Miocene shallow-marine cold seep carbonate in fold-and-thrust Western Foothills, SW Taiwan

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue , 2012, Pages 200-211

  Chien, Chih Wei ^a   Huang, Chi Yue ^a,b   Chen, Zhong ^c   Lee, Horng Chun ^a   Harris, Ron ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^d Brigham Young University   (United States)

Author keywords

Authigenic carbonate; Cold seep; Southwestern Taiwan; Stable isotopes; Western Foothills

Indexed keywords

BIOHERM; BIVALVE; CARBONATE; COLD SEEP; CONCRETION; FOSSIL; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MIOCENE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

TAIWAN;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; BIVALVIA;

EID: 84863871376     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2012.05.013     Document Type: Article

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