oxygen isotopes; Mid Atlantic Ridge; Thyasiridae; ultramafic hosted; Vesicomyidae

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ECOLOGY; HOT SPRINGS; ISOTOPES; METHANE; OXYGEN; SHELLFISH; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

BIVALVE SHELLS; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; THYASIRIDAE; ULTRAMAFIC-HOSTED; VESICOMYIDAE;

VENTS;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIVALVE; CARBON ISOTOPE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DEEP SEA; FAUNA; FOSSIL; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; NEW GENUS; NEW RECORD; NEW TAXON; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SERPENTINITE; SHELL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; THYASIRA; THYASIRIDAE; VESICOMYIDAE;

EID: 77956074109     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003079     Document Type: Article

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