Methane-seep brachiopod fauna within turbidites of the Sinaia Formation, Eastern Carpathian Mountains, Romania

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 323-325, Issue , 2012, Pages 42-59

  Sandy, M R ^a   Lazar I ^b   Peckmann, J ^c   Birgel, D ^c   Stoica, M ^b   Roban, R D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Brachiopods; Eastern Carpathian Mountains; Hauterivian Barremian; Methane seeps; Peregrinella; Romania; Turbidites

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; AUTHIGENESIS; BRACHIOPOD; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CRETACEOUS; FLYSCH; FOSSIL RECORD; HYDROCARBON SEEP; JURASSIC; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; LIMESTONE; METHANE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PETROGRAPHY; RIFT ZONE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; STABLE ISOTOPE; TURBIDITE; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

CARPATHIANS; ROMANIA;

BRACHIOPODA; FORAMINIFERA; PEREGRINELLA;

EID: 84858342847     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.01.026     Document Type: Article

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