Geol.726          Microbial Carbonates: Components and Categories                                                          (3C.H)

Course contents: Introduction to microbial carbonates, Calcimicrobes, Process creating microbial carbonates (grain trapping and binding, and microbially induced and/or influenced CaCO3 precipitation), Fabrics of microbial carbonates, Categories of microbial carbonate deposits, Distribution of microbial carbonates in time and space.

Recommended Books:

1. Microbial Carbonates in Space and Time: Implications for Global Exploration and Production edited by Bosence, D. W. J., Gibbons, K. A., Le Heron, D. P., Morgan, W. A., Pritchard, T., & Vining, B. A. (2015). Geological Society, London, Special Publications.
2. Ecology of Cyanobacteria II: Their Diversity in Space and Time edited by Whitton, B. A. (2012). Springer, Netherlands.
3. Encyclopedia of Geobiology (Encyclopedia of Earth Science Series) edited by Reitner, J., & Thiel, V. (2011). Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg.
4. Microfacies of Carbonate Rocks by Flügel, E. (2010). Springer-Berlin Heidelberg.
5. Microbial Sediments edited by Riding, R. E., & Awramik, S. E. (2000). Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg.
6. The Ecology of the Cambrian Radiation by Zhuravlev, A., & Riding, R. (2000). Columbia University Press.
7. Calcareous Algae and Stromatolites edited by Riding, R. (1991). Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, London, Paris, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Barcelona.