Introduction: Life in extreme environments exhibiting

Barbara CAVALAZZI, Ph.D
Curriculum Vitae
November 2010
CV - Barbara Cavalazzi
CONTACTS
Associate Researcher
Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire - CNRS UPR4301
Rue Charles Sadron
45071 Orléans Cedex 02 FRANCE
phone (office): +33 (0)2 38 25 55 48 (FR)
phone (mobile): +33 (0)6 30 29 48 26 (FR)
fax (office): +33 (0)2 38 63 15 17 (FR)
e-mail: [email protected]
Private address
14 boulevard Aristide Briand
45000 Orléans FRANCE
phone (mobile): +33 (0)6 8961 7527 (FR)
Via G. Massari, 37
I-40127 Bari ITALY
phone (mobile): +39 338 9792727 (IT)
ED U C AT I O N / AC AD EM I C P O S I T I O N S
2009-Present - Associate Researcher, Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, CNRS, Orléans, France
2008
- Associate Researcher, Department of Geology, Portland State University, Oregon, USA
2007-2008
- Research fellow, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e Geologico-Ambientali, Università di
Bologna, ITALY
2005-07
- Post-doc, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e Geologico-Ambientali, Università di Bologna,
ITALY
2005
- PhD in palaeontology (Mark for Admission to PhD program: 120 out of max 120), Università di
Modena e Reggio Emilia, ITALY.
2004
- Research Fellow, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e Geologico-Ambientali, Università di
Bologna, ITALY
2001
- Master in Environmental Geology, SudGest a r.l., Bari, ITALY
1999
- Laurea in Geology (5 years MS degree), 110 out of max 110, Università di Chieti, ITALY.
P AT EN T S
2002 - Vocational Training Certificate in Esperto in Ecobilancio e Audit Ambientale (translation: Expert in
environmental audit). Regione Puglia/Settore Formazione Professionale, Bari, ITALY
2000 - Licensed as professional geologist, Chieti, ITALY
PR O F E S SI O N AL C AR R I ER
2006
April 2006: Contract for geological sample preparation and analyses. International Research School of
Planetary Sciences (IRSPS), Pescara, Italy.
2005
Mars 2005: Contract for geological sample preparation and analyses. Dipartimento di Scienze della
Terra e geologico-Ambientali, Università di Bologna, Italy
2004
July 2004: Scientific committee and management of the exhibition Lingue di Pietra. Museum of Geology
G. Capellini, Università di Bologna, Italy.
2000
August-September 2000: archaeological diggings at Santa Maria d’Agnano, Brindisi, Italy.
2001
April 2001: archaeological diggings at Santa Maria d’Agnano, Brindisi, Italy.
C U R R E N T R E S E AR C H
Topics: micropaleontology (calcareous nannofossils) and microbial paleontology, geobiology (biosedimentology
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and carbonate microfacies analyses, geomicrobiology), astrobiology, analytical techniques
Biosedimentology and biosignatures in:
- modern and fossil hot springs and seep-/hydrothermal vent-related carbonate and silica deposits, and
associated microbial-ecosystems
- microbes in modern and (sub-)fossil microbialites from lacustrine extreme environments
- fossil microbial endoliths from (submarine) basaltic oceanic crusts
- evidence of microbial activities in archean chert
Microscope techniques and samples processing applied to microbial paleontology, their biogenicity
problems in an early life and astrobiological perspective:
USER:
Optical microscope and cathodolumiscence, Environmental and Variable Pressure Scanning Electron microscope
and microanalyses (E/VP and HR-SEM-EDX), XRD, Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope (LSCM), Raman
spectroscopy. Thin section, smear slides, preparation for histology, samples for SEM
Data USER:
Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (ToF-SIMS), C- and O-stable isotopes, Focused Ion beam and
DB-FIB, HR-TEM, STEM
Investigated and sampled sites:
- Central and Eastern Anti-Atlas, Morocco
- Northern Apennines and Sicily, Italy
- Böttinger Marmor, Southern Germany
- Pobiti Kamani, NE Bulgaria
- Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Cadiz, Atlantic Ocean
- Lake Thetis, Western Australia
- Sulphur Spring Group, Western Australia
- Yellowstone National Park, US
- El Tatio, Chile
- Barberton area, Pongola Super Group, South Africa
- Central Gabon, Francevillian Formation
G R AN T S
2010
- ESF Grant (Archean Environmental Studies Project) to attend the short course “Analysing the
Archean”, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 28 June-01 July 2010. Declined.
2009
- ESF Grant (Archean Environmental Studies Project) to attend the short course “Peering into the
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Cradle of Life”, Mekrijärvi, Finland, 23-30 August 2009.
2008
- ESF Grant (Archean Environmental Studies Project) to attend the “Archean Environment: the habitat of
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early life” Workshop, Vienna, Austria, 11-12 April 2008.
2007
- CNRS Grant to attend the CNRS school “La rotation du Soleil et des étoiles”. Obernai Cedex,
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Strasburgo, Francia, 11-15 June 2007.
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2006
- Conference Grant to attend the 6 Astrobiology European Workshop, Lyon, France, October 16-18,
2006.
2005
- Conference Grant to attend the VI Planetary Sciences Conference, Aosta, Italy, January 24-29, 2005.
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2003
- Travel Grant of E.A.N.A. to attend the 3 Astrobiology European Workshop, Madrid, Spain, November
18-20, 2003.
- Conference Grant of Alenia Spazio to attend the Planetary Sciences Conference, Gallipoli, Italy,
September 15-19, 2003.
2002
- Conference Grant to attend the 2° S.A.Y.C.S.-1°SIGMA Aldrich Young, Chemists Symposium,
Riccione, Italy, October 07-08, 2002.
