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Advances in Stromatolite Geobiology

By Joachim Reitner , Nadia-Valérie Quéric , Gernot Arp (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2011
ISBN
3642104142, 9783642104145
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-10415-2
ISSN
0930-0317
LCC
QE955 .I575 2008b
Google Books ID
lIBUbyRUnaoC
Open Library ID
OL25170031M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
22 MB (23210318 bytes)
Series
Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences 131
Edition
1
Pages
560\573
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40
Biogeosciences; Microbial Ecology; Geoecology/Natu

Description

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

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