ISBN: 3540618287
TITLE: Microbial Sediments
AUTHOR: Riding, Robert E.; Awramik, Stanley M. (Eds.)
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Contents
Structure of Microbial Mats and Biofilms
John F. Stolz 1
Exopolymer Microdomains as a Structuring Agent for Heterogeneity
Within Microbial Biofilms
Alan W. Decho 9
On Stromatolite Lamination
Lee Seong-Joo, Kathleen M. Browne, Stjepko Golubic 16
Bacterial Calcification
Heike v. Knorre, Wolfgang E. Krumbein 25
Bacterial Roles in the Precipitation of Carbonate Minerals
Sabine Castanier, Gale Le Mtayer-Levrel, Jean-Pierre Perthuisot 32
Bacterially Induced Microscale and Nanoscale Carbonate Precipitates
Robert L. Folk, Henry S. Chafetz 40
Calcification in Cyanobacteria
Martina Merz-Prei 50
Cyanobacteria: Architects of Sedimentary Structures
Stjepko Golubic, Lee Seong-Joo, Kathleen M. Browne 57
Fungi and Sediments
Eric P. Verrecchia 68
Diatoms and Benthic Microbial Carbonates
Barbara M. Winsborough 76
Carbon Isotopes and Microbial Sediments
Manfred Schidlowski 84
Sulphur Isotopes and Microbial Sulphur Cycling in Sediments
S.H. Bottrell, R. Raiswell 96
Products and Depth Limits of Microbial Activity in Petroliferous Subsurface Settings
Hans G. Machel, Julia Foght 105
Microbe-Metal Interactions in Sediments
F.G. Ferris 121
Microbial Phosphate Sediment
David Soudry 127
Microbes and Black Shales
Wolfgang Oschmann 137
Organic and Biogeochemical Patterns in Cryptic Microbialites
Joachim Reitner, Volker Thiel, Heinrich Zankl, Walter Michaelis, Gert Wrheide, Pascale Gautret 149
Subaerial Microbial Mats and Their Effects on Soil and Rock
Anna A. Gorbushina, W olfgang E. Krumbein 161
Microbial Sediments in Tropical Karst Terrains: A Model Based on the Cayman Islands
Brian Jones 171
Ambient Temperature Freshwater Microbial Tufas
Martyn Pedley 179
Microbial Precipitates Around Continental Hot Springs and Geysers
Robin W. Renaut, Brian Jones 187
Evaporite Microbial Sediments
Gisela Gerdes, Wolfgang E. Krumbein, Nora Noffke 196
Gypsum Microbial Sediments: Neogene and Modern Examples
J.M. Rouchy, C. Monty 209
Siliciclastic Intertidal Microbial Sediments
David M. Paterson, Kevin S. Black 217
Subaqueous Siliciclastic Stromatolites: A Case History from Late Miocene Beach Deposits in the Sorbas Basin of SE Spain
Juan C. Braga, Jos M. Martn 226
Shallow Marine Microbial Carbonate Deposits
Kathleen M. Browne, Stjepko Golubic, Lee Seong-Joo 233
Microbial Whitings
Joel B. Thompson 250
Cold Seep Carbonates in the Tertiary of Northwest Italy: Evidence of Bacterial Degradation of Methane
P.A. Clari, L. Martire 261
Microbial Processes and Products Fueled by Hydrocarbons at Submarine Seeps
Paul Aharon 270
Microbial Contribution to Reefal Mud-Mounds in Ancient Deep-Water Settings: Evidence from the Cambrian
Brian R. Pratt 282
Mesozoic Reefal Thrombolites and Other Microbolites
Reinhold R. Leinfelder, Dieter U. Schmid 289
Proterozoic Stromatolite Taxonomy and Biostratigraphy
Mikhail A. Semikhatov, Maria E. Raaben 295
Microbial vs Environmental Influences on the Morphology of Late Archean Fenestrate
Microbialites
Dawn Y. Sumner 307
Archean Stromatolites as Microbial Archives
H.J. Hofmann 315
Subject Index 329
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