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

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dilek, Yildirim (Editor), Furnes, Harald (Editor), Muehlenbachs, Karlis (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Series: Modern Approaches in Solid Earth Sciences, 4
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geochemistry.; Mineralogy.; Oceanography.; Geobiology.; Microbial ecology.; Earth Sciences.; Biogeosciences.; Microbial Ecology.

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 b...

Table of Contents:

• Oceanic Pillow Lavas and Hyaloclastites as Habitats for Microbial Life Through Time – A Review
• Microbial Colonization of Various Habitable Niches During Alteration of Oceanic Crust
• Ambient Inclusion Trails: Their Recognition, Age Range and Applicability to Early Life on Earth
• Spatial Distribution of the Subseafloor Life: Diversity and Biogeography
• Analysis of Deep Subsurface Microbial Communities by Functional Genes andGenomics
• Diversity of Bahamian Microbialite Substrates
• Evaporite Microbial Films, Mats, Microbialites and Stromatolites
• Microbial Life in Extreme Environments: Linking Geological and Microbiological Processes
• Marine Methane Biogeochemistry of the Black Sea: A Review
• From Volcanic Winter to Snowball Earth: An Alternative Explanation for Neoproterozoic Biosphere Stress.