Ebook: Mineral Deposits and the Evolution of the Biosphere: Report of the Dahlem Workshop on Biospheric Evolution and Precambrian Metallogeny Berlin 1980, September 1–5

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-3
Microbial Processes in the Sulfur Cycle Through Time....Pages 5-30
The Organic Geochemistry of Benthic Microbial Ecosystems....Pages 31-50
Microbiological Oxidation and Reduction of Iron....Pages 51-65
The Pre-Phanerozoic Fossil Record....Pages 67-81
Precambrian Evolutionary Genetics....Pages 83-101
Content and Isotopic Composition of Reduced Carbon in Sediments....Pages 103-122
Composition of Kerogen and Hydrocarbons in Precambrian Rocks....Pages 123-154
Prebiotic Synthesis of Organic Compounds....Pages 155-176
Stratified Sulfide Deposition in Modern and Ancient Environments....Pages 177-198
Banded Iron Formation: Distribution in Time and Paleoenvironmental Significance....Pages 199-217
Variations in the Distribution of Mineral Deposits with Time....Pages 219-236
Sedimentary Balance Through Geological Time....Pages 237-256
Group on Sedimentary Iron Deposits, Evaporites and Phosphorites....Pages 258-258
Sedimentary Iron Deposits, Evaporites and Phosphorites State of the Art Report....Pages 259-273
Group on Stratified Sulfide Deposits....Pages 274-274
Stratified Sulfide Deposits State of the Art Report....Pages 275-286
Group on Reduced Carbon Compounds in Sediment....Pages 288-288
Reduced Carbon Compounds in Sediments State of the Art Report....Pages 289-306
Group on Biogeochemical Evolution of the Ocean-Atmosphere System....Pages 308-308
Back Matter....Pages 321-334
Biogeochemical Evolution of the Ocean-Atmosphere System State of the Art Report....Pages 309-320

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-3
Microbial Processes in the Sulfur Cycle Through Time....Pages 5-30
The Organic Geochemistry of Benthic Microbial Ecosystems....Pages 31-50
Microbiological Oxidation and Reduction of Iron....Pages 51-65
The Pre-Phanerozoic Fossil Record....Pages 67-81
Precambrian Evolutionary Genetics....Pages 83-101
Content and Isotopic Composition of Reduced Carbon in Sediments....Pages 103-122
Composition of Kerogen and Hydrocarbons in Precambrian Rocks....Pages 123-154
Prebiotic Synthesis of Organic Compounds....Pages 155-176
Stratified Sulfide Deposition in Modern and Ancient Environments....Pages 177-198
Banded Iron Formation: Distribution in Time and Paleoenvironmental Significance....Pages 199-217
Variations in the Distribution of Mineral Deposits with Time....Pages 219-236
Sedimentary Balance Through Geological Time....Pages 237-256
Group on Sedimentary Iron Deposits, Evaporites and Phosphorites....Pages 258-258
Sedimentary Iron Deposits, Evaporites and Phosphorites State of the Art Report....Pages 259-273
Group on Stratified Sulfide Deposits....Pages 274-274
Stratified Sulfide Deposits State of the Art Report....Pages 275-286
Group on Reduced Carbon Compounds in Sediment....Pages 288-288
Reduced Carbon Compounds in Sediments State of the Art Report....Pages 289-306
Group on Biogeochemical Evolution of the Ocean-Atmosphere System....Pages 308-308
Back Matter....Pages 321-334
Biogeochemical Evolution of the Ocean-Atmosphere System State of the Art Report....Pages 309-320
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