2000-01 - Grant offered by Sudgest a r.l., Bari, Italy, to attend the “Manager of the environment” master (840h)
from July 2000 to Febraury 2001.
- Grant offered by Regione Puglia, Bari, Italy, to attend de "Expert for the environment” school (600h)
from April 2000 to October 2000.
1999
Grant offered by Eurobasin School to attend the school “Contrôle de la tectonique dans la formation de
pièges, implication pour l’exploration pétrolière”. The school was organized by Université P. & M. Curie
et Institut Français du Pétrole, Paris, France. 29 November- 04 Dicember 1999.
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FELLOWSHIPS
2008
- MarcoPolo fellowship, University of Bologna.
2007
- Fei Academy fellowship.
- ESF Exchange fellowship (N. 1242), Archean Environmental Studies.
- MarcoPolo fellowship, University of Bologna.
- Mobility fellowship of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Bulgarian Ministry.
2006-07 - Mobility fellowship of Italian-German VIGONI/CRUI-DAAD International Cooperation Program 200607.
- Mobility fellowship Italian-France/CNR-CNRS International Cooperation Program 2006-07
2006
- Mobility MarcoPolo fellowship, University of Bologna.
2000-01 - Fellowship of Ministero Italiano degli Esteri and Moroccan Ministry. Declined.
AW ARDS
2008
- NASA Astrobiology Institute/NAI and Lewis and Clarck Found for Exploration and Field Research in
Astrobiology Award of The American Philosophical Society.
2006
- Exploration Fund of the Explorers Club (NY-USA) Special Found Award: Diversa Corporation Award
for microbial science.
S C H O O L S / S H O R T C O U R S E S ( see also FELLOWSHIPS/GRANTS/AW ARDS)
2008
- Astrobiology in Yellowstone Park Laboratory Course, Portland State University. Yellowstone National
Park, July 8-15, 2008.
2007
- SIMS course: Acquisizione, elaborazione, archiviazione e trasmissione delle immagini in microscopia.
Centro Ricerche ENEA Casaccia, Roma, October 09-10, 2007.
- FIST GEOITALIA 2007 course: Metodologie analitiche per la caratterizzazione inequivocabile di fibre
minerali. Rimini, 11 September 2007.
2006
- Short courses: Electron Microprobe Analyses (EMPA), Variable Pressure Scanning Electron
Microscope (VPSEM), Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Digital Image Manipulation and Storage
(DIMS), Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, University of Western Australia, June and July,
2006.
2005
- CNRS school: Exobio’05, Corse, France September 24-October 01, 2005.
- Short course: Digital Camera and Microscopy. Università di Milano, June 17, 2005.
- Theoretical-practical school: Focused Ion Beam. Università di Modena, September 20-22, 2005.
2004
- Short course: Fluorescence Microscopy. Università di Milano. Università di Milano, June 16, 2004.
2002
- Short course: Conodonti e loro applicazioni (translation: Conodonts and their applications). Università
di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena. October 28-29, 2002.
1999
- Short course: Interpretazione sismica (translation: Seismic Interpretation). Università di Chieti-Pescara,
A.A. 1999/2000.
1998
- Short course: Proterozoic stratigraphy and sedimentology in the light of some case histories from
Finland, Norway and USA. Università di Chieti-Pescara, May 10-24, 1998.
1997
- Short course: Tectonic and sedimentation in thrust systems and extentional basins. Università di
Chieti-Pescara, A.A. 1997/98.
- Short course: Modellizzazione gravimetrica del sistema litosfera-astenosfera in aree di rift continentale.
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra (translation: Gravimetrical modeling of lithospere-astenosphere
system in continental rift areas), Università di Chieti-Pescara, A.A. 1997/98.
- Short course: Planetary Geology. Università di Chieti-Pescara, A.A. 1996/97.
T IM E AB R O AD an d S C I EN T I F I C C R U I S E ( m o r e t h an 2 w ee k s )
2007
- Visiting researcher (2 weeks) at CBM-CNRS, Orléans, France. December 2007. Analytical work.
- Visiting researcher (4 weeks), at GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg, Erlangen,
Germany. November 2007. Analytical work.
- Visiting researcher (1 month) at CBM-CNRS, Orléans, France. September-October 2007. Analytical
work.
- M2007/64PE268 research cruise on the Royal Netherlands Institute for Research vessel R.V.
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2006
Pelagia. The cruise started in misbon (Portugal) and ended in Portimao (Portugal). All activities was
carried out in Moroccan territorial waters. 28 April to 17 may 2007.
- Visiting researcher (3 months) at IO-BAS Academy of Sciences, Varna, Bulgaria. January-April 2007.
Analytical and Field work.
- Visiting researcher (2 weeks) at CBM-CNRS, Orléans, France. December 2006. Analytical work.
- Visiting researcher (3 week) at at GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg, Erlangen,
Germany. November 2006. Analytical work.
- Visiting researcher (6 months) at Geology Department, University of Western Australia, Perth, WAustralia. March-September 2006. Analytical and Field work.
- Visiting researcher (2 weeks) at GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg, Erlangen,
Germany. February 2006. Analytical and field work.
