Browsing by Subject "Geobiology"
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(2015-11-30)Microbial life has been fundamental in the evolution of the Earth throughout geologic time. Although insignificant as individuals, collectively as communities microorganisms impact sedimentary environments by producing ...
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(2014-12-11)The 3.42 Ga Buck Reef Chert (Kromberg Formation, Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa) contains a geobiological record of microbial mats confined to the photic zone of anoxic Archean oceans. In order to better understand ...
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(2015-10-02)The field of evolutionary geobiology is focused largely on the presence of biosignatures in the geological record. Microbial mat communities have been shown to sort heavy element grains and produce patterns that differ ...