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The Gela Basin pockmark field in the strait of Sicily (Mediterranean Sea): chemosymbiotic faunal and carbonate signatures of postglacial to modern cold seepage
M. Taviani
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 266 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole, Ma. 02543, USA
ISMAR-CNR Istituto di Scienze Marine, Via Gobetti 101, 40129, Bologna, Italy
L. Angeletti
ISMAR-CNR Istituto di Scienze Marine, Via Gobetti 101, 40129, Bologna, Italy
A. Ceregato
ISMAR-CNR Istituto di Scienze Marine, Via Gobetti 101, 40129, Bologna, Italy
F. Foglini
ISMAR-CNR Istituto di Scienze Marine, Via Gobetti 101, 40129, Bologna, Italy
C. Froglia
ISMAR-CNR Istituto di Scienze Marine, Largo Fiera della Pesca 2, 60125, Ancona, Italy
F. Trincardi
ISMAR-CNR Istituto di Scienze Marine, Via Gobetti 101, 40129, Bologna, Italy
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