Palaeogene and Neogene cold seep communities in Barbados, Trinidad and Venezuela: An overview

• Published in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
• Main Authors: Gill, FL, Harding, IC, Little, CTS, Todd, JA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier Science BV 2005
• Subjects: Lengua; Trinidad; Winkle; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/43146/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.04.024

Palaeogene and Neogene fossiliferous carbonates from Barbados, Trinidad and northern Venezuela are interpreted to have formed at ancient cold seep sites. The hydrocarbon seepage that fuelled these chemosymbiotic ecosystems was related to tectonic activity in the southern Caribbean region, particular...