S EM I N AR / T E AC H I N G E X P ER I EN C ES
2007-11 Part-time Lecturers in paleontology and micropaleontology classes, University of Bologna. (Italian)
2009
- Invited seminar (August 08, 2009): “Comment sont apparus les organismes”, EVOLUTHON – La
marathon de l’évolution, Fleurance, France. (French)
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- Invited seminar (August 08, 2009): “Comment sont apparus les organismes”, XIX
Festival de la
Science, Fleurance, France. (French)
- Invited seminar (July 03, 2009): “Geologic Evidence of Early Life: Implication for the Search for Life on
Mars”. CESR-Centre d'Etude Spatiale des Rayonnements, Toulouse, France. (French)
2008
- Invited seminar (October 24, 2008): “Microbial Signatures in Rock Records: Life-Like or Life?” Oregon
Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA. (English)
- Lectures in the Astrobiology class, Portland State University, Portland Oregon, USA. (English)
2007
- Invited seminar (December 14, 2007): “Les bactéries fossiles a travers les carbonates d’age
phanérozoïque des suintements froids”, CBM-CNRS, Orléans, France. (French)
- Invited lecture (November 28, 2007): “Paleontologia microbica e l’origine della vita terrestre:
implicazioni astrobiologiche”, Università di Cagliari, Italy. (Italian)
- Invited seminar (November 27, 2007): “Paleontologia microbica e metodi di indagine: il problema della
biogenicità e le sue implicazioni”, Università di Cagliari, Italy. (Italian)
2006
- Invited seminar (November 28, 2006): “Microbial signatures in rock records: the biogenicity problem”,
Paleontological Institute, Erlangen University, Germany. (English)
- Invited seminar (September 13, 2006): “Seafloor seepages, methane-related carbonate fabrics and
clues for the search for gas hydrate systems in the geological record”, Geological Survey of Western
Australia, Perth, Western Australia. (English)
2005
- Invited lecture (December 5, 2005): “Abitabilità dei pianeti: La Terra e l`origine della vita”, Università
“G.d’A.”, Chieti, Italy. (Italian)
- Invited lecture: "Il ruolo delle comunità microbiche nella genesi e sviluppo di corpi geologici
sedimentari. I methane-seep” (June 23, 2005), Università “G.d’A.”, Chieti, Italy. (Italian)
2001
- Seminar: “Paleoecologia della bioerosione” (October 29, 2001) Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia,
Italy. (Italian)
R E S E A R C H P R O J E C T S ( see also FELLOWSHIPS/AWARDS)
2010
- SUBMITTED project. Project leader. Integrated Infrastructure Initiative - Transnational access to ANNA
facilities. Project title: The nature of bacteriomorphs: biogenicity and its detection (N. 3).
- Project leader. Project title: Ancient fields of Moroccan mud mounds: an unique environment on Earth
as terrestrial analogs for Mars and clues to presence of fossil/live microorganisms on Mars. Project
founded by the “EUROPLANET ACTIVITY – TNA1 (Planetary Field Analogues)”.
2010-11 - Collaborator. MIUR-PRIN 2010-2011. Project title: Comparative geomicrobiology of the mounds in the
Moroccan Sahara: implications for Mars astrobiology. Project leader: Prof R. Barbieri, Università di
Bologna, Italy.
2009-13 - Collaborator. ANR ARCHAEMAT 2009-2013. Project title: Microbial mats and the evolution of
photosynthesis on the early Earth. Project leader: Dr F. Westall, CBM-CNRS, Orléans, France.
2009
- Project leader. Integrated Infrastructure Initiative Project n. ANNA_TA_UC3_RP001 - Transnational
access to ANNA facilities. Project title: The nature of bacteriomorphs: biogenicity and its detection (N.
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2008
2007-11
2004-09
2006-07
2005
2003-04
2003
2002-03
2001-02
2).
- Collaborator. Integrated Infrastructure Initiative, 2008. Project n. 026134(RI3) ANNA - Transnational
access to ANNA. Project title: The nature of bacteriomorphs: biogenicity and its detection N. 1). Project
leader: Dr F. Westall, CBM-CNRS, Orléans, France.
- Collaborator. European Science Foundation, Program EuroDIVERSITY, Project MiCROSYSTEMS
(referent of the Italian group: Prof. R. Barbieri, Università di Bologna, Italy.
- Collaborator. International Geoscience Program (IGCP), Project No. 499: Evolution of Ecosystem and
Climate in the Devonian. Project leaders: P. Königshof (Germany), J. Lazauskiene (Lithuania), E.
Schindler (Germany), Volker Wilde (Germany), N. Yalçin (Turkey).
- Collaborator. MUR-PRIN 2006-07. Project title: Analisi integrata dei depositi solfatici su Marte. Project
leader: Prof. G.G. Ori, Università di Chieti-Pescara, Italy.
- Collaborator. Progetti Strategici d’Ateneo, Giovani Ricercatori, Università di Bologna. Project title:
Fillosilicati: orgine della vita e nanobioelettronica. Project leader: Dr. G. Valdrè, Università di Bologna,
Italy.
- Project leader. Project in collaboration project with FEI Company, Italia. Project title: Il microscopio FIB
nello studio di strutture biogenicamente indotte e preservate in rocce sedimentarie. Uno studio pilota.
- Collaborator. MUR-PRIN 2003-04. Project title: Effetti geologici associati al rilascio di gas idrati:
esempi attuali e fossili. PRIN 2003-04. Project leader: Prof. D. Fontana, Università di Modena e Reggio
Emilia, Italy.
- Collaborator. Astrobiology Programme, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) 2003.Project title: Potenziale
astrobiologico di ecosistemi chemiosintetici. Project leader: Prof. G.G. Ori, Università di Chieti-Pescara,
Italy.
- Collaborator. MUR-PRIN 2002-03. Project title: Analoghi terrestri per Marte e altri pianeti del Sistema
Solare. Project leader: Prof. G.G. Ori, Università di Chieti-Pescara, Italy.
- Collaborator. MUR-PRIN 2001-02. Project title: Processi e prodotti nella registrazione geologica di
comunità microbiche chemio sintetiche. Project leader: Prof. R. Barbieri, Università di Bologna, Italy.
P R O F E S S I O N AL AF F I L I AT I O N S
Since 2009:
- Société Française d'Exobiologie (S.F.E.)
Since 2005:
- Società Italiana Scienze Microscopiche (S.I.S.M.)
