Download or read book Geothermal Biology and Geochemistry in Yellowstone National Park written by William Parks Inskeep and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hydrothermal Processes Above the Yellowstone Magma Chamber written by Lisa A. Morgan and published by Geological Society of America. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Home to more than 10,000 thermal features, Yellowstone has experienced over 20 large hydrothermal explosions producing craters from 100 to over 2500 meters in diameter during the past 16,000 years. Using new mapping, sampling, and analysis techniques, this volume documents a broad spectrum of ages and geologic settings for these events and considers additional processes and alternative triggering mechanisms that have not been explored in previous studies. Although large hydrothermal explosions are rare on the human time scale, the potential for future explosions in Yellowstone is not insignificant, and events large enough to create a 100-m-wide crater might be expected every 200 years. This work presents information useful for determining the timing, distribution, and possible causes of these events in Yellowstone, which will aid in the planning of monitoring strategies and the anticipation of hydrothermal explosions."--Publisher's description.
Download or read book Biogeochemical Gradients and Energetics in Geothermal Systems of Yellowstone National Park written by Galena Gene Ackerman and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Biology of Acid sulfate chloride Springs in Yellowstone National Park Wyoming United States of America written by Eric Stephen Boyd and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation investigated the role of biology in several biogeochemical cycles in acid sulfate chloride (ASC) geothermal springs in Yellowstone National Park (YNP). Elemental sulfur (S°) is associated with many geothermal springs, yet little is known about the organisms involved in its cycling. The aqueous and solid phase geochemistry near the source of Dragon Spring, an ASC spring in the Norris Geyser Basin (NGB) of YNP, was used to guide the enrichment and isolation of two novel S°-reducing Crenarchaeota affiliated with the order Desulfurococcales. Both isolates are chemoorganotrophs, dependent on complex peptide-containing carbon sources, S°, and anaerobic conditions for respiration-dependent growth. Physiological characterization suggests the isolates are adapted to the physicochemical conditions of Dragon Spring which is supported by quantitative PCR analysis which indicates that the isolates represent a significant fraction of the microbial community associated with S° precipitates in several ASC geothermal springs in the NGB in YNP.
Download or read book Effects of Potential Geothermal Development in the Corwin Springs Known Geothermal Resources Area Montana on the Thermal Features of Yellowstone National Park written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Yellowstone National Park written by David Aretha and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn about Yellowstone National Park's history and varied attractions, including Old Faithful, Lower Geyser Basin, and Tower Fall, as well as its resident wildlife.
Download or read book Geothermal Gas Compositions in Yellowstone National Park USA written by D. S. Sheppard and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chemical Analyses of Hot Springs Pools and Geysers from Yellowstone National Park Wyoming and Vicinity 1980 1993 written by J. M. Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Waters from hot springs, pools, and geysers have been analyzed by numerous investigators throughout the history of Yellowstone National Park. The chemistry of the more easily accessible major geyser basins and a significant number of Yellowstone thermal waters on the eastern side of the Yellowstone River has been compiled by Gooch and Whitfield (1888), Allen and Day (1935), Rowe andothers (1973), Thompson and others (1975), Thompson and Yadav (1979), and Kharaka and others (1992). The first comprehensive study of Shoshone Geyser Basin was made by A.H. Truesdell in 1972-73 (Truesdell and Thompson, 1982). Many of the concepts presented in that report are applicable to other Yellowstone thermal areas. Locations of the major thermal water basins mentioned in this report can be found in Figure 1. The collection of data on the hot and cold springs of Yellowstone National Park is important in understanding the geothermal chemistry of this system. Geochemical changes that occur over time, the disappearance of existing springs, the appearance of new ones and geochemical changes in spring waters prior to earthquakes, can be monitored. Especially important are those springs for which there is little or no data.-Introduction.
Download or read book The Geothermal Research Program of the U S Geological Survey written by Wendell A. Duffield and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Storytelling in Yellowstone written by Lee H. Whittlesey and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whittlesey shares tales of "the great Geyserland" as told by the earliest tour guides of America's first and most unique national park.
Download or read book Microbial Life of the Deep Biosphere written by Jens Kallmeyer and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last two decades, exploration of the deep subsurface biosphere has developed into a major research area. New findings constantly challenge our concepts of global biogeochemical cycles and the ultimate limits to life. In order to explain our observations from deep subsurface ecosystems it is necessary to develop truly interdisciplinary approaches, ranging from microbiology and geochemistry to physics and modeling. This book aims to bring together a wide variety of topics, covering the broad range of issues that are associated with deep biosphere exploration. Not only does the book present case studies of selected projects, but also treats questions arising from our current knowledge. Despite nearly two decades of research, there are still many boundaries to exploration caused by technical limitations and one section of the book is devoted to these technical challenges and the latest developments in this field. This volume will be of high interest to biologists, chemists and earth scientists all working on the deep biosphere.
Download or read book Geobiology Objectives Concepts Perspectives written by N. Noffke and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2005-06-30 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Geobiology understands earth as a system, and life as part of it. In space and time, life influences earth's development, and earth's changing environments moulds life. Geobiology mirrors not only a new development in sciences, but also responses to the new challenges and demands imposed by today's world and society." --p. 1.
