Relationships between the distribution and stable isotopic composition of living benthic foraminifera and cold methane seep biogeochemistry in Monterey Bay, California

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Rathburn, Anthony E ^a,b   Elena Perez M ^a,c   Martin, Jonathan B ^d   Day, Shelley A ^d   Mahn, Chris ^b   Gieskes, Joris ^b   Ziebis, Wiebke ^b   Williams, David ^a   Bahls, Amanda ^a  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic ecology; Benthic foraminifera; Methane seeps; Paleoclimate; Pore water geochemistry; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 8444226527     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GC000595     Document Type: Article

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