Discovery of an Extensive Deep-Sea Fossil Serpulid Reef Associated With a Cold Seep, Santa Monica Basin, California

Discovery of an Extensive Deep-Sea Fossil Serpulid Reef Associated With a Cold Seep, Santa Monica Basin, California

Multibeam bathymetric mapping of the Santa Monica Basin in the eastern Pacific has revealed the existence of a number of elevated bathymetric features, or mounds, harboring cold seep communities. During 2013–2014, mounds at ∼600 m water depth were observed for the first time and sampled by Monterey...

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Main Authors: Magdalena N. Georgieva, Charles K. Paull, Crispin T. S. Little, Mary McGann, Diana Sahy, Daniel Condon, Lonny Lundsten, Jack Pewsey, David W. Caress, Robert C. Vrijenhoek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
tubeworm
last glacial maximum
gas hydrate
vesicomyidae
Annelida
paleobiology
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2019.00115/full

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