Download or read book Deep Carbon written by Beth N. Orcutt and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-17 with total page 687 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to carbon inside Earth - its quantities, movements, forms, origins, changes over time and impact on planetary processes. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Download or read book Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology II written by Frans J. de Bruijn and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-09-27 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The premiere two-volume reference on revelations from studying complex microbial communities in many distinct habitats Metagenomics is an emerging field that has changed the way microbiologists study microorganisms. It involves the genomic analysis of microorganisms by extraction and cloning of DNA from a group of microorganisms, or the direct use of the purified DNA or RNA for sequencing, which allows scientists to bypass the usual protocol of isolating and culturing individual microbial species. This method is now used in laboratories across the globe to study microorganism diversity and for isolating novel medical and industrial compounds. Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology is the first comprehensive two-volume reference to cover unculturable microorganisms in a large variety of habitats, which could not previously have been analyzed without metagenomic methodology. It features review articles as well as a large number of case studies, based largely on original publications and written by international experts. This second volume, Metagenomics in Different Habitats, covers such topics as: Viral genomes Metagenomics studies in a variety of habitats, including marine environments and lakes, soil, and human and animal digestive tracts Other habitats, including those involving microbiome diversity in human saliva and functional intestinal metagenomics; diversity of archaea in terrestrial hot springs; and microbial communities living at the surface of building stones Biodegradation Biocatalysts and natural products A special feature of this book is the highlighting of the databases and computer programs used in each study; they are listed along with their sites in order to facilitate the computer-assisted analysis of the vast amount of data generated by metagenomic studies. Such studies in a variety of habitats are described here, which present a large number of different system-dependent approaches in greatly differing habitats. Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology II is an invaluable reference for researchers in metagenomics, microbial ecology, microbiology, and environmental microbiology; those working on the Human Microbiome Project; microbial geneticists; and professionals in molecular microbiology and bioinformatics.
Download or read book Thermophiles written by Frank Robb and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2007-12-13 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We might think of them as living on the very edge of existence. Referred to as extremophiles, these microorganisms exhibit the most radical capacity for adaptation in those harsh environments that are just barely conducive to the existence of cellular life. Unlocking the mechanisms and understanding the evolutionary development that allows these si
Download or read book A Geothermal linked Biological Oasis in Yellowstone Lake Yellowstone National Park Wyoming written by David Lovalvo and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hundreds of active and dormant geothermal vents have been located on the floor of Yellowstone Lake, although characterization of the associated biology (macro or micro) has been extremely limited. Herein, we describe an aquatic moss (Fontinalis) colony closely associated with vent emissions that considerably exceeded known temperature maxima for this plant. Vent waters were supersaturated with CO(2), likely accommodating a CO(2) compensation point that would be expected to be quite elevated under these conditions. The moss was colonized by metazoa, including the crustaceans Hyalella and Gammarus, a segmented worm in the Lumbriculidae family, and a flatworm specimen tentatively identified as Polycelis. The presence of these invertebrates suggest a highly localized food chain that derives from the presence of geothermal inputs and thus is analogous to the deep marine vents that support significant biodiversity.
Download or read book Geomicrobiology of Iron Oxyhydroxide Mats in Acidic Geothermal Springs of Yellowstone National Park Wyoming United States of America written by Mark Andrew Kozubal and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The microbial community structure and function in acidic, high-temperature ironoxidizing geothermal springs of Yellowstone National Park was investigated utilizing a variety of complementary approaches including microbial cultivation and characterization, geochemical analysis of aqueous and solid phases, phylogenetic and functional gene analysis, comparative genomics, and protein sequence modeling. Cultivation efforts resulted in the isolation of an Fe(II)-oxidizing chemolithotroph Metallosphaera yellowstonii MK1 T. The distribution and relative abundance of MK1-like 16S rRNA gene sequences was evaluated in 14 acidic geothermal springs containing Fe(III)-oxide microbial mats. Highly related MK1-like sequences (>99% sequence similarity) were consistently observed in Fe(III)-oxide mats across a temperature range of 55 to 80 °C. Quantitative PCR confirmed that organisms highly similar to strain MK1 comprised up to 40% of the total archaeal community of selected sites. Four additional isolates were obtained from thermophilic Fe(III) microbial mats including Sulfobacillus sp. MK2, Sulfolobus sp. MK3, Acidicaldus sp. MK5 and Crenarchaeota sp. MK4, which represents a new taxonomical lineage at the class level or higher. A draft genome has been assembled for M. yellowstonii strain MK1 and comparative studies indicate significant similarity to Metallosphaera sedula in regards to putative genes involved in iron and sulfur oxidation, carbon fixation, oxygen reduction and heavy metal resistance. Analysis of gene sequences reveal 7 heme copper oxidases (subunit I) and a variety of genes with possible importance in Fe(II) oxidation including the foxA-J gene cluster, a cbsA cytochrome b 558/566, and a novel sequence coding for a putative blue multi-copper protein (mco). Expression screens and reverse transcriptaseqPCR on samples from three ASC environments and in cultures grown autotrophically show that the fox gene cluster and mco are important when Fe(II) serves as the electron donor. Protein sequence analysis of foxC indicates a novel lysine-lysine or lysine arginine heme b binding domain and is likely the cytochrome component of a heterodimer complex with foxG as a ferredoxin subunit. Analysis of mco indicates a novel multicopper blue protein with two plastocyanin type I copper domains with only three homologous sequences found in Genbank. Both putative proteins likely play an important role in electron transport from Fe(II) to oxygen through Fox Proteins.
