STROMATOLITES: Interaction of Microbes with Sediments

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Tewari, Vinod (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Seckbach, Joseph (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Σειρά: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, 18
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Geochemistry.; Paleontology.; Sedimentology.; Geobiology.; Microbiology.; Life Sciences.; Life Sciences, general.; Biogeosciences.

This book provides an overview and latest information about the formation of Stromatolites as a result of interaction of microbes with sediments. Eighty-three expert scientists from twenty-seven countries present the chapters in this volume which have been reviewed by thirty four referees. The volum...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction to Stromatolites
• Foreword
• List of Authors and their addresses
• Acknowledgements
• Part 1: Archaean – Proterozoic Stromatolites and Microbiota
• Part 2: Phanerozoic Stromatolites
• Part 3: Modern Stromatolites (Marine, Lacustrine, Hotsprings)
• Part 4: Modern Instrumental Techniques for the Study of Stromatolites and Microbiota
• Part 5: Geochemistry and Geomicrobiology of Stromatolites and Microbiota
• Part 6: Astrobiology
• Part 7: Summary, Conclusions and Future Prospects.- Subject Index
• Author Index.