Fabric and formation of grapestone concretions within an unusual ancient methane seep system (Eocene, Bulgaria)

Terra Nova

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-61

  De Boever, Eva ^a   Birgel, Daniel ^b   Muchez, Philippe ^a   Peckmann, Jörn ^b   Dimitrov, Lyubomir ^c   Swennen, Rudy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTHIGENIC MINERAL; CARBONATE; EOCENE; MARINE SEDIMENT; METHANE; NUCLEATION; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEEPAGE;

BULGARIA;

BELEMNOIDEA; TERMINALIA CATAPPA;

EID: 78651412860     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2010.00984.x     Document Type: Article

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