- International Federation of Societies for Microscopy (I.F.S.M.)
- European Microscopy Society (E.M.S)
- European Focused Ion Beam Users Group (E.F.G.U.)
STUDENTS MENTORED
- Silvia Davise, University of Florence. PhD student Co-Supervisor (expected completion date: 12/2010).
- Dall’Ara, Massimiliano, University of Bologna. MSr2 student Co-Advisor (completion date: 12/2003).
- Pagani, Elisa, University of Bologna. MS2 student Co-Advisor (completion date: 03/2002).
SERVICE
- Grant Proposal Reviewer for:
Council for the Earth and Life sciences-ALW
- Journal Reviewer for:
Astrobiology, Geobiology, Geological Society of America, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
- Chairman session:
- Conveners, BG-Biogeosciences, BG8-Astrobiology and Early Evolution of Life, proposed session
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“Compositional imaging: at the cutting edge”, EGU General Assembly 2011, Vienna, Austria, 03-08 April 2011.
- Conveners, proposed session – Colour markers of global-events through time – submitted at VIII Forum
Italiano di Science de la Terre, Torino, Italy, 19-23 September 2011.
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- Conveners, session S3.2 – Greenstones belts and early life. 23 Colloquium of African Geology, University of
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Johannesburg, South Africa, January 8-14 2011.
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- Conveners, session M2 - I microrganismi come agenti geologici, VII Forum Italiano di Scienze della Terra,
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Rimini, 9-11 Settembre 2009.
L AN G U AG E SK I L L S
- Italian (mother language)
- English
- French
SYNERGIST IC/F IEL D ACT IVT IES
2011 - February 10-14, 2011: leader of the Field Trip "Geomicrobiology and Geology from Precambrian to
Quaternary” in Morocco, "Geobiology in Space Exploration” International Workshop”, Marrakesh,
Morocco, February 07-09, 2011
2010 - July 15-29, 2010: field trip/work in Central Gabon, Africa
- May 08-23, 2010: field trip/work at Hamar Laghdad Ridge area, Anti-Atlas Orientale, Morocco
2009 - February-March, 2010: field trip/work at the Pongola area, White Umfolozi River, South Africa
- Collaboration to the “Pole de l'Espace et des Etoiles ” of the Museum of Astronomy, Nancay
- Collaborator to the Ateliers scientifiques associated to the Fête de la Science, CBM-CNRS
- August 2009: field trip in Central Finland
2008 - September 07-22, 2008: field work at El Tatio and Rio Salado area, Atacama Desert, Chile
2007 - June 06-07: field trip “La serie bacinale della Grigna Settentrionale”, N-Italy
- March 16- Aprile 04, 2007: field work at Pobiti Kamani, Eocene, NE della Bulgaria
2006 - December 01-05, 2006: field trip assistant during the Field Trip excursion, Class of Desert 2007,
UNESCO
Field
Action,
at
Hamar
Laghdad
Ridhe
area,
Morocco
(Field
guide:
http://www.vliz.be/projects/classatdesert/expedition.php)
- November 02, 2006: field trip at Solnhofen Lithographic Limestone, Germany
- September 2006: field trip at Lake Clifton and Lake Richmond, Yalgorup National Park, Western
Australia
- August 2006: field trip/work at Pilabara Craton, Western Australia with the Geological Survey of
Western Australia, Perth, Australia
- July 2006: field work at North Pole area, Pilabara Craton, Western Australia
- June 2006: field work at al Lake Thetis, Cervantes National Park, Western Australia
- February 2006: field work at Böttingen travertine deposits, S-Germany
2004 - February 2004: field work at Hamar Laghdad Ridge area, Anti-Atlas Orientale, Morocco
2003 - July 2003: field assistant during the “Stirone River Chemoherms, Northern Apennines, Italy” field trip
excursion organized by R. Barbieri, Università di Bologna
- Member of scientific commitee of the exhibition “Lingue di pietra” (12th december 2003 - 31 august
2004), Museum of Geology “G. Capellini”, Università di Bologna, Italy.
2002 - July and August 2002: field work at “calcari a Lucina” outcrop, N-Italy
2001 - November 2001: field work at Hamar Laghdad Ridge area, Anti-Atlas Orientale, Morocco
- Settembrer 2001: field work at “calcari a Lucina” outcrop, Sicily, S-Italy
1998 - Settember 1998: field work at Pietra Secca, Central Italy
P U B B L I C AT I O N S
Peer-rev. Journal ARTICLES
2010
- Cavalazzi B, Cady SL, Barbieri R, SUBMITTED. A morphological investigation of mat-building
community and spirally coiled filaments in a mid-temperature Lyngbia spp dominated cyanobacterial
mat in Queen's Laundry spring, Yellowstone National Park, US. Astrobiology.
- Cavalazzi B, Barbieri R, Cady SL, Westall F, Gennaro S Lui A, Rossi AP, SUBMITTED. Iron-rich
framboids from hydrocarbon-related Devonian mound (Hollard Mound, Anti Atlas, Morocco):
pseudofossils of fossil bacterial colonies? Sedimentary Geology.
- Cavalazzi B, Westall F, Barbieri R, Foucher F, IN REWIEV. Cryptoendolithic-microbes in vesicles of
pillow basalts, Coral Patch Seamount, eastern North Atlantic Ocean. Palaeogeography
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2009
2008
2007
2005
2004
Palaeoclimatolology Palaeoecology.
- Danise S, Cavalazzi B, Dominici S, Monechi S, Giuoli S, Westall F, SUBMITTED. Evidence of
microbial activity in a Miocene whale carcass from shallow water sediments (Voghera, Northern Italy).
Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatolology Palaeoecology.
