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NIELS RAMEIL ADRIAN IMMENHAUSER GEORG WARRLICH HEIKO HILLGÄRTNER HENK J. DROSTE 《Sedimentology》2010,57(3):883-911
Lithocodium aggregatum and Bacinella irregularis are now extinct, shallow marine life forms of unknown taxonomic origin. Forming part of the tropical platform biota during much of the Mesozoic, these organisms experienced bloom periods and temporarily replaced rudist–coral assemblages during parts of the Early Aptian. Within the limitations of time resolution, this ‘out‐of‐balance’ facies is coeval with the Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a‐related black shale deposition in oceanic basins but the triggering factors remain poorly understood. Here, a platform‐wide comparison of Lithocodium–Bacinella geobodies and morphotypes from the Sultanate of Oman is presented and placed in its environmental, bathymetric and physiographic context. Lithocodium–Bacinella geobodies reach from kilometre‐scale ‘superstructures’ to delicate centimetre‐sized growth forms. Clearly, scale matters and care must be taken when drawing conclusions based on spatially limited observational data. Whilst the factors that cause Lithocodium–Bacinella expansion should probably be considered in a global context, regional to local factors affected growth patterns in a more predictable manner. Here, the unresolved taxonomic relationship remains the main obstacle in any attempt to unravel the response of Lithocodium–Bacinella to specific or interlinked environmental parameters as different organisms respond differently to changing environment. Acknowledging these limitations, the following tentative patterns are observed: (i) Lithocodium–Bacinella tolerated a wide range of hydrodynamic levels and responded to differences in energy level or physiographic settings (margin, intrashelf basin, inner platform) by obtaining characteristic growth forms. (ii) Lithocodium–Bacinella favoured low‐sediment input but had the ability to react to higher sedimentation rates by enhanced upward growth; a feature perhaps pointing to a phototrophic metabolism. Circumstantial evidence for continuous growth within the upper‐sediment column is debated. (iii) The availability of accommodation space had a direct influence on the maximum size of geobodies formed. (iv) Fluctuating nutrient levels and sea water alkalinity may have affected the growth potential of Lithocodium–Bacinella. Understanding the relationship between Lithocodium–Bacinella morphogenesis on a wide range of scales and local environmental parameters allows for better prediction of the spatial distribution of reservoir properties and also results in an improved interpretation of palaeoenvironments. This study might represent a useful first step in this direction. 相似文献
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环境与生命矿物学的科学内涵与研究方法 总被引：4，自引：2，他引：2
环境与生命矿物学是矿物学、环境科学与生命科学之间的交叉学科,是成因矿物学在生命领域的拓展和延伸,是地球系统科学的重要组成部分。生命起源的矿物表征和矿物作用;极端环境下的生物多样性及生物与矿物的关系;生物体的矿物组成、作用、宏微观形貌和自组装结构;生命矿物成核、生长和自组装过程的有机质调控及其响应环境变化的标型特征;生物矿化的过程、机理及其资源环境效应;矿物(含药用矿物)在生命活动中的作用、过程与机理及其开发利用,是环境与生命矿物学的主要研究内容。生命矿物有其自身的特点,选择用于环境及其变迁研究的生命矿物时,应遵循"贯通性"、"灵敏性"、"统计性"和"周期性"等四原则。根据生命矿物进行环境分析研究时,要注意甄别影响矿物学特征变化的环境要素;既要善于利用较便捷成熟的成因矿物学研究手段和方法(如热发光,简称TL),还要充分利用其他学科中的技术(如计算体层摄影术,简称CT),创造性地开发生命矿物学的环境标型。 相似文献
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J. Anthony Stallins 《Geoforum》2012,43(3):427-441
The fallout from environmental determinism of the early 20th century steered geography away from biological and evolutionary thought. Yet it also set in motion the diversification of how geographers conceive environment, how these environments shape and are shaped by humans, and how scaling negotiates the interpretation of this causality. I illustrate how this plurality of scalar perspectives and practices in geography is embedded in the organism–environment interaction recently articulated in the life sciences. I describe the new fields of epigenetics and niche construction to communicate how ideas about scale from human and physical geography come together in the life sciences. I argue that the two subdisciplinary modes or ‘moments’ of scalar thinking in geography are compatible, even necessary, through their embodiment in organisms. To procure predictability, organisms practice an epistemological scaling to rework the mental and material boundaries and scales in their environment. Yet organisms are also embedded in ontological flux. Boundaries and scales do not remain static because of the agency of other organisms to shape their own predictability. I formally define biological scaling as arising from the interplay of epistemological and ontological moments of scale. This third moment of scale creates local assemblages or topologies with a propensity for persistence. These ‘lumpy’ material outcomes of the new organism–environment interaction have analogues in posthuman and new materialist geographies. They also give formerly discredited Lamarckian modes of inheritance a renewed, but revised acceptance. This article argues for a biological view of scale and causality in geography. 相似文献
