Stable isotopic composition of bottom water and benthic foraminifera from Hakon Mosby Mud Vulcano ...

• Main Authors: Mackensen, Andreas, Wollenburg, Jutta Erika, Licari, Laetitia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2006
• Subjects: Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions from Marine Sediments @ AWI AWI_Paleo; Barents Sea; Northern Norway
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.834860; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.834860

To investigate the use of benthic foraminifera as a means to document ancient methane release, we determined the stable isotopic composition of tests of live (Rose Bengal stained) and dead specimens of epibenthic Fontbotia wuellerstorfi, preferentially used in paleoceanographic reconstructions, and...