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Atlas of Microbial Mat Features Preserved within the Siliciclastic Rock Record

Edited by:

  • Juergen Schieber, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
  • Pradip Bose, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
  • P.G. Eriksson, University of Pretoria, South Africa
  • Santanu Banerjee, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India
  • Subir Sarkar, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
  • Wladyslaw Altermann, Ludwigs-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
  • Octavian Catuneanu, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

This Atlas is the second volume in the ATLASES in GEOSCIENCE series, published by ELSEVIER

Bibliographic and Ordering Information for this book can be found here.

Pre-Prints of author formatted manuscripts (PDF format) are available for download from the table of contents below.

Table of Contents:

Chapter One

Prologue: an introduction to microbial mats PDF

Schieber, P.K. Bose, P.G. Eriksson, S. Banerjee, S. Sarkar, W. Altermann and O. Catuneanu

Chapter Two

Structures left by modern microbial mats in their host sediments PDF

Gerdes

Chapter Three

Classification of structures left by microbial mats in their host sediments PDF

P.G. Eriksson, J. Schieber, E. Bouougri, G. Gerdes, H. Porada, S. Banerjee, P.K. Bose and S. Sarkar

Chapter Four

Mat features in sandstones

  • 4(a) Mat growth features PDF
    D. Bottjer and J.W. Hagadorn
  • 4(b) Diagenetic features related to mat metabolism and decay PDF 
    J. Schieber
  • 4(c) Mat-destruction features PDF
    P.G. Eriksson, H. Porada, S. Banerjee, E. Bouougri, S. Sarkar and A.J. Bumby.
  • 4(d) Mat-decay features PDF
    S.Q. Dornbos, N. Noffke, and J.W. Hagadorn
  • 4(f) Complex structures associated with siliciclastic biolaminites PDF
    E. Bouougri and H. Porada

Chapter Five

Microbial mats on muddy substrates – examples of possible sedimentary features and underlying processes PDF

Schieber

Chapter Six

Discussion of some problems: unusual features and the importance of terminology

  • 6(a) ‘Wrinkle structures’ – a critical review PDF
    H. Porada and E. Bouougri
  • 6(b) Some unusual and/or problematic inferred mat-related features PDF
    S. Sarkar and S. Banerjee
  • 6(c) Inherent problems of terminology: definition of terms frequently used in connection with microbial mat PDF
    E. Bouougri, G. Gerdes and H. Porada   

Chapter Seven

Examples of stratigraphic units bearing outstanding mat features

  • 7(a) Microbially-induced sedimentary structures (MISS) of Early and Middle Archaean ages - Moodies Group, Pongola Supergroup, Witwatersrand Supergroup (South Africa) PDF
    N. Noffke
  • 7(b) Microbial mat features in terrigenous clastics of the Belt Supergroup, Mid-Proterozoic of Montana, USA PDF
    J. Schieber
  • 7(c) Microbial mat features in mudstones of the Mesoproterozoic Somanpalli Group, Pranhita-Godavari Basin, India PDF
    S.P. Deb, J. Schieber and A.K. Chaudhuri
  • 7(d) Mat-related features from sandstones of the Vindhyan Supergroup in central India PDF
    P.K. Bose, S. Sarkar, S. Banerjee and S. Chakraborty
  • 7(e) Benthic microbial mats in black shale units from the Vindhyan Supergroup, Middle Proterozoic of India: the challenges of recognizing the genuine article PDF
    Schieber, S. Sur and S. Banerjee
  • 7(f) Mat-related features from the Neoproterozoic Tizi n-Taghatine Group, Anti-Atlas belt, Morocco PDF
    E. Bouougri and H. Porada
  • 7(g) Microbial mat sedimentary structures and their relation to organic-carbon burial in the Middle Neoproterozoic Chuar Group, Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA PDF
    K.M. Bohacs and C.K. Junium
  • 7(h) Mat-related features from the Terminal Ediacaran Nudaus Formation, Nama Group, Namibia PDF
    E. Bouougri and H. Porada
  • 7(i) Ripple patches in the Cretaceous Dakota Sandstone near Denver, Colorado, a classical locality for microbially bound tidal sand flats PDF
    J. Schieber
  • 7(j) Benthic microbial mats as an oil shale component: Green River Formation (Eocene) of Wyoming and Utah PDF
    J. Schieber

Chapter Eight

New developments in research on microbial mats

  • 8(a) Microbial mats built by iron bacteria: a modern example from southern Indiana PDF
    Schieber and M. Glamoclija
  • 8(b) Disruption of mats by seismic events PDF
    J.A. Donaldson and J.R. Chiarenzelli
  • 8(c) Flume experiments on the durability of sandy microbial mat fragments during transport PDF
    Schieber
  • 8(d) Hydraulic conditions and mat-related structures in tidal flats and coastal sabkhas PDF
    Porada, E. Bouougri and J. Ghergut

Chapter Nine

Paleoenvironmental and Chronological Relationships of Mat-Related Features, and Sequence Stratigraphic Implications of Microbial Mats

  • 9(a) Paleogeography of microbial mats in terrigenous clastics - environmental distribution of associated sedimentary features and the role of geologic time PDF
    Schieber, P.K. Bose, P.G. Eriksson, S. Sarkar
  • 9(b) Sequence Stratigraphic Context of microbial mat features PDF
    Catuneanu

Chapter Ten

Conclusions PDF

Schieber, G. Gerdes, P.G. Eriksson, S. Sarkar, P.K. Bose, S. Banerjee, O. Catuneanu and W. Altermann