The beast burrowed, the fluid followed - Crustacean burrows as methane conduits

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 66, Issue , 2015, Pages 631-640

  Wiese, Frank ^a   Kiel, Steffen ^a   Pack, Andreas ^a   Walliser, Eric Otto ^b   Agirrezabala, Luis M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Anaerobic oxidation of methane; Fluid conduits; Lower cretaceous; Methane seepage; Thalassinoides

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION; CALCITE; CARBONATES; CEMENTING (SHAFTS); ISOTOPES; OXIDATION; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

ANAEROBIC OXIDATION OF METHANES; FLUID CONDUITS; LOWER CRETACEOUS; METHANE SEEPAGES; THALASSINOIDES;

METHANE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BURROW; CARBON ISOTOPE; CRETACEOUS; CRUSTACEAN; METHANE; OXIDATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PETROGRAPHY; POCKMARK; SEEPAGE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACE FOSSIL;

BASQUE COUNTRY [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

CRUSTACEA; THALASSINOIDES;

EID: 84943814445     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2015.03.004     Document Type: Article

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