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作为生物矿物一种十分重要的类型,生物成因硫化物矿物形成于多种海水和淡水环境中.它们是自然界硫和金属元素循环中的关键一环,并有可能在地球早期生命起源中扮演了重要的角色.现代环境中形成的生物成因硫化物矿物与多种生命过程有着十分密切的联系,微生物和大型生物均可直接或间接地影响生物成因硫化物矿物的形成.重点从生物成因硫化物矿物类型、参与生物矿化的有机体、生物成因硫化物矿物形成机制以及硫化物矿物与生命起源的关系等几个方面综述了生物成因硫化物矿物研究的最新进展. 相似文献
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对比日本秋吉生物礁论湖南石炭纪生物成礁条件 总被引：2，自引：2，他引：2
一个完好的石炭纪生物礁发育在日本秋吉地区的玄武岩熔岩和火山碎屑岩之上.其礁核相可划分为6个亚相.主要的造礁生物是钙藻类、剌毛虫、珊瑚和苔藓虫.这些造礁生物在湖南中部某些地区的石炭纪地层中也十分常见,其生物组成、形态和生态特征可以和秋吉礁礁核各亚相中的生物特征进行对比.湖南中部地区石炭纪浅海的海底地形存在高低差异,在地势较高的中高能地带具备生物礁发育的各种条件,已发现一些生物层,完全有可能发现生物礁. 相似文献
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细菌富集金的实验及其地球化学意义 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
细菌富集金的实验表明，细菌具有强烈富集金的能力，起到了海水中微量金捕集器的作用。细菌富集金有吸附和吸收两种形式。吸附是指金被细胞壁分泌的氨基酸等有机物吸附在生物体外；吸收是指金进入生物体内，可能与蛋白质的巯基相结合。细菌是自然界生活力，繁殖力极强，生物产量巨大的微生物。 相似文献
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Marcelina Kondas 《Geology Today》2018,34(2):73-78
The Nematophyta is an enigmatic group of organisms, probably with a varied origin, that achieved world‐wide distribution during Ordovician–Devonian times. Nematophytes differ in size, from only a few millimetre‐sized structures, to giants, several metres long. Their morphology is very specific. Generally, they consist of tubes and cuticles of various size and shapes. The complexity of these organisms varies, from single tubes (with or without internal ornamentation) to very complex forms. Until now, these organisms have remained a very mysterious group. We do not know much about their biology, affinity and the role they played in ecological systems, but we suspect that they were an important component of environments before the colonization of land by higher plants. 相似文献
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The experiments on the enrichment of gold by bacteria indicate that bacteria have a very intense capacity of enriching gold and act as an arrester of trace gold in sea water,Bacteria enrich gold in two forms:absorption and adsorption.Absorption means that gold finds its way into organisms and it is combined with the mercapto group of protein,whereas adsorption means that gold is adsorbed on organisma by amino acid secreted by cell walls,Bacteria are organisms with very high vitality and reproductive capacity and huge productivity in nature Bacteria,which are important geolgical agents for gold enrichment and can exert effects on geological environments by their metabolism,are of important geochemical significance for the formation of gold-bearing black rock series. 相似文献
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During an earthquake, buildings which are vulnerable to seismic loads will be damaged, resulting in property loss and the potential for casualties. To reduce loss of life and injury, the relationship between earthquake-induced building failure and injury severity and distribution needs to be clarified. To this end, a methodology and a series of data collection forms were developed to collect pertinent data for post-event analysis and to provide a basis for structural triage in the field shortly following an earthquake for search and rescue purposes. The forms were developed in four steps: (1) identifying the variables which affect the outcome of an occupant in a damaged building; (2) classifying the variables into three levels of priority for data collection; (3) designing the forms; and (4) applying the forms to damaged buildings from past earthquakes. These forms represent a significant departure from existing forms in that they consider both casualties and building damage jointly in a consistent format. This paper describes the first two steps of the development process; a companion paper outlines the latter components. 相似文献
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Paleoecology of Late Carboniferous Phylloid Algae in Southern Guizhou, SW China 总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4 
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下载免费PDF全文 Phylloid algae arc important rcef-builders in the late Carboniferous. This paper focuses on the paleoecology of phylloid algae in the Late Carboniferous on well-exposed reefs in Ziyun County, Guizhou Province. Phylloid algae growing closely packed arc attached via holdfast or similar structure to substrate. They were growing in environments such as shallow water, photic zone and below the wave base with medium energy currents. They have a variety of morphological forms, such as single cup-shaped, cabbage-shaped and clustering cup-shaped. The thalli arc of certain tenacity and intensity. In the areas dominated by phylloid algae, other marine orgam＇sms arc relatively scarce. Obviously, phylloid algae arc stronger competitors for living space than other co-occurring organisms. 相似文献
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James G. Wilson 《Estuaries and Coasts》1994,17(1):94-101