- Westall F, Foucher F, Cavalazzi B, de Vries ST, Nijman W, Pearson V, Watson J, Verchovsky A,
Wright I, Rouzaud J-N, Marchesini D, Severine A, 2010. Volcaniclastic habitats for early life on Earth
and Mars: A case study from ~3.5 Ga-old rocks from the Pilbara, Australia. Planetary and Space
Science, IN PRESS.
- Barbieri R, Cavalazzi B, Stivaletta N, Capaccioni B, 2009. Life at the extremes: physical environments
and microorganisms in the Atacama Region (Chile). GeoActa.
- Cavalazzi B, Westall F, Barbieri R, 2008. (Crypto-)endoliths from vesicular pillow lavas, Coral Patch
Seamount, North Atlantic Ocean. Studi Trent. Sci. Nat. Acta Geol. 83, 177-182.
- Cavalazzi B, 2007. Chemotrophic filamentous microfossils from the Hollard Mound
(Devonian, Morocco) as investigated by focus ion beam. Astrobiology 7(2), 402-415.
Cover of Astrobiology, Vol. 7(2), 2007.
- Cavalazzi B, Barbieri R, Ori GG, 2007. Chemosynthetic microbialites in the Devonian
kess kess mounds (Anti-Atlas, Morocco). Sedimentary Geology 200, 73-88.
- Cavalazzi B, 2007. Fossil microbial evidences from Miocene Roccapalumba (Central
Sicily, Italy) methane-seep carbonates. Grzybowski Foundation 12, 7-13.
- Barbieri R, Cavalazzi B, 2005. Microbial fabrics from upper Tertiary cold seep carbonates, northern
Apennine, Italy. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatolology Palaeoecology, 227, 143-155.
- Barbieri R, Ori GG, Cavalazzi B, 2004. A Silurian cold-eeep ecosystem from the Middle Atlas,
Morocco. Palaios 19, 527-542.
- Barbieri R, Cavalazzi B, 2004. Astrobiological implications of microbial morphologies in cold fluidgenerated carbonates. Advances in Space Research 33, 1262-1267.
Peer-rev. BOOK chapters
2010 - Brookfield ME, Coniglio M, Glasauer S, Rieu R, Cavalazzi B, SUBMITTED. Petrology, elemental and
isotope geochemistry, and geomicrobiology of carbonate infillings and biofilms lining cracks below the
Neoproterozoic (Sturtian) cap carbonate in the Mirbat Inlier, Southernmost Oman. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
- Westall F, Cavalazzi B, 2010. Biosignatures in rocks. In J. Reitner and V. Thiel (eds): Encyclopedia of
Geobiology, Springer-Verlag. IN PRESS.
2008 - Barbieri R, Cavalazzi B, 2008. Fossil microorganisms at methane seeps: an astrobiological perspective.
In Seckbach J., Walsh M. (eds): From Fossils to Astrobiology. Records of Life on Earth and the search for
Extraterrestrial Biosignatures Series: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology. SpringerVerlag, pp. 297-318.
2006 - Cavalazzi B, Barbieri R, 2006. Fossil prokaryotes of cold-seep carbonates. CIESM Monograph 29, 123132.
O t h e r P U B L I C AT I O N S / T H E S I S
2010
- Cavalazzi B, IN PREPARATION. Geology and geobiology of KESS KESS mounds, Hamar Laghdad,
Morocco – A FIELD GUIDE. Field trip “Geomicrobiology and Geology from Precambrian to Quaternary” in
“Geobiology in Space Exploration” International Workshop, 10-14 Febraury 2011.
2009
- Westall F, Lemelle L, Simionovici A, Salome M; Marrocchi Y, Foucher F, Cavalazzi B, Meibom A,
Robert F, Mostafaoui S, Jauss A, Toporski J, Laclean L, Southam G, Wirick S, Villette S, Jamme F,
Dumas P, 2008. In situ analysis of the molecular organic and elemental composition of a 3.33 Ga microbial
mat from Barberton. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 73, A1430-A1430.
2008
- Cavalazzi B, Westall F, Barbieri R, 2008. Biosignatures in pillow lava alteration rims (Atlantic Ocean):
implications for biogenecity and their detection. International Journal of Astrobiology 7, 84-85.
- Cady SL, Hugo RC, Smythe WF, Parenteau MN, Goin JC, Oakes-Miller H, Hode T, Pugula S, Huster J,
Cavalazzi B, 2008. Analytical HRSEM, HRTEM and FIB characterization of carbonaceous remains
associated with hydrothermal deposits. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 72, A127-A127.
- Barbieri R, Cavalazzi B, Ori GG, 2008. I Kess-Kess mounds nel Devoniano dell’Anti-Atlante (Marocco).
Geoitalia 22, 30-31
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2007
2006
2005
2004
2002
1999
- Cavalazzi B, George AD, 2007. Hypersaline lake systems in an astrobiological perspective: a case-study
of Lake Thetis, Western Australia. International Journal of Astrobiology 6, 74.
- Cavalazzi B, Tatti F, 2007. Devonian filamentous microfossils (Hollard Mound, Morocco) as investigated
by Focused Ion Beam. International Journal of Astrobiology 6, 67.
- Cavalazzi B, 2006. KESS KESS carbonate mounds, Hamar Laghdad, Tafilalt, Anti-Atlas, SE Morocco –
A FIELD GUIDE MOROCCO. UNESCO Field Action, 01-05 December 2006, pp. 20.
- Cavalazzi B, Gorge AD, 2006. Stromatoliti attuali dei laghi costieri del Western Australia. PaleoItalia 15,
12-15.
- Cavalazzi B, 2005. L'attività microbica in rocce carbonatiche prodotte in ecosistemi chemiosintetici.
PaleoItalia 13, 36-42.
