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Main Title Links Between Geological Processes, Microbial Activities&Evolution of Life Microbes and Geology / [electronic resource] :
Type EBOOK
Author Dilek, Yildirim.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Furnes, Harald.
Muehlenbachs, Karlis.
Publisher Springer Netherlands,
Year Published 2008
ISBN 9781402083068
Subjects Life sciences ; Geochemistry ; Mineralogy ; Oceanography ; Microbial ecology
Internet Access
Description Access URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8306-8
Collation XVI, 348 p. online resource.
Notes
Due to license restrictions, this resource is available to EPA employees and authorized contractors only
Contents Notes
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. 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 biological activity influences geological processes and what role these processes played in the geological evolution of the Earth are fundamental questions. How do we recognize the ancient microbial activities in the rock record and what analytical methods do we use to document them to better understand the evolution of life? Can we detect the existence of microbial life in deep time by studying Archaean rocks? Microbial systems in extreme environments and in the deep biosphere may be analogous to potential life on other planetary bodies and hence may be used to investigate the possibilities of extraterrestrial life. This book explores these questions in an interdisciplinary approach, and examines the mode and nature of links between geological processes and microbial activities and their significance for the origin and evolution of life on the Earth and possibly on other planets.