Microbial Sediments

by Riding, Robert; Awramik, Stanley M.

• ISBN13: 9783540618287
• ISBN10: 3540618287
• eBook ISBN(s): 9783662040362
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-03-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Structure of Microbial Mats and Biofilms	1	(8)
John F. Stolz
Exopolymer Microdomains as a Structuring Agent for Heterogeneity Within Microbial Biofilms	9	(7)
Alan W. Decho
On Stromatolite Lamination	16	(9)
Lee Seong-Joo
Kathleen M. Browne
Stjepko Golubic
Bacterial Calcification	25	(7)
Heike v. Knorre
Wolfgang E. Krumbein
Bacterial Roles in the Precipitation of Carbonate Minerals	32	(8)
Sabine Castanier
Gaele Le Metayer-Levrel
Jean-Pierre Pethuisot
Bacterially Induced Microscale and Nanoscale Carbonate Precipitates	40	(10)
Robert L. Folk
Henry S. Chafetz
Calcification in Cyanobacteria	50	(7)
Martina Merz-Preiß
Cyanobacteria: Architects of Sedimentary Structures	57	(11)
Stjepko Golubic
Lee Seong-Joo
Kathleen M. Browne
Fungi and Sediments	68	(8)
Eric P. Verrecchia
Diatoms and Benthic Microbial Carbonates	76	(8)
Barbara M. Winsborough
Carbon Isotopes and Microbial Sediments	84	(12)
Manfred Schidlowski
Sulphur Isotopes and Microbial Sulphur Cycling in Sediments	96	(9)
S.H. Bottrell
R. Raiswell
Products and Depth Limits of Microbial Activity in Petroliferous Subsurface Settings	105	(16)
Hans G. Machel
Julia Foght
Microbe-Metal Interactions in Sediments	121	(6)
F.G. Ferris
Microbial Phosphate Sediment	127	(10)
David Soudry
Microbes and Black Shales	137	(12)
Wolfgang Oschmann
Organic and Biogeochemical Patterns in Cryptic Microbialites	149	(12)
Joachim Reitner
Volker Thiel
Heinrich Zankl
Walter Michaelis
Gert Worheide
Pascale Gautret
Subaerial Microbial Mats and Their Effects on Soil and Rock	161	(10)
Anna A. Gorbushina
Wolfgang E. Krumbein
Microbial Sediments in Tropical Karst Terrains: A Model Based on the Cayman Islands	171	(8)
Brian Jones
Ambient Temperature Freshwater Microbial Tufas	179	(8)
Martyn Pedley
Microbial Precipitates Around Continental Hot Springs and Geysers	187	(9)
Robin W. Renaut
Brian Jones
Evaporite Microbial Sediments	196	(13)
Gisela Gerdes
Wolfgang E. Krumbein
Nora Noffke
Gypsum Microbial Sediments: Neogene and Modern Examples	209	(8)
J.M. Rouchy
C. Monty
Siliciclastic Intertidal icrobial Sediments	217	(9)
David M. Paterson
Kevin S. Black
Subaqueous Siliciclastic Stromatolites: A Case History from Late Miocene Beach Deposits in the Sorbas Basin of SE Spain	226	(7)
Juan C. Braga
Jose M. Martin
Shallow Marine Microbial Carbonate Deposits	233	(17)
Kathleen M. Browne
Stjepko Golubic
Lee Seong-Joo
Microbial Whitings	250	(11)
Joel B. Thompson
Cold Seep Carbonates in the Tertiary of Northwest Italy: Evidence of Bacterial Degradation of Methane	261	(9)
P.A. Clari
L. Martire
Microbial Processes and Products Fueled by Hydrocarbons at Submarine Seeps	270	(12)
Paul Aharon
Microbial Contribution to Reefal Mud-Mounds in Ancient Deep-Water Settings: Evidence from the Cambrian	282	(7)
Brian R. Pratt
Mesozoic Reefal Thrombolites and Other Microbolites	289	(6)
Reinhold R. Leinfelder
Dieter U. Schmid
Proterozoic Stromatolite Taxonomy and Biostratigraphy	295	(12)
Mikhail A. Semikhatov
Maria E. Raaben
Microbial vs Environmental Influences on the Morphology of Late Archean Fenestrate Microbialites	307	(8)
Dawn Y. Sumner
Archean Stromatolites as Microbial Archives	315	(14)
H.J. Hofmann
Subject Index	329