Biodetrital carbonates on the Adriatic continental shelf imprinted by oxidation of seeping hydrocarbons

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 66, Issue , 2015, Pages 511-531

  Taviani, Marco ^a,b   Franchi, Fulvio ^a,c   Angeletti, Lorenzo ^a   Correggiari, Annamaria ^a   López Correa, Matthias ^d,e   Maselli, Vittorio ^a   Mazzoli, Claudio ^f   Peckmann, Jörn ^g  

^a ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c BOTSWANA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Botswana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^e GERMAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY IN OMAN   (Oman)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adriatic sea; Cold seep carbonates; Hydrocarbons; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOFOULING; CARBONATES; CEMENTS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LIMESTONE; METHANE; MOLLUSCS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEEPAGE; SHELLFISH; STRATIGRAPHY;

ADRIATIC SEA; CARBONATE CEMENTATION; COLD SEEP CARBONATE; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; HYDROCARBON LEAKAGE; MICROBIAL OXIDATION; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING;

HYDROCARBONS;

CARBONATE; CHEMOSYNTHESIS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; HYDROCARBON; LIMESTONE; MACROBENTHOS; MUDSTONE; OXIDATION; QUATERNARY; SEAFLOOR; SEEPAGE;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BIVALVIA; BRYOZOA; CALLIANASSIDAE; LEPTOSPIRA; LUCINIDAE; OSTREIDAE; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 84943814191     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2015.03.015     Document Type: Article

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