Hydrocarbon seeps from close to the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary, Svalbard

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 306, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 15-26

  Hammer, Øyvind ^a   Nakrem, Hans A ^a   Little, Crispin T S ^b   Hryniewicz, Krzysztof ^a   Sandy, Michael R ^c   Hurum, Jørn H ^a   Druckenmiller, Patrick ^d   Knutsen, Espen M ^a   Høyberget, Magne ^e  

^a Natural History Museum   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA MUSEUM   (United States)

^e NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bivalves; Brachiopods; Carbonates; Hydrocarbon seeps; Jurassic Cretaceous boundary; Spitsbergen

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; BIVALVE; BRACHIOPOD; CARBONATE; ECHINODERM; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GASTROPOD; HYDROCARBON SEEP; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; MUDSTONE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SHALLOW WATER; SILTSTONE; SPONGE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

BIVALVIA; BRACHIOPODA; ECHINODERMATA; GASTROPODA; LINGULIDA; LUCINIDAE; NUCINELLA; SERPULIDAE; SOLEMYOIDA; THYASIRA; THYASIRIDAE;

EID: 79955583092     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.03.019     Document Type: Article

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