- Cavalazzi B, 2005. L'attività microbica in rocce carbonatiche prodotte in ecosistemi chemiosintetici:
documentazione fossile e potenziale di preservazione. PhD Thesis, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia,
XVI° Ciclo, 119 pp.
- Bartolini C, Benelli M, Cavalazzi B, 2004. Search for stromatolite-like structures in the Martian
environment. ESA Spec. Pub. 545, 167-168.
- Cavalazzi B, Barbieri R, Ori GG, 2004. Stromatolitic fabrics of chemo-ecosystem from Devonian
carbonate mounds, Anti-Atlas, Morocco. Association des Sédimentologistes Français n° 46, 29-30.
- Cavalazzi B, Raffi I, Biondi R, 2002. Ceratoliths in the Lowermost Pliocene of the Eastern Mediterranean:
correlation to the Equatorial Atlantic. Journal of Nannoplankton Research 24, 81.
- Cavalazzi B, 1999. Nannofossili calcarei al limite Piocene-Miocene nell’area mediterranea. MS Thesis,
Università di Chieti-Pescara, 198 pp.
C O N F E R EN C E T AL K S AN D P O ST ER S( * PR E S EN T ER )
2010 1. Cavalazzi* B, Westall F, Andreazza C, Rouzaud J-N, Parisini A, Lemelle L, Simionovici A, Foucher F,
Salomé M, Marocchi Y, Hofmann A, Thiel V, Mostefaoui S, Meibom A, Robert F, 2010. HRTEM
characterization of Ca-carbonate nanophases in a 3.334 Ga-old microbial mat from the Barberton
greenstone belt, South Africa: implication for evolution of photosynthesis. Archaemat fieldtrip/field
workshop - Pongola -Barberton-Transvaal, 08-15 August 2010. Talk.
2. Simionovici A, Lemelle L, Hubert A, Westall F, Cavalazzi B, 2010. X-ray methods in Earth and
Planetary Sciences. Archaemat fieldtrip/field workshop - Pongola -Barberton-Transvaal, 08-15
August 2010. Talk.
3. Westall F, Lemelle L, Simionovici A, Salome M, Marrocchi Y, Foucher F, Cavalazzi B, Meibom A,
Robert F, Mostafaoui S, Jauss A, Toporski J, Laclean L, Southam G, Wirick S, Villette S, Jamme F,
Dumas P, 2010. In situ analysis of the molecular organic and elemental composition of a 3.33 Ga
microbial mat from Barberton. Archaemat fieldtrip/field workshop - Pongola -Barberton-Transvaal, 0815 August 2010. Talk.
4. Danise D, Cavalazzi B, Dominici S, Monechi S, Westall F, Schmitz B, Guioli S, 2010. Evidence of
microbial activity in a Miocene whale carcass from shallow water sediments (Voghera, Northern
Italy). Third International Palaeontological Congress (IPC3), London (UK), June 28 to 03 July 2010.
Talk.
5. Ferretti A, Cavalazzi B, Barbieri R, Todesco R, 2010. The coulour of the Silurian: just a biopainting?
Third International Palaeontological Congress (IPC3), London (UK), June 28 to 03 July 2010. Talk.
6. Westall F, Cavalazzi B, Lemelle L, Simionovici A, Salomé M, Rouzaud J-N, Andreazza C, Foucher F,
Marocchi Y, Hofmann A, Mostefaoui S, Meibom A, Robert F, 2010. A morphological, mineraloical,
geochemical, and isotopic study of a 3.3 Ga photosynthetic microbial mat from Barberton, South
Africa. Third International Palaeontological Congress (IPC3), London (UK), June 28 to 03 July 2010.
Talk.
7. Danise D, Dominici S, Cavalazzi B, , Monechi S, 2010. Fossil whale falls from the Neogene of Italy.
Giornate di Paleontologia X Edizione, Università della Calabria, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra,
May 27-29, 2010. Talk.
8. Demasi F, Barbieri R, Guido A, Mastandrea A, Cavalazzi B, Russo F, 2010. Preliminary data on
organic matter remains in the microbialites of Devonian Kess Kess mounds (Morocco). Giornate di
Paleontologia X Edizione, Università della Calabria, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, May 27-29,
2010. Talk.
9. Ceramicola S, De Praeg D, Pondrelli M, Rossi AP, Cavalazzi B, 2010. Candidate mud volcanoes on
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Mars and Earth marine fluid flow systems. 3 Workshop of the Italian Astrobiology Society. DuinoAurisina, Italy, May 26-28, 2010. Talk.
Demasi F, Barbieri R, Guido A, Mastandrea A, Cavalazzi B, Russo F, 2010. Organic matter remains
in the Kess Kess Mounds of Hamar Laghdad (Anti-Atlas, Morocco): record of microbial
biomineralization. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 11, EGU2009-0. EGU General Assembly
2010, Vienna (Austria), May 02-07, 2010. Poster.
Westall F, Cavalazzi B, Lemelle L, Marrochhi Y, Rouzaud J-N, Simionovici A, Andreazza C, Foucher
F, Thiel V, Hofmann A and the Josefsdal Chert Team, 2010. Exceptional preservation of aragonite in
a circa 3.3 billion year old microbial mat from the Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa.
Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 11, EGU2009-0. EGU General Assembly 2010, Vienna
(Austria), May 02-07, 2010. Poster.
Bost N, Westall F, Ramboz C, Hubert A, Foucher F, Cavalazzi B, Pullan D, Hofmann B, Vergès E,
Viso M, Vago J, Briois C, Martin P, Scaillet B, Tagger M, 2010. The Orléans-Lithothèque – an
analogue rockstore for in situ missions. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 11, EGU2009-0. EGU
General Assembly 2010, Vienna (Austria), May 02-07, 2010. Poster.