Estuarine organisms can be considered three ways as bioindicators—first, as indicators of a defined set of environmental conditions, second, as indicators of contaminant loads on the system, and third, as indicators of the overall health of the system. By their very nature, estuarine organisms are eurytolerant and this, along with the various stratagems that have evolved to cope with the problems of life in estuaries results in a confusing picture for the estuarine manager. The recommended bioindicators for estuarine conditions are plankton; for contaminant loads, a range of species with different feeding types; and for system status, a eurytolerant species, such as the musselMytilus edulis for laboratory monitoring or a “target” species such as the clamMacoma balthica for field monitoring. However, it would be unwise to rely on a single indicator, and the recommendation is that the final choice, and preferably choices, be tailored to the desired goal. 相似文献
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近年来，早期生命和古环境成为地学研究的热点，生物标志化合物在前寒武纪生命演化和环境研究中发挥着越来越重要的作用。在前寒武系地层中检测到的主要生物标志化合物为：烷烃（包括正构烷烃和异构烷烃、烷基环烷烃）、无环类异戊二烯烃、萜烷（包括三环萜、藿烷、2α-甲基藿烷和3β-甲基藿烷、重排藿烷、新藿烷、降新藿烷）、甾烷（包括C26-C30甾烷、4-甲基甾烷、甲藻甾烷、2-甲基甾烷和3-甲基甾烷、重排甾烷）、类胡萝卜素等。由于不同生物标志化合物的生物前驱物赋存于不同环境之中，并与环境协同演化，分析地层中生物标志化合物组合不仅可得到其前驱物组成信息，还可以获取古环境判断的重要标志。从已知生物标志化合物分析可以发现，在2．7Ga以前就存在生氧光合作用的蓝藻或蓝菌，真核生物可能已经存在，但在古、中元古代，海洋仍以缺氧环境为主，而生物仍以原核生物占优势。新太古代蓝藻或蓝菌的出现虽促进了大气圈的氧化，但海洋氧化的滞后明显制约了真核生物的发展，导致在2．78～0．6Ga长达20多亿年的时间里，生物演化缓慢。 相似文献
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Fossil diatom algae first found in the Paleogene marine succession (Alugivayam Formation) of the Il’pinskii Peninsula, northeastern Kamchatka are studied, and new data on molluscan assemblages from the same sequences are presented. Some of the diatom forms identified suggest the Oligocene age of their host deposits. This is consistent with earlier inference from benthic groups of marine organisms. 相似文献
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This paper explores independence in later life and its relations with mobility, or embodied movements through physical space on the basis of a review of a range of academic literature and in-depth interviews with community-dwelling adults aged 70 and more in the UK. We suggest that independence is a complex and fuzzy notion that is best thought of as a qualitative multiplicity and as an unstable achievement fabricated out of dependencies on bodies, technologies, infrastructures, social networks and other elements. Yet we also find that the study participants understand independent mobility as avoiding lifts provided by next of kin, friends or others for getting around. This is tied to the enactment of particular forms of embodiment and ageist subject positions for older people and implies that older adults are inadvertently complicit in the perpetuation of the connotations of dependency in later life with passivity, burden and undesirability. To counteract these tendencies, we end this paper by elaborating more inclusive and broader conceptualisations of dependence, independence and independent mobility in later life. 相似文献
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Stephan Lautenschlager 《Geology Today》2017,33(4):155-159
Fossils represent the only physical evidence for the existence of extinct life, and hold a vast potential to reconstruct organisms and ecosystems vanished a long time ago. Yet fossils are not as complete as they might appear in museum exhibits, documentaries or Hollywood blockbusters. Millions of years of fossilization have left their marks on the fossils, which might no longer resemble the condition of the organism when it was alive. A key challenge in palaeontology is therefore to restore and reconstruct the morphology of fossils. Luckily, novel digital visualization and reconstruction techniques offer powerful tools to bring extinct organisms back to life in unprecedented detail. 相似文献
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Malcolm B. Hart 《Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. Geologists' Association》2012,123(4):551-555
While some authors view biodiversity as an integral part of an over-arching geodiversity, most would see them as separate constructs. If that is the case, then the life–death interface marks the critical boundary between those that study organisms in life and the palaeontologists who try to interpret fossils in terms of their palaeobiology. The interface between life and the fossil record is characterised by the processes of taphonomy and, when fossils are collected, care must be taken to ensure that vital taphonomic information is not lost. This does not appear to be highlighted in the various fossil collecting codes and the avoidance of the loss of taphonomic information during collection should be a key feature of collecting policies and geoconservation in general. 相似文献
