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xii, 443 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm |
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Machine generated contents note: 1.What is Geobiology? / Kurt O. Konhauser -- 1.1.Introduction -- 1.2.Life interacting with the Earth -- 1.3.Pattern and process in geobiology -- 1.4.New horizons in geobiology -- References -- 2.The Global Carbon Cycle: Biological Processes / Paul G. Falkowski -- 2.1.Introduction -- 2.2.A brief primer on redox reactions -- 2.3.Carbon as a substrate for biological reactions -- 2.4.The evolution of photosynthesis -- 2.5.The evolution of oxygenic phototrophs -- 2.6.Net primary production -- 2.7.What limits NPP on land and in the ocean? -- 2.8.Is NPP in balance with respiration? -- 2.9.Conclusions and extensions -- References -- 3.The Global Carbon Cycle: Geological Processes / Giovanni Aloisi -- 3.1.Introduction -- 3.2.Organic carbon cycling -- 3.3.Carbonate cycling -- 3.4.Mantle degassing -- 3.5.Metamorphism -- 3.6.Silicate weathering -- 3.7.Feedbacks -- 3.8.Balancing the geological carbon cycle -- |
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Contents note continued: 3.9.Evolution of the geological carbon cycle through Earth's history: proxies and models -- 3.10.The geological C cycle through time -- 3.11.Limitations and perspectives -- References -- 4.The Global Nitrogen Cycle / Bess Ward -- 4.1.Introduction -- 4.2.Geological nitrogen cycle -- 4.3.Components of the global nitrogen cycle -- 4.4.Nitrogen redox chemistry -- 4.5.Biological reactions of the nitrogen cycle -- 4.6.Atmospheric nitrogen chemistry -- 4.7.Summary and areas for future research -- References -- 5.The Global Sulfur Cycle / James Farquhar -- 5.1.Introduction -- 5.2.The global sulfur cycle from two perspectives -- 5.3.The evolution of S metabolisms -- 5.4.The interaction of S with other biogeochemical cycles -- 5.5.The evolution of the S cycle -- 5.6.Closing remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 6.The Global Iron Cycle / Kurt O. Konhauser -- 6.1.Overview -- 6.2.The inorganic geochemistry of iron: redox and reservoirs -- |
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Contents note continued: 6.3.Iron in modern biology and biogeochemical cycles -- 6.4.Iron through time -- 6.5.Summary -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 7.The Global Oxygen Cycle / Donald E. Canfield -- 7.1.Introduction -- 7.2.The chemistry and biochemistry of oxygen -- 7.3.The concept of redox balance -- 7.4.The modern O2 cycle -- 7.5.Cycling of O2 and H2 on the early Earth -- 7.6.Synthesis: speculations about the timing and cause of the rise of atmospheric O2 -- References -- 8.Bacterial Biomineralization / Robert Riding -- 8.1.Introduction -- 8.2.Mineral nucleation and growth -- 8.3.How bacteria facilitate biomineralization -- 8.4.Iron oxyhydroxides -- 8.5.Calcium carbonates -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 9.Mineral---Organic---Microbe Interfacial Chemistry / Jonathan R. Lloyd -- 9.1.Introduction -- 9.2.The mineral surface (and mineral---bio interface) and techniques for its study -- 9.3.Mineral-organic-microbe interfacial processes: some key examples -- |
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Contents note continued: Acknowledgements -- References -- 10.Eukaryotic Skeletal Formation / Patricia M. Dove -- 10.1.Introduction -- 10.2.Mineralization by unicellular organisms -- 10.3.Mineralization by multicellular organisms -- 10.4.A brief history of skeletons -- 10.5.Summary -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 11.Plants and Animals as Geobiological Agents / Nicholas J. Butterfield -- 11.1.Introduction -- 11.2.Land plants as geobiological agents -- 11.3.Animals as geobiological agents -- 11.4.Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 12.A Geobiological View of Weathering and Erosion / Elisabeth M. Hausrath -- 12.1.Introduction -- 12.2.Effects of biota on weathering -- 12.3.Effects of organic molecules on weathering -- 12.4.Organomarkers in weathering solutions -- 12.5.Elemental profiles in regolith -- 12.6.Time evolution of profile development -- 12.7.Investigating chemical, physical, and biological weathering with simple models -- 12.8.Conclusions -- |
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Contents note continued: Acknowledgements -- References -- 13.Molecular Biology's Contributions to Geobiology / Anna-Louise Reysenbach -- 13.1.Introduction -- 13.2.Molecular approaches used in geobiology -- 13.3.Case study: anaerobic oxidation of methane -- 13.4.Challenges and opportunities for the next generation -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 14.Stable Isotope Geobiology / W.W. Fischer -- 14.1.Introduction -- 14.2.Isotopic notation and the biogeochemical elements -- 14.3.Tracking fractionation in a system -- 14.4.Applications -- 14.5.Using isotopes to ask a geobiological question in deep time -- 14.6.Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 15.Biomarkers: Informative Molecules for Studies in Geobiology / Sara A. Lincoln -- 15.1.Introduction -- 15.2.Origins of biomarkers -- 15.3.Diagenesis -- 15.4.Isotopic compositions -- 15.5.Stereochemical considerations -- 15.6.Lipid biosynthetic pathways -- 15.7.Classification of lipids -- 15.8.Lipids diagnostic of Archaea -- |