Cavalazzi* B, Westall F, Foucher F, Andreazza C, Rouzaud J.-N., Lemelle L, Salomé M, Simionovici
A, Marrocchi Y, Meibom A, Mostefaoui S, Robert F, 2009. HR-TEM characterization of Ca-carbonate
nanophases in a 3.334 Ga-old microbial mat from the Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa.
Geological Society of America, Portland, Oregon, USA, October 18-21, 2009. Oral.
Cavalazzi* B, Cady SL, Barbieri R, 2009. Gliding filaments from Phormidium sp. Dominated mat in
Quenn's Laudry Pool, Yellowstone National Park, US, and El Tatio Geothermal area, Chile.
Geological Society of America, Portland, Oregon, USA, October 18-21, 2009. Poster.
Westall F, Cavalazzi B, Foucher F, Andreazza C, Rouzaud J.-N., Lemelle L, Salomé M, Simionovici
A, Marrocchi Y, Meibom A, Mostefaoui S, Robert F, 2009. The implications of carbonate nanophases
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in a 3.334 Ga-old microbial mat from the Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa. 9 European
Workshop on Astrobiology, Bruxelles, Belgium, October 12-14, 2009. Oral.
Foucher F, Cavalazzi B, Westall F, 2009. Micro-RAMAN characterization of precambrian
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permineralized cells, Draken Formation: preliminary results. 9 European Workshop on Astrobiology,
Bruxelles, Belgium, October 12-14, 2009. Poster.
Barbieri R, Cavalazzi B, 2009. Plausibility of Martian methane carbonate and astrobiological
perspectives. FIST-GeoItalia 2009, Rimini, September 09-11, 2009. Talk.
Barbieri R, Cavalazzi B, Stivaletta N, Capaccioni B, 2009. Life at the extremes: physical
environments and microorganisms in the Atacama Region (Chile). FIST-GeoItalia 2009, Rimini,
September 09-11, 2009. Talk.
Zuñiga-Hernández J, Azúa-Bustos A, González-Silva C, Cavalazzi B, Davila Alfonso F, Cady SL,
Vicuña R, 2009. Living Stromatolites in the Midst of the Atacama Desert: A Paradigm for the Origin of
Life on Earth a Plausible Model for Early Mars. AbGradCon 09, Washington (US), July 17-20, 2009.
Poster.
Westall F, Lemelle L, Simonovici A, Salome M, Marrocchi Y, Foucher F, Cavalazzi B, Meibom A,
Robert F, Mostafaoui S, Jauss A, Toporski J, Laclean L, Southam G, Wirick S, Villette S, Jamme F,
Dumas P, 2009. In situ analysis of the molecular organic and elemental composition of a 3.33 Ga
microbial mat from Barberton. GOLDSCHMIDT 2009, Davos (CH), June 22-26, 2009. Oral.
Cavalazzi B, Barbieri R., Westall F., Cady SL, Ori GG, Gennaro S, Lui A, Canteri R, Foucher F,
Gamberini F, Pepponi G, Kalender W, Karolczak M, 2009. Fe-framboids from Devonian methanerelated carbonate mounds: potential fossil analogues of MOA-SRB consortia and relationships with
Martian astrobiology. Italian Astrobiology Society 2nd Workshop “The Living Universe”, Bologna, 2829 May 2009. Poster.
Westall F, Foucher F, Cavalazzi* B, 2009. Traces of life on Mars are likely to be very small and very
challenging to find. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 11, EGU2009-0. EGU General Assembly
2009, Vienna (Austria), April 19-24, 2009. Oral.
Cavalazzi* B, Barbieri R, Ori GG, Westall F, Cady SL, Gennaro S, Lui A, Canteri R, Bersani M,
Lazzeri P, Pepponi G, 2009. Unusual Fe-rich Framboids from Devonian Carbonate Mounds (Sahara
Desert, Morocco) investigated by HR-SEM and ToF-SIMS: fossil analogues of OAM-SRB consortia?
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40 Lunar Planetary Conference and Science, March 23-28, 2009, The Woodlands, Texas, USA,
1113.pdf. Poster.
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Westall F, Foucher F, Cavalazzi* B, 2009. No stromatolites on Mars? 40 Lunar Planetary
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Conference and Science, March 23-28, 2009, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, 1759.pdf. Poster.
25. Cavalazzi B, Barbieri R, Cady SL, Ori GG, Westall F, Gennaro S, Lui A, Canteri R, Kalender W,
Karolczak M, Bersani M, Lazzeri P, Pepponi G, Gamberini F, 2009. Unusual Fe-rich framboids from
Devonian carbonate mounds (Hamar Laghdad Ridge, Morocco) investigated by HR-SEM and ToFSIMS: fossil MOA-SRB consortia analogues? Cold-Water Carbonate Reservoir systems in Deep
Environments-COCARDE, Fribourg (Switzerland), January 21-25, 2009. Poster.
26. Cady SL, Hugo RC, Smythe WF, Parenteau MN, Goin JC, Oakes-Miller H, Hode T, Pogula S, Huster
J, Cavalazzi B, 2008. Analytical HRSEM, HRTEM and FIB Characterization of Carbonaceous
Remains Associated with Hydrothermal Deposits. Goldschmidt 2008, Vancouver, Canada, July 1318, 2008. Talk.
27. Foucher F., Westall F., Cavalazzi B., Orange F., Bény, J-M, 2008. Etude de microfossiles par
microscopie à force atomique. Forum microscopie à sonde locale, La Londe Les Maures, France, 1721 March 2008. Poster.
28. Cavalazzi* B, Westall F., Barbieri R., Foucher F., 2008. Astrobiological implications of microbes in
basaltic pillow lava crusts (Atlantic Ocean). EGU General Assembly 2008, Vienna, April 13-18, 2008.
