Biogenic—Abiogenic Interactions in Natural and Anthropogenic Systems

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
About the Properties of Relations Between Living and Nonliving....Pages 1-4
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Biogenic Weathering of Mineral Substrates (Review)....Pages 7-14
Biomineralization of Precious Metals....Pages 15-27
Modifications of Selected Clay Minerals Due to Activity of Filamentous Alkaline Cyanobacteria....Pages 29-42
Biomineralization Processes During the Formation of Modern Oceanic Sulfide Ore and Ore-bearing Sediments....Pages 43-54
Biogenic–Abiogenic Interactions in Stromatolitic Geosystems and Their Mineralization....Pages 55-66
Biomineralization in Bauxitic Laterites of Modern and Paleotropics of Earth....Pages 67-74
Some Mineralogical Approaches to Study the Biocarbonate and the Carbonate-Siliceous Nodules....Pages 75-95
Structural Features and Composition of Amber from Placers on the East Coast of Sakhalin Island....Pages 97-107
Evidence of Biogenic Activity in Quartz-Hematite Rocks of the Urals VMS Deposits....Pages 109-122
Front Matter....Pages 123-123
Quantitative Evaluation of Several Geochemical Characteristics of Urban Soils....Pages 125-143
Thermodynamics of Environmentally Important Natural and Synthetic Phases Containing Selenium....Pages 145-155
Migration Models of Cu, Zn, and Cd in Soils Under Irrigation With Urban Wastewater....Pages 157-163
Trace Element Composition of Poplar in Mongolian Cities....Pages 165-178
Regional Peculiarities of Micro-element Accumulation in Objects in the Transural Region of the Republic of Bashkortostan....Pages 179-187
Assessment of Possible Ecologo–Demographic Effects of Air Emissions by the Example of Karelia....Pages 189-201
Front Matter....Pages 203-203
Soil-like Patterns Inside the Rocks: Structure, Genesis, and Research Techniques....Pages 205-222
Abiotic and Biotic Processes of Mineral Weathering in Tundra Soils on Ultramafic and Mafic Rocks of the Polar Urals, Russia....Pages 223-236
Biogenic–Abiogenic Interaction in Antarctic Ornithogenic Soils....Pages 237-248
Clay Minerals in the Loose Substrate of Quarries Affected by Vegetation in the Cold Environment (Siberia, Russia)....Pages 249-259
Front Matter....Pages 203-203
Rare Earth Elements and Yttrium in the Soil Forming Materials and Ploughing Horizons of North-West Russia....Pages 261-275
Phytotoxicity of Tailings Dam of the Dzhidinsky Tungsten–Molybdenum Combine (Western Transbaikalia)....Pages 277-287
Distribution of Organic Compounds in the System of Geochemically Linked Mires (the Spurs of Vasuygan Mire)....Pages 289-306
Spin Labeling EPR Analyses of Soil: A New Method to Investigate Biogenic and Abiogenic Interactions of Amines in the Environment of Natural Soils....Pages 307-319
Peculiarities of Migration of Some Biogenic Elements in System Soil-Infiltration Waters in the Aragats Mountain Massif (Armenia)....Pages 321-328
Application of Raman Spectroscopy and High-Precision Geochemistry for Study of Stromatolites....Pages 329-341
Front Matter....Pages 343-343
Granite Weathering in Urban Environments....Pages 345-356
The Crystallization of Calcium Oxalate Hydrates Formed by Interaction Between Microorganisms and Minerals....Pages 357-377
Significance and Regulation of Acids Production by Rock-Inhabited Fungi....Pages 379-392
Development of Rock-Inhabiting Microfungi on Artificial (Synthetic) Marble Sculptures in the Summer Garden (St. Petersburg)....Pages 393-401
Lichen Diversity on Carbonate Stone Substrates in St. Petersburg, Russia: A Review....Pages 403-413
Development of Stone Monuments Monitoring System Using Computer Technology....Pages 415-421
Front Matter....Pages 423-423
Ion Substitutions, Non-stoichiometry, and Formation Conditions of Oxalate and Phosphate Minerals of the Human Body....Pages 425-442
The Role of the Organic Component in the Formation of Organo-Mineral Formations of Human Body....Pages 443-460
Computer Simulation of Defects in Carbonate Fluorapatite and Hydroxyapatites....Pages 461-477
Regulation of HAP and Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Morphology Using Chelating Agents....Pages 479-484
Calcium Oxalates: Thermodynamic and Kinetic Conditions of Their Formation in the Presence of Organic Components....Pages 485-500
Kinetic Characteristics of Crystallization in Prototypes of Biological Fluids....Pages 501-515
Biomimetic Synthesis of Strontium-Containing Apatite and Its Peculiar Properties....Pages 517-529
Front Matter....Pages 531-531
Some Aspects of Geological Microbiology in the Scientific Heritage of V.O. Tauson (1894–1946)....Pages 533-537
Erratum to: Computer Simulation of Defects in Carbonate Fluorapatite and Hydroxyapatites....Pages E1-E1
Back Matter....Pages 539-543