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To reduce loss of life and injury resulting from earthquakes, the relationship between earthquake-induced building failure and injury severity and distribution needs to be clarified. For this purpose, a series of data collection forms were developed to collect pertinent data for post-event analysis and to provide a basis for structural triage in the field shortly following an earthquake for search and rescue purposes. A companion paper described the identification of variables affecting the outcome of an occupant of a damaged building and the classification of these variables into three levels of priority for data collection. This paper continues the development by describing the design of the data collection forms and the application of the forms to damaged buildings from past earthquakes. These forms represent a significant departure from existing forms in that they consider both casualties and building damage jointly, and in a consistent format. 相似文献
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Colin Scrutton 《Geology Today》1999,15(5):184-193
In recent years, our understanding of Palaeozoic corals has increased enormously. Several new groups have been discovered, extending the range of corals back to the early Cambrian, and we now have a clearer idea of the relationships between them. None of them was a direct ancestor to the post‐Palaeozoic corals. Similarly, the ecology of Palaeozoic corals differed from that of their living relatives in important respects. Palaeozoic corals were principally adapted for life on soft substrates and were not the spectacular reef‐builders that modern corals have become. However, their contribution to Palaeozoic ecosystems is nonetheless fascinating. Their structural adaptations and growth‐forms can tell us much about life and processes on Palaeozoic sea floors. 相似文献
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Roy T. Churchwell Steve J. Kendall Arny L. Blanchard Kenneth H. Dunton Abby N. Powell 《Estuaries and Coasts》2016,39(3):798-814
Unlike lower latitude coastlines, the estuarine nearshore zones of the Alaskan Beaufort Sea are icebound and frozen up to 9 months annually. This annual freezing event represents a dramatic physical disturbance to fauna living within intertidal sediments. The main objectives of this study were to describe the benthic communities of Beaufort Sea deltas, including temporal changes and trophic structure. Understanding benthic invertebrate communities provided a baseline for concurrent research on shorebird foraging ecology at these sites. We found that despite continuous year-to-year episodes of annual freezing, these estuarine deltas are populated by a range of invertebrates that represent both marine and freshwater assemblages. Freshwater organisms like Diptera and Oligochaeta not only survive this extreme event, but a marine invasion of infaunal organisms such as Amphipoda and Polychaeta rapidly recolonizes the delta mudflats following ice ablation. These delta sediments of sand, silt, and clay are fine in structure compared to sediments of other Beaufort Sea coastal intertidal habitats. The relatively depauperate invertebrate community that ultimately develops is composed of marine and freshwater benthic invertebrates. The composition of the infauna also reflects two strategies that make life on Beaufort Sea deltas possible: a migration of marine organisms from deeper lagoons to the intertidal and freshwater biota that survive the 9-month ice-covered period in frozen sediments. Stable isotopic analyses reveal that both infaunal assemblages assimilate marine and terrestrial sources of organic carbon. These results provide some of the first quantitative information on the infaunal food resources of shallow arctic estuarine systems and the long-term persistence of these invertebrate assemblages. Our data help explain the presence of large numbers of shorebirds in these habitats during the brief summer open-water period and their trophic importance to migrating waterfowl and nearshore populations of estuarine fishes that are the basis of subsistence lifestyles by native inhabitants of the Beaufort Sea coast. 相似文献
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A basal section of the Lower Proterozoic Transvaal Dolomite from the northern Cape has been re-examined. Numerous associations of stromatolites and other structures have been distinguished in it. Forms of domical stromatolite dominate the structures, but columns, and associations built around spheroidal forms, are also represented. This material accumulated in a telescoped range of environments through the intertidal to a high-energy agitated zone and out into the subtidal.Columnar forms and flat domes from the intertidal zone appear to be remarkably similar to features described from Hamelin Pool at Shark Bay, Western Australia. The subtidal elongate domes and mounds increase in size with depth to reach dimensions of 40 by 10 m, heights of 13 m and relief of 2.5 m. Minor structures on these subtidal forms reflect decreasing energy outwards; included within them are columnar forms in the shallow subtidal zone.It is suggested that deposition within an epeiric sea was away from a headland on a relatively steeply shelving floor affected by currents at right angles to the shore. There are indications that an arid to semi-arid climate existed at that time. 相似文献