Links Between Geological Processes, Microbial Activities&Evolution of Life

1. Oceanic Pillow Lavas and Hyaloclastites as Habitats for Microbial Life Through Time – A Review
Harald Furnes, Nicola McLoughlin, Karlis Muehlenbachs, Neil Banerjee, Hubert Staudigel, Yildirim Dilek, Maarten de Wit, Martin Kranendonk, Peter Schiffman

2. Microbial Colonization of Various Habitable Niches During Alteration of Oceanic Crust
Magnus Ivarsson, Nils G. Holm

3. Ambient Inclusion Trails: Their Recognition, Age Range and Applicability to Early Life on Earth
David Wacey, Matt Kilburn, Crispin Stoakes, Hugh Aggleton, Martin Brasier

4. Spatial Distribution of the Subseafloor Life: Diversity and Biogeography
Fumio Inagaki, Satoshi Nakagawa

5. Analysis of Deep Subsurface Microbial Communities by Functional Genes andGenomics
Andreas Teske, Jennifer F. Biddle

6. Diversity of Bahamian Microbialite Substrates
Robert N. Ginsburg, Noah J. Planavsky

7. Evaporite Microbial Films, Mats, Microbialites and Stromatolites
Robin L. Brigmon, Penny Morris, Garriet Smith

8. Microbial Life in Extreme Environments: Linking Geological and Microbiological Processes
Hailiang Dong

9. Marine Methane Biogeochemistry of the Black Sea: A Review
Thomas Pape, Martin Blumenberg, Richard Seifert, Gerhard Bohrmann, Walter Michaelis

10. From Volcanic Winter to Snowball Earth: An Alternative Explanation for Neoproterozoic Biosphere Stress
Robert J. Stern, D. Avigad, N. Miller, M. Beyth

Keywords: Geosciences, Biogeosciences, Microbial Ecology, Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Oceanography