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Microbial Sediments

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Editors:
  1. Robert E. Riding

    1. Department of Earth Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK

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  2. Stanley M. Awramik

    1. Department of Geological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

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  • Excellent artwork - 70 pages of instructive halftone figures

  • A Definitive multiauthor text by leading researchers

  • Complete coverage of a rapidly developing field

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (34 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
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  2. Structure of Microbial Mats and Biofilms

    • John F. Stolz
    Pages 1-8

  3. Exopolymer Microdomains as a Structuring Agent for Heterogeneity Within Microbial Biofilms

    • Alan W. Decho
    Pages 9-15

  4. On Stromatolite Lamination

    • Lee Seong-Joo, Kathleen M. Browne, Stjepko Golubic
    Pages 16-24

  5. Bacterial Calcification

    • Heike v. Knorre, Wolfgang E. Krumbein
    Pages 25-31

  6. Bacterial Roles in the Precipitation of Carbonate Minerals

    • Sabine Castanier, Gaële Le Métayer-Levrel, Jean-Pierre Perthuisot
    Pages 32-39

  7. Bacterially Induced Microscale and Nanoscale Carbonate Precipitates

    • Robert L. Folk, Henry S. Chafetz
    Pages 40-49

  8. Calcification in Cyanobacteria

    • Martina Merz-Preiß
    Pages 50-56

  9. Cyanobacteria: Architects of Sedimentary Structures

    • Stjepko Golubic, Lee Seong-Joo, Kathleen M. Browne
    Pages 57-67

  10. Fungi and Sediments

    • Eric P. Verrecchia
    Pages 68-75

  11. Diatoms and Benthic Microbial Carbonates

    • Barbara M. Winsborough
    Pages 76-83

  12. Carbon Isotopes and Microbial Sediments

    • Manfred Schidlowski
    Pages 84-95

  13. Sulphur Isotopes and Microbial Sulphur Cycling in Sediments

    • S. H. Bottrell, R. Raiswell
    Pages 96-104

  14. Products and Depth Limits of Microbial Activity in Petroliferous Subsurface Settings

    • Hans G. Machel, Julia Foght
    Pages 105-120

  15. Microbe-Metal Interactions in Sediments

    • F. G. Ferris
    Pages 121-126

  16. Microbial Phosphate Sediment

    • David Soudry
    Pages 127-136

  17. Microbes and Black Shales

    • Wolfgang Oschmann
    Pages 137-148

  18. Organic and Biogeochemical Patterns in Cryptic Microbialites

    • Joachim Reitner, Volker Thiel, Heinrich Zankl, Walter Michaelis, Gert Wörheide, Pascale Gautret
    Pages 149-160

  19. Subaerial Microbial Mats and Their Effects on Soil and Rock

    • Anna A. Gorbushina, Wolfgang E. Krumbein
    Pages 161-170

  20. Microbial Sediments in Tropical Karst Terrains: A Model Based on the Cayman Islands

    • Brian Jones
    Pages 171-178
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About this book

Microbes are of key importance in the production, deposition and diagenesis of sediments. This volume provides a comprehensive overview of microbial sediments. It contains authoritative and stimulating contributions by distinguished authors that cover the field and set the scene for future advances. It deals with mats and biofilms, biosedimentary precipitates, fabrics and diagenesis in a wide range of sedimentary environments, and it examines the development of microbial sediments through time. It is designed for postgraduate researchers and professional scientists who require up-to-date information on the influence of microorganisms on sedimentation.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Earth Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK

    Robert E. Riding

  • Department of Geological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

    Stanley M. Awramik

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Microbial Sediments

  • Editors: Robert E. Riding, Stanley M. Awramik

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04036-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-61828-7Published: 28 January 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-08275-7Published: 15 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-04036-2Published: 29 June 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 331

  • Number of Illustrations: 144 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Biogeosciences, Sedimentology, Mineralogy, Microbiology

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