Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) shallow water hydrocarbon seeps from Snow Hill and Seymour Islands, James Ross Basin, Antarctica

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 418, Issue , 2015, Pages 213-228

  Little, Crispin T S ^a   Birgel, Daniel ^b   Boyce, Adrian J ^c   Crame, J Alistair ^d   Francis, Jane E ^d   Kiel, Steffen ^e   Peckmann, Jörn ^b   Pirrie, Duncan ^f   Rollinson, Gavyn K ^g   Witts, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^f HELFORD GEOSCIENCE LLP   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bivalves; Chemosynthetic ecosystems; Cretaceous; Hydrocarbon seeps; Palaeoecology

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; BACTERIUM; BIVALVE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CENOZOIC; FOSSIL RECORD; HYDROCARBON SEEP; MAASTRICHTIAN; OXIDATION; PALEOECOLOGY; SHALLOW WATER;

ANTARCTICA; JAMES ROSS ISLAND; SEYMOUR ISLAND; SNOW HILL ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

BIVALVIA; LUCINIDAE; SOLEMYOIDA; THYASIRIDAE;

EID: 84949115833     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.11.020     Document Type: Article

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