Chapter VII. The Coal Beds

Microbial life in deep subseafloor coal beds.

Deep beneath the seafloor, microbial communities thrive on the leftovers of organic material that in the past settled down from the surface layers of the ocean to the sediment. As the organic matter was buried deeper and deeper over geological time it became increasingly recalcitrant to microbial degradation. Microbial cells that still persist in these ancient deposits appear to survive at the ...

Chapter VII: Gödel-Dummett Logics

CHAPTER VII Problems of Process : Results

Chairmen: Fred Eggan and Daryll Forde. Papers discussed: Kluckhohn, «Universal Categories of Culture"; ~ Hoijer, «The Relation of Language to Culture";~ Martinet, "Structural Linguistics";~ Levi­ Strauss, «Social Structure"; ~ Boyd, «The Contributions of Genetics to Anthropol­ ogy";~ Steward, «Evolution and Process," Speakers: Eggan, Boyd, '''ashburn, Kluckhohn, Murdock,t Henry, HOijer, Ken­ na...

Chapter VII Language - Action Perspective ( LAP )

The Language-action perspective (LAP) provides an alternative foundation for analyzing and designing effective information systems. The fundamental principle of the LAP approach is people perform actions through communication; therefore, the role of information systems is to support such communications among people to achieve business goals. Basing on linguistic and communicative theories, the ...

Microbial methane from carbon dioxide in coal beds

Microbial CH4 chemistry and its formation in coal are summarised. The results of recent research on microbial CH4 formation are reviewed from Australia, China, Germany, Japan, and the USA. Two fields of interest are considered in this report. Enhanced microbial CH4 production is under investigation to improve the yield of CBM. A further development is to inject CO2 in coal seams, using microbes...