Biopetrology

Biopetrology is an international journal founded by the International Biopetrological Association (IBA)  aiming quickly to publish innovative research results in biopetrology and related fields. ​It is a free open access journal—at no cost to the authors and readers.


The time of paper-printing publishing is ​ going away. Biopetrology will lead scientists to an efficient, convenient, and pleasant net-publishing era.

is a new interdisciplinary science, covering the studies of biomineralization and all biogenic rocks and mineral constructions, such as microbialites and reef rocks.

Logo of Biopetrology :  


The Earth consists of four earths: a green earth full of life, a white earth full of biogenic minerals, a grey earth full of rocks, and a golden earth full of ore deposits, petroleum and gas. 

Website of IBA:  

(1) http://miniclot.com

Website of the journal (PC):  

(1) http://biopetrology.com

(2) http://biolithos.com 

(2) Email of IBA and Biopetrology: biopetrology@qq.com

 


Associate Edit​​​or ​​​Board

Chief Editor

 

Abder El Albani (France),  Adrita Choudhuri (India), Bing Shen (China), Bogusław Kołodziej (Poland), Christophe Dupraz (Sweden), Dai-Zhao Chen (China), Dong-Jie Tang (China),  En-Pu Gong (China), Fei Li (China),  Feng Zhang (China), Giorgio Bianciardi (Italy), Geraint Hughes (UK), Hong-Wei Kuang (China), Hua-Xiao Yan (China), Jin-Hua Li (China), Lei Jiang (China), Lin Dong (China)Luisa Falcon (Mexico), Pablo Suárez González(Spain), Santanu Banerjee (India), Subir Sarkar (India), Wei Wang (China), Yue-Feng Shen (China), Ying Cui (USA), Zuo-Zhen Han (China).

Ya-Sheng Wu, Professor, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. 

Email: wys@mail.igcas.ac.cn

Vice Chief Editor

Robert Burne, Honory Professor,  The University of Queesland,  Australia. 

Email:  r.burne@uq.edu.au 

Dominic PapineauAssociate professorUniversity College London, London, UK.

Email: d.papineau@ucl.ac.uk

Dai-Zhao Chen, Professor, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. 


Biopetrology, Vol. 1, No.1, 2022

The objectives of biopetrology


 Ya-Sheng Wu


Publisher:  IBA

Biopetrology, 1(1): 1-2.

Published:  6 January, 2022

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Definition of biopetrology


 Ya-Sheng Wu


Publisher:  IBA

Biopetrology, 1(1): 3-8.

Published:  6 January, 2022


Earliest calcified green algae from the 520 Ma old dolostones in Xinjiang, China


Hong-Xia Jiang, Yue-Yang Zhang


Publisher:  IBA

Biopetrology, 1(1): 9-18.

Published:  6 January, 2022


Classification of biogenic carbonate rocks

 

Ya-Sheng Wu


Publisher:  IBA

Biopetrology, 1(1): 19-29.

Published:  6 January, 2022

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Innovation directions in paleoecology:  evolutionary paleoecology


Hong-Xia Jiang, Ya-Sheng Wu, Yue-Yang Zhang


Publisher:  IBA

Biopetrology, 1(1): 30-47.

Published:  6 January, 2022

The generality of preservation of organic remains in body fossils by FTIR spectra


Timothy D. Huang, Yao-Chang Lee, Cheng-Cheng Chiang, Robert R. Reisz


Publisher:  IBA

Biopetrology, 1(1): 48-60.

Published:  6 January, 2022

Biopetrology, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2022

Earth's oldest stromatolites in the 3.7 billion years old rocks from Greenland: evidence of benthic microbial communities 


Ya-Sheng Wu,    Hong-Xia Jiang


Publisher:  IBA

Biopetrology, 1(2): 61-69.

Published:  18 November 2022


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Biolith (biogenic rock) is the second main rock making up the Earth


Ya-Sheng Wu


Publisher:  IBA

Biopetrology, 2(1): 1-45.

Published:  17 November 2023

Biolith (biogenic rock) is the second main rock making up the Earth

This is the part 1 of the ppt prepared by Ya-Sheng Wu for the invited plenary presentation at the 1st International Biopetrological Congress on September 23, 2023. Here it is proposed that (1) magmatic rocks, bioliths (i.e., biogenic rocks), and chemical rocks are original rocks, but sedimentary rocks and metamorphic rocks are secondary rocks derived from existing rocks, (2) bioliths are more important than sedimentary rocks and metamorphic rocks, and (3) bioliths are one of the four main kinds of rocks making up the lithosphere of the Earth.

Concepts and frontiers of microbiopetrology


Ya-Sheng Wu


Publisher:  IBA

Biopetrology, 2(1): 46-92.

Published:  17 November 2023



This is the Part 2 of the ppt prepared for the invited plenary oral presentation by Ya-Sheng Wu for the 1st International Biopetrological Congress held in Shijiazhuang on September 23, 2023. Here it is proposed that (1) fabric components of microbioliths are small and have different grades, (2) because of small size of microbes and fabric components of microbioliths, research of microbioliths should focus on microscopic and nanoscopic features, (3) all ancient microbioliths have evolved in fabric and composition, and inversion study is needed for all ancient microbioliths, so as to restore their original fabrics and compositions, (4) the objective of research on microbioliths  is to contribute to science and society development, not for satisfying curiosity. The frontiers of microbiopetrology include (1) to construct a database of microbioliths consisting of records of fabric-community-environment based on research on modern microbioliths and experiments, (2) to construct a database of microbes consisting of records of microbe-morphology-environment based on results of microbiology and experiments, (3) to conduct study on all ancient carbonates, ironstone and manganic rocks, so as to recognize microbioliths, restore their original fabrics and paleo-communities, and to determine their paleoenvironments. 


(Prepublication of abstracts to the 1st International Biopetrological Congress)

Mineral crusts and mold holes in Martian rocks: Evidence for microbial communities

 


Hong-Xia Jiang,  Ya-Sheng Wu*,  Li-Jing Liu,  Gong-Liang Yu,  Xiao-Qun Yang



Publisher:  IBA

Biopetrology, 4(1): 1-9.

Published:  1 December, 2024

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