Overview
- Unique in its kind as this book focuses on geobiological structure , in particular stromatolites and microbialites
- Provides access to ancient habitats and biodiversity
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences (LNEARTH, volume 131)
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Table of contents (32 chapters)
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Front Matter
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General Aspects and Research History
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Stromatolite Formation and Microbial Biomineralisation
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Microbial Ecology and Fossil Record
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Keywords
About this book
Stromatolites are the most intriguing geobiological structures of the entire earth history since the beginning of the fossil record in the Archaean. Stromatolites and microbialites are interpreted as biosedimentological remains of biofilms and microbial mats. These structures are important environmental and evolutionary archives which give us information about ancient habitats, biodiversity, and evolution of complex benthic ecosystems. However, many geobiological aspects of these structures are still unknown or only poorly understood. The present proceedings highlight the new ideas and information on the formation and environmental setting of stromatolites presented at the occasion of the Kalkowsky Symposium 2008, held in Göttingen, Germany.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Joachim Reitner: Professor (chair) for Paleontology and Geobiology, director of the Department of Geobiology and the Courant Research Centre of Geobiology at the University of Göttingen. Awardee of the DFG G.W.-Leibniz award and ordinary member of the Göttingen Academy of Science. Coordinator of the DFG research unit 571 "Geobiology of Organo- and Biofilms"
Nadia-Valérie Quéric:PhD in microbial ecology of deep marine sediments at the University of Bremen. Research assistant for geomicrobiology at the Department of Geobiology of the University of Göttingen.
Gernot Arp:PhD in paleontology and geobiology of ancient microbial systems at the University of Göttingen. Research associate for paleontology and geomicrobiology at the Department of Geobiology of the University of Göttingen. Associate coordinator of the DFG research unit 571 "Geobiology of Organo- and Biofilms".
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Advances in Stromatolite Geobiology
Authors: Joachim Reitner, Nadia-Valérie Quéric, Gernot Arp
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10415-2
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-10414-5Published: 22 October 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-26554-9Published: 05 December 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-10415-2Published: 18 January 2011
Series ISSN: 0930-0317
Series E-ISSN: 1613-2580
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 560
Topics: Biogeosciences, Microbial Ecology, Geoecology/Natural Processes