Links Between Geological Processes, Microbial Activities & Evolution of Life : Microbes and Geology

Microbes and Geology

By: Yildirim Dilek (Editor), Harald Furnes (Editor), Karlis Muehlenbachs (Editor)

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Microbial activities influence water-rock interaction processes and chemical transport between the major geochemical reservoirs and the formation/transformation of minerals and rocks, whereas geological processes and geochemical controls influence the microbial ecology in extreme environments. How biological activity influences geological processes and what role these processes played in the geological evolution of the Earth are fundamental questions. How do we recognize the ancient microbial activities in the rock record and what analytical methods do we use to document them to better understand the evolution of life? Can we detect the existence of microbial life in deep time by studying Archaean rocks? Microbial systems in extreme environments and in the deep biosphere may be analogous to potential life on other planetary bodies and hence may be used to investigate the possibilities of extraterrestrial life.

This book explores these questions in an interdisciplinary approach, and examines the mode and nature of links between geological processes and microbial activities and their significance for the origin and evolution of life on the Earth and possibly on other planets.

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From the reviews: "This compilation of review papers authored by prominent researchers in this field is the result of a Symposium held at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in 2006. It is a contemporary, provocative, and very aesthetic manuscript covering a wide range of topics and accompanied by an extraordinary number of high-quality colored figures. ... The book is generally well written ... . Undoubtedly, this book should be very useful to researchers interested in the field of turbulence." (Andrzej Icha, Pure and Applied Geophysics, Vol. 167, 2010)

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Non-Fiction Science Biology, Life Sciences Microbiology excluding Medical Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning Earth Sciences Geology & The Lithosphere Chemistry Mineralogy & Gems Hydrology & The Hydrosphere Oceanography & Seas Geography

Biogeography Life Sciences in General Ecological Science

Oceanic Pillow Lavas and Hyaloclastites as Habitats for Microbial Life Through Time - A Review	p. 1
Microbial Colonization of Various Habitable Niches During Alteration of Oceanic Crust	p. 69
Ambient Inclusion Trails: Their Recognition, Age Range and Applicability to Early Life on Earth	p. 113
Spatial Distribution of the Subseafloor Life: Diversity and Biogeography	p. 135
Analysis of Deep Subsurface Microbial Communities by Functional Genes and Genomics	p. 159
Diversity of Bahamian Microbialite Substrates	p. 177
Evaporite Microbial Films, Mats, Microbialites and Stromatolites	p. 197
Microbial Life in Extreme Environments: Linking Geological and Microbiological Processes	p. 237
Marine Methane Biogeochemistry of the Black Sea: A Review	p. 281
From Volcanic Winter to Snowball Earth: An Alternative Explanation for Neoproterozoic Biosphere Stress	p. 313
Index	p. 339
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Links Between Geological Processes, Microbial Activities & Evolution of Life : Microbes and Geology

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