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

• Published in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
• Main Authors: Gill, Fiona L., Harding, Ian C., Little, Crispin T.S., Todd, Jonathan A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Lengua; Trinidad; Winkle; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/20384/

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...