Geobiology

Geobiology (sometimes the Broader term for Geomicrobiology) is the interdisciplinary study of the interactions of (micro)organism and earths materials which inlcude; soli, minerals, rocks, the atmosphere, and the hydropshere.

what is Geobiology

In the concept, geobiology paralles geophysic and geochemistry which are two longer established disciplines. A dutch microbiologist Lourens Baas-Becking conied the term geobiology to decribe the inertactions between organisms and environment at the chemical level. Life, air, water, and rock interact in complx ways within the intergrated earth system, organisms regulate the earth sytem for their own benfit.

Patterns and process in Geobiology

Geobiologist study how organisms influence the physical earth and vice versa. To be able to figure out the physical process they look at the planet's long history. Much of the research focus on illuminating process which is field and experimental studies show how organisms participate in the earth's systems. They also aimed at achieving understanding of the earth system evolution. Elucidating the changing role of life through earth history is called historical geobiology. This starts with the geobiologyical process that leads to the geobiological slant. This process is used to interpret geological record in terms of active process and chemical states.

New Horizons in Geobiology

It is hard to predict the next twenty years for the field of Geobiology. Geobiology will look the heavens or field call Astrobiology. Astrobiology can be thought of as the application of geobiological principles to the study of planets and moons beyond the earth. The claim that life may or may not exist on other planets is highly questions by many. we have made remarkable strides in the past decade direct observations of potential geobiological patterns will constrain arguments about if life in our planetary neighborhood.

See also

Other closely related articles in this wiki include:

• Genetically modified organism #external links
• Dictionary: pattern recognition
• Earth system science
• Geology

References

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018204005875 http://www.geobiology.co.il/AboutGeobiology.asp http://elements.geoscienceworld.org/content/11/6/389 http://microbiology.usgs.gov/geomicrobiology.html https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Geomicrobiology http://www.groundwaterscience.com/resources/tech-article-library/95-geomicrobiology.html http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.727.8213&rep=rep1&type=pdf

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