Outcrop analogues of pockmarks and associated methane-seep carbonates: A case study from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) of the Basque-Cantabrian Basin, western Pyrenees

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 390, Issue , 2013, Pages 94-115

  Agirrezabala, Luis M ^a   Kiel, Steffen ^b   Blumenberg, Martin ^b   Schäfer, Nadine ^b   Reitner, Joachim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Fossil biota; Lower Cretaceous; Methane seep carbonate; Outcrop analogue; Paleo pockmark

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOMARKER; BIOTA; BIVALVE; CALCITE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOMETRY; METHANE; OXIDATION;

BASQUE-CANTABRIAN BASIN; SPAIN;

BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; LUCINIDAE;

EID: 84886086792     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.11.020     Document Type: Article

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