Calcareous Algae and Stromatolites [Paperback]

I Introduction.- 1 Calcification Processes in Algae and Cyanobacteria.- 2 Classification of Microbial Carbonates.- II Major Groups.- 3 Calcified Cyanobacteria.- 4 The Solenoporaceae: A General Point of View.- 5 Coralline Algae: Mineralization, Taxonomy, and Palaeoecology.- 6 Cyclocrinitids.- 7 Dasycladalean Algae of the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic.- 8 Cenozoic and Recent Dasycladales.- 9 Fossil Udoteaceae and Gymnocodiaceae.- 10 Recent Calcified Halimedaceae.- 11 The Genus Concept in Charophyta: Evidence from Palaeozoic to Recent.- 12 Calcification of the Charophyte Oosporangium.- 13 Calcareous Nannofossils.- 14 Fossil Calcareous Dinoflagellate Cysts.- III Algae and Stromatolites Through Time.- 15 Archaean and Proterozoic Stromatolites.- 16 Cambrian Calcareous Cyanobacteria and Algae.- 17 Ordovician Algae and Global Tectonics.- 18 Ordovician to Devonian Marine Calcareous Algae.- 19 Carboniferous Calcareous Algae.- 20 Permian Marine Calcareous Algae.- 21 Triassic and Jurassic Marine Calcareous Algae: A Critical Review.- 22 Mesozoic and Cenozoic Marine Benthic Calcareous Algae with Particular Regard to Mesozoic Dasycladaleans.- 23 Modern Stromatolites: A Review.Springer Book Archives