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Contents note continued: 15.9.Lipids diagnostic of Bacteria -- 15.10.Lipids of Eukarya -- 15.11.Preservable cores -- 15.12.Outlook -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 16.The Fossil Record of Microbial Life / Andrew H. Knoll -- 16.1.Introduction -- 16.2.The nature of Earth's early microbial record -- 16.3.Paleobiological inferences from microfossil morphology -- 16.4.Inferences from microfossil chemistry and ultrastructure (new technologies) -- 16.5.Inferences from microbialites -- 16.6.A brief history, with questions -- 16.7.Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 17.Geochemical Origins of Life / Robert M. Hazen -- 17.1.Introduction -- 17.2.Emergence as a unifying concept in origins research -- 17.3.The emergence of biomolecules -- 17.4.The emergence of macromolecules -- 17.5.The emergence of self-replicating systems -- 17.6.The emergence of natural selection -- 17.7.Three scenarios for the origins of life -- Acknowledgements -- References -- |
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Contents note continued: 18.Mineralogical Co-evolution of the Geosphere and Biosphere / Dominic Papineau -- 18.1.Introduction -- 18.2.Prebiotic mineral evolution I --- evidence from meteorites -- 18.3.Prebiotic mineral evolution II --- crust and mantle reworking -- 18.4.The anoxic Archean biosphere -- 18.5.The Great Oxidation Event -- 18.6.A billion years of stasis -- 18.7.The snowball Earth -- 18.8.The rise of skeletal mineralization -- 18.9.Summary -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 19.Geobiology of the Archean Eon / Roger Buick -- 19.1.Introduction -- 19.2.Carbon cycle -- 19.3.Sulfur cycle -- 19.4.Iron cycle -- 19.5.Oxygen cycle -- 19.6.Nitrogen cycle -- 19.7.Phosphorus cycle -- 19.8.Bioaccretion of sediment -- 19.9.Bioalteration -- 19.10.Conclusions -- References -- 20.Geobiology of the Proterozoic Eon / Shuhai Xiao -- 20.1.Introduction -- 20.2.The Great Oxidation Event -- 20.3.The early Proterozoic: Era geobiology in the wake of the GOE -- |
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Contents note continued: 20.4.The mid-Proterozoic: a last gasp of iron formations, deep ocean anoxia, the ̀€boring' billion, and a mid-life crisis -- 20.5.The history of Proterozoic life: biomarker records -- 20.6.The history of Proterozoic life: mid-Proterozoic fossil record -- 20.7.The late Proterozoic: a supercontinent, oxygen, ice, and the emergence of animals -- 20.8.Summary -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 21.Geobiology of the Phanerozoic / Steven M. Stanley -- 21.1.The beginning of the Phanerozoic Eon -- 21.2.Cambrian mass extinctions -- 21.3.The terminal Ordovician mass extinction -- 21.4.The impact of early land plants -- 21.5.Silurian biotic crises -- 21.6.Devonian mass extinctions -- 21.7.Major changes of the global ecosystem in Carboniferous time -- 21.8.Low-elevation glaciation near the equator -- 21.9.Drying of climates -- 21.10.A double mass extinction in the Permian -- 21.11.The absence of recovery in the early Triassic -- 21.12.The terminal Triassic crisis -- |
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Contents note continued: 21.13.The rise of atmospheric oxygen since early in Triassic time -- 21.14.The Toarcian anoxic event -- 21.15.Phytoplankton, planktonic foraminifera, and the carbon cycle -- 21.16.Diatoms and the silica cycle -- 21.17.Cretaceous climates -- 21.18.The sudden Paleocene---Eocene climatic shift -- 21.19.The cause of the Eocene---Oligocene climatic shift -- 21.20.The re-expansion of reefs during Oligocene time -- 21.21.Drier climates and cascading evolutionary radiations on the land -- References -- 22.Geobiology of the Anthropocene / Daniel P. Schrag -- 22.1.Introduction -- 22.2.The Anthropocene -- 22.3.When did the Anthropocene begin? -- 22.4.Geobiology and human population -- 22.5.Human appropriation of the Earth -- 22.6.The carbon cycle and climate of the Anthropocene -- 22.7.The future of geobiology -- Acknowledgements -- References |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Geobiology.
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| Author |
Knoll, Andrew H.
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Canfield, Donald E.
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Konhauser, Kurt.
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| LC no. |
2011046005 |
| ISBN |
9781405187527 paperback |
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