Methane seeps as ammonite habitats in the U.S. Western Interior Seaway revealed by isotopic analyses of well-preserved shell material

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 507-510

  Landman, Neil H ^a   Cochran, J Kirk ^b   Larson, Neal L ^c   Brezina, Jamie ^d   Garb, Matthew P ^e   Harries, Peter J ^f  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Black Hills Museum of Natural History   (United States)

^d Rapid City   (United States)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC OXIDATION OF METHANES; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; INTEGRAL PART; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METHANE SEEP; OPEN OCEAN; SHELL MATERIALS; SINGLE SPECIMEN; SOUTH DAKOTAS; UPPER CRETACEOUS;

DEPOSITS; ISOTOPES; LIMESTONE;

METHANE;

AMMONITE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; FAUNA; GRANITE; HABITAT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; JUVENILE; LIMESTONE; METHANE; MOLLUSC; OPEN OCEAN; OXIDATION; SHELL; UPLIFT;

BLACK HILLS; CUSTER COUNTY [SOUTH DAKOTA]; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN INTERIOR;

AMMONOIDEA; ANTHOZOA; BACULITES; BIVALVIA; DIDYMOCERAS; ECHINOIDA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; PELMATOZOA;

EID: 84864325241     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32782.1     Document Type: Article

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