Holland / James / Button Mineral Deposits and the Evolution of the Biosphere

Report of the Dahlem Workshop on Biospheric Evolution and Precambrian Metallogeny Berlin 1980, September 1–5
1982
ISBN: 978-3-642-68463-0
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 3, 334 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Dahlem Workshop Report

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

James, H. L.

Button, A.

Junge, C. E.

Kaplan, I. R.

Oehler, J.H.

Miller, S. L.

Williams, N.

Schidlowski, M.

Awramik, S.M.

Trudinger, P. H.

Babloyantz, A.

Cloud, P.

Eglinton, G.

Holland, H.D.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Microbial Processes and Ecosystems.- Microbial Processes in the Sulfur Cycle Through Time.- The Organic Geochemistry of Benthic Microbial Ecosystems.- Microbiological Oxidation and Reduction of Iron.- The Morphological and Chemical Record of the Precambrian Biosphere.- The Pre-Phanerozoic Fossil Record.- Precambrian Evolutionary Genetics.- Content and Isotopic Composition of Reduced Carbon in Sediments.- Composition of Kerogen and Hydrocarbons in Precambrian Rocks.- Prebiotic Synthesis of Organic Compounds.- Biological Processes and the Formation of Mineral Deposits.- Stratified Sulfide Deposition in Modern and Ancient Environments.- Banded Iron-Formation: Distribution in Time and Paleoenvironmental Significance.- Variations in the Distribution of Mineral Deposits with Time.- Sedimentary Balance Through Geological Time.- Group Photo: Sedimentary Iron Deposits, Evaporites and Phosphorites.- Sedimentary Iron Deposits, Evaporites and Phosphorites.- Group Photo: Stratified Sulfide Deposits.- Stratified Sulfide Deposits.- Group Photo: Reduced Carbon Compounds in Sediments.- Reduced Carbon Compounds in Sediments.- Group Photo: Biogeochemical Evolution of the Ocean-Atmosphere System.- Biogeochemical Evolution of the Ocean-Atmosphere System.- List of Participants.- Author Index.