Chitin Formation and Diagenesis /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gupta, Neal S. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: Topics in Geobiology, 34
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geochemistry.; Geobiology.; Geotechnical engineering.; Biochemistry.; Zoology.; Earth Sciences.; Earth Sciences, general.; Biogeosciences.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Biochemistry, general.

There are several books on properties of chitin and associated biomolecules and their biochemical significance. However, the present volume deals with a wide variety of biogeochemical and organic geochemical aspects of this vital macromolecule written by leading authors and experts in the field. Eac...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Chitin nanostructures in living organisms.-2. Chitin in the exoskeletons of Arthropoda: From ancient design to novel materials science
• 3. Radiocarbon Dating of Chitin
• 4. Carbon, nitrogen and oxygen stable isotope ratios in chitin
• 5. Hydrogen Isotopes in Beetle Chitin
• 6. Identification and characterization of chitin in organisms
• 7. Fate of chitinous organisms in the geosphere
• 8. Transformation of chitinous tissues in elevated Presssure-Temperature conditions: additional insights from experiments on plant tissues.