The Gela Basin pockmark field in the strait of Sicily (Mediterranean Sea): Chemosymbiotic faunal and carbonate signatures of postglacial to modern cold seepage

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 4653-4671

  Taviani, M ^a,b   Angeletti, L ^a   Ceregato, A ^a   Foglini, F ^a   Froglia, C ^c   Trincardi, F ^a  

^a ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; CARBONATE; COLD SEEP ORGANISM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTACEAN; FORAMINIFERA; METHANE; POCKMARK; POSTGLACIAL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SYMBIONT;

ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84880449245     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-4653-2013     Document Type: Article

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