Keywords:
Submarine geology
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Description / Table of Contents:
Presents decades of research that explores the Earth under the Sea
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
Online-Ressource (829 p)
ISBN:
9780444626172
Series Statement:
Developments in Marine Geology v.7
URL:
http://gbv.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=1882818
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=1882818
DDC:
551.46
Language:
English
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Front Cover; Earth and Life Processes Discovered from Subseafloor Environments; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Reviewers; Chapter 1 - Major Scientific Achievements of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program: Overview and Highlights; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 THE DEEP BIOSPHERE AND THE SUBSEAFLOOR OCEAN (INITIATIVES IN DEEP BIOSPHERE AND GAS HYDRATES); 1.3 ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, PROCESSES, AND EFFECTS (INITIATIVES IN EXTREME CLIMATES AND RAPID CLIMATE CHANGE)
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1.4 SOLID EARTH CYCLES AND GEODYNAMICS (INITIATIVES IN CONTINENTAL BREAKUP AND SEDIMENTARY BASIN FORMATION, LIPS, 21ST CENTURY M...1.5 BOREHOLE OBSERVATORY ACCOMPLISHMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2 New Frontier of Subseafloor Life and the Biosphere; Chapter 2.1 Exploration of Subseafloor Lifeand the Biosphere ThroughIODP (2003-2013); 2.1.1 BACKGROUND: THE DEEP SUBSEAFLOOR BIOSPHERE; 2.1.2 IODP EXPEDITIONS RELATIVE TO THE DEEP-BIOSPHERE RESEARCH; 2.1.3 SAMPLE STORAGE FOR THE FUTURE DEEP-BIOSPHERE RESEARCH; 2.1.4 CONCLUSION AND PERSPECTIVES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES
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Chapter 2.2.1 - Biomass, Diversity, and Metabolic Functions of Subseafloor Life: Detection and Enumeration of Microbial Cells in Subseafloor SedimentDetection and Enumeration of Microbial Cells in Subseafloor Sediment; 2.2.1.1 THE HISTORY OF DETECTION AND ENUMERATION OF MICROBIAL CELLS IN DEEP SUBSEAFLOOR SEDIMENT; 2.2.1.2 TECHNICAL CHALLENGES IN ESTIMATING BIOMASS AND MICROBIAL DIVERSITY IN SUBSEAFLOOR ENVIRONMENTS; 2.2.1.3 COUNTING STATISTICS; 2.2.1.4 OVERCOMING THE LIMITATIONS; 2.2.1.5 COMBATING CONTAMINATION; 2.2.1.6 LOWERING THE QUANTIFICATION LIMIT
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2.2.1.7 POTENTIAL ALTERNATIVES FOR DETECTING LIFE IN SUBSURFACE ENVIRONMENTS2.2.1.8 CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2.2.2 - Genetic Evidence of Subseafloor Microbial Communities; 2.2.2.1 RIBOSOMAL RNA AS PHYLOGENETIC MARKER; 2.2.2.2 FUNCTIONAL GENES; 2.2.2.3 METAGENOMIC INVESTIGATIONS OF COMPLEX SUBSEAFLOOR COMMUNITIES; REFERENCES; Chapter 2.3 - The Underground Economy (Energetic Constraints of Subseafloor Life); 2.3.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.3.2 ENERGY-CONSERVING ACTIVITIES IN MARINE SEDIMENT; 2.3.3 LIFE UNDER EXTREME ENERGY LIMITATION; 2.3.4 DISCUSSION; 2.3.5 CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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REFERENCESChapter 2.4 - Life at Subseafloor Extremes; 2.4.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.4.2 POSSIBLE PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CONSTRAINTS ON LIFE IN SUBSEAFLOOR ENVIRONMENTS; 2.4.3 CHALLENGE FOR LIMITS OF BIOSPHERE IN OCEAN DRILLING EXPEDITIONS OF ODP AND IODP; 2.4.4 THERMODYNAMIC ESTIMATION OF ABUNDANCE AND COMPOSITION OF MICROBIAL METABOLISMS IN SUBSEAFLOOR BOUNDARY BIOSPHERE; 2.4.5 CONCLUDING REMARKS AND PERSPECTIVES; REFERENCES; Chapter 2.5 - Life in the Ocean Crust: Lessons from Subseafloor Laboratories; 2.5.1 INTRODUCTION
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2.5.2 GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE DIVERSITY, ACTIVITY, AND ABUNDANCE OF MICROBIAL LIFE IN IGNEOUS OCEANIC CRUST
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