STROMATOLITES: Interaction of Microbes with Sediments
This book provides an overview and latest information about the formation of Stromatolites as a result of interaction of microbes with sediments. Eighty-three expert scientists from twenty-seven countries present the chapters in this volume which have bee
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Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology Volume 18
Series Editor: Joseph Seckbach The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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Stromatolites: Interaction of Microbes with Sediments
Edited by
Vinod C. Tewari Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India and
Joseph Seckbach Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Editors Vinod C. Tewari Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology Dehradun, Uttarakhand India [email protected]
Joseph Seckbach Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel [email protected]
ISBN 978-94-007-0396-4 e-ISBN 978-94-007-0397-1 DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-0397-1 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011922137 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Cover illustration: Stromatolites at Shark Bay (Hamelin Pool), 700 km. north-northwest of Perth, Western Australia. Photo by J. William Schopf, UCLA, USA Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction to Stromatolites/Seckbach Joseph................................
ix
Foreword/Oren Aharon.....................................................................
xi
List of Authors and Their Addresses................................................
xix
Acknowledgements...........................................................................
xxix
PART 1:
ARCHAEAN: PROTEROZOIC STROMATOLITES AND MICROBIOTA Proterozoic Stromatolites of the Itaiacoca Group, Southeast Brazil [Filho, W.S. and Fairchild, T.R.]........................ Meso-Neoproterozoic Stromatolites from the Indravati and Chhattisgarh Basins, Central India [Guhey, R. et al.]........... Stromatolites and Cyanobacterial Mats in Peritidal Evaporative Environments in the Neoproterozoic of Bas-Congo (Democratic Republic of Congo) and South Gabon [Préat, A.R. et al.] . ....................................... Microbiota and Microbial Mats within Ancient Stromatolites in South China [Ruiji C. and Leiming, Y.]............. Morphological Changes in Microscopic-Megascopic Life and Stromatolites Recorded During Late Palaeoproterozoic –Neoproterozoic Transition: The Vindhyan Supergroup, India [Srivastava, P and Tewari, V.C.].................................................. Farrel Quartzite Microfossils in the Goldsworthy Greenstone Belt, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia Additional Evidence for a Diverse and Evolved Biota on the Archean Earth [Sugitani et al.]........... Ediacaran Krol Carbonates of the Lesser Himalaya, India: Stromatolitic Facies, D
