Advances in Stromatolite Geobiology [electronic resource] /
Reitner, Joachim.author.
International Kalkowsky SymposiumCorporate Author
International Kalkowsky Symposium(2008 :Göttingen, Germany)
International Kalkowsky Symposium
Quéric, Nadia-Valérie.author.
Arp, Gernot.author.
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.
Universität Göttingen.
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.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. General aspects and research history -- pt. 2. Stromatolite formation and microbial biomineralisation -- pt. 3. Microbial ecology and fossil record.
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.
Kalkowsky, Ernst Louis, 1851-1938
Geobiology.
Microbial ecology.
Geoecology.
Environmental geology.
Biogeosciences.
Microbial Ecology.
Geoecology/Natural Processes.