Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry Short Course and Volume

Biomineralization

December 6-7, 2003

Silverado Resort Hotel and Conference Center, Napa, California

Editors: P.M. Dove, J.J. De Yoreo, S. Weiner

 

Table of Contents:

Preface  [pdf]

Dedication  [pdf]

1. An overview of biomineralization and the problem of the vital effect  [pdf]
Steve Weiner, Weizmann Institute
Patricia Dove, Virginia Tech

2. Principles of molecular biology and biomolecular chemistry  [pdf]
John Evans, New York University

3. Principles of nucleation and growth  [pdf]
Jim De Yoreo, Lawrence Livermore National Lab
Peter Vekilov, University of Houston

4. Biologically induced mineralization by bacteria  [pdf]
Richard Frankel, California Polytechnic State University
Dennis Bazylinski, Iowa State University

5. Source of ions for biomineralization in foramanifera and their implications for paleoceanographic proxies  [pdf]
Jonathan Erez, Hebrew University

6. Structure, geochemistry and mineralization of coral skeletons  [pdf]
Anne Cohen, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Ted McConnaughey, Washington

7. Biomineralization within vesicles: The calcite of coccoliths  [pdf]
Jeremy Young, Natural History Museum of London
Karen Henriksen, University of Copenhagen

8. Biologically controlled mineralization in prokaryotes  [pdf]
Dennis Bazylinski, Iowa State University
Richard Frankel, California Polytechnic State University

9. Mineralization in an organic matrix framework  [pdf]
Arthur Veis, Northwestern University

10. Silicification: The processes by which organisms capture and mineralize silica  [pdf]
Carole Perry, Nottingham Trent University

11. Biomineralization and evolutionary history of organisms  [pdf]
Andrew Knoll, Harvard University

12. Biomineralization and global geochemical cycles  [pdf]
Philippe Van Cappellen, Utrecht University

 

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