Tracking the Deep Biosphere through Time

• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Series: Geosciences
• Subjects: anaerobic methane oxidation; archaea; bacteria; bacterial calcium-carbonate precipitation (BCP); Biolog EcoPlates; calcifying bacteria selection; calcifying mixed cultures; Caledonides; carbon isotopes; clay authigenesis; cryptoendoliths; deep biosphere; deep drilling (COSC-1); deep time; diagenetic carbonates; Environmental Science; evolution; fossil fungi; fossilized microorganisms; fungal hyphae; geobiology; geochronology; igneous crust; ImageJ software; Impact structure; in situ radiometric dating; in situ U-Pb geochronology; methanogenesis; microorganisms; Miljövetenskap; Natural Science; Naturvetenskap; Ophiolite; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Research and information: general; sand biocementation; secondary minerals; sediment; stable isotopes; subseafloor habitats; subsurface; Wood–Ljungdahl pathway

Deep biosphere research is at the scientific frontier of bio- and geo-related sciences, yet it is largely underexplored. In terms of volume, deep subsurface settings represent some of the largest microbial habitats on the planet, and the combined biomass of the deep biosphere encompasses the largest...