Geophysical Research Abstracts (10). Talk.
29. Cavalazzi B., Westall F., Barbieri R., Foucher F., 2008. Astrobiological implications of microbes in
basaltic pillow lava crusts: a case study from Recent (bio-)alteration rims, Coral Patch Seamount,
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Atlantic Ocean. 39 Lunar Planetary Conference and Science, March 10-14, 2008, Leguae City,
Texas, USA, 1633.pdf. Talk.
30. Cavalazzi B., Westall F., Barbieri, R., 2007. Biosignatures in pillow lava alteration rims (Atlantic
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Ocean): implications for biogenicity and their detection. 7 Workshop Europeo di Astrobiologia,
Turku, Finland, October 22-24, 2007. Poster.
31. Cavalazzi* B., Westall F., Barbieri R., 2007. Biogenicity of microborings in recent pillow lava crusts
(Atlantic Ocean): Early life and astrobiological perspectives. Geoitalia 2007, Rimini, September 1214, 2007. Poster.
32. Cavalazzi* B., George A.D., 2007. Lacustrine stromatolites, Lake Thetis (Western Australia):
microbial morphologies and communities. Geoitalia 2007, Rimini, September 12-14, 2007. Talk.
33. Cavalazzi* B., Barbieri R., Ori G.G., 2007. Biosignatures from (cryptic-)seep related environments,
Middle Devonian Hollard Mound (Anti-Atlas, Morocco). FIST-GeoItalia 2007, Rimini, September 1214, 2007. Talk.
34. Barbieri R., Stivaletta N., Bosco M., Ori G.G., Picard C., Cavalazzi B., George A.D., 2007.
Continental and coastal saline lake deposits as geomicrobiological archives. 2nd International
Workshop - Exploring Mars and its Earth Analogues, Trento (Italy), June 18-23, 2007. Talk.
35. Barbieri R., Cavalazzi B., Ori G.G., Dimitrov L., 2007. Astrobiology of methane seep. 2nd
International Workshop - Exploring Mars and its Earth Analogues, Trento (Italy), June 18-23, 2007.
Poster.
36. Cavalazzi* B., 2007. Microfossils as investigated by Focus Ion Beam. Giornate di Paleontologia,
Barzio-Valsassina, Lecco, June 06-10, 2007. Talk.
37. Barbieri R., Cavalazzi B., Stivaletta N., George A.D., Ori G.G., 2007. Modern and fossil microbial
signatures from continental evaporites, potential extreme Mars analogue environments. ESF
workshop on "Microbial Diversity and Ecosystem Functions", Lunz, Austria, 07-11 March 2007.
Poster.
38. Cavalazzi* B., George A.D., 2007. Hypersaline lake systems in an astrobiological perspective: a
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case-study of Lake Thetis, Western Australia. 6 Workshop Europeo di Astrobiologia, Lyon, France,
October 16-18, 2006. Poster.
39. Cavalazzi* B., Tatti F., 2007. Devonian filamentous microfossils (Hollard Mound, Morocco) as
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investigated by Focused Ion Beam. 6 Workshop Europeo di Astrobiologia, Lyon, France, October
16-18, 2006. Poster.
40. Cavalazzi B., López Correa M., 2006. Astrobiology sites on Mars potential analogues from Miocene
thermal spring rocks Böttingen (Southern Germany). VII Convegno di Scienze Planetarie, S. Felice
Circeo, September 05-09, 2006. Poster.
41. Barbieri R., Cavalazzi B., Stivaletta N., 2006. L’attività microbiologica registrata dai microfossili :
esempi in ecosistemi estremi e implicazioni astrobiologiche. VII Convegno di Scienze Planetarie, S.
Felice Circeo, September 05-09, 2006. Talk.
42. Cavalazzi B., López Correa M., 2006. Miocene thermal spring rocks from Böttingen (Southern
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Germany): potential analogues for astrobiology sites on Mars. Giornate di Paleontologia, Trieste,
June 08-11, 2006. Poster.
Lopèz Correa M., Cavalazzi B., 2006. The Miocene hydrothermal travertine of Böttingen (SW
Germany) and their outstanding mode of fossil preservation. Giornate di Paleontologia, Trieste,
June08-11, 2006. Talk.
Cavalazzi* B., 2005. La geomicrobiologie et les procaryotes fossiles a travers les roches carbonatees
phanerozoiques des sources hydrothermales et suintements froids. Exobio'05: 4eme école
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d'exobiologie, Propriano, Corsica, Francia, 24 September-01 October 2005. Poster.
Barbieri R., Cavalazzi B., 2005. Fossil prokaryotes of cold seep carbonates from Italy and Morocco.
CIESM Workshop “Fluid seepages/mud volcanoes in the Mediterranean and adjacent domains", Vol.
Abstracts, Bologna, October 19-22, 2005. Talk.
Cavalazzi* B., Tatti F., 2005. Astrobiological relevance of FIB microscopy techniques in the
investigation of biogenic morphologies. A pilot study. FIST-GeoItalia 2005, Spoleto, September 2122, 2005. Talk.
Cavalazzi* B., 2005. A SRB origin for dolomite from Devonian vent systems (Anti-Atlas, Morocco):
astrobiological implications. GeoItalia 2005, Spoleto, September 21-22, 2005. Poster.
Barbieri R., Cavalazzi B., Ori G.G., 2005. Microbial-derived morphologies in fossil cold-seep
ecosystems. GeoItalia 2005, Spoleto, September 21-22, 2005. Talk.
Cavalazzi* B., Barbieri R., Ori G.G., 2005. Fossil prokaryotes from Phanerozoic methane seep
carbonates. Giornate di Paleontologia, Urbino, May 20-22, 2005. Talk.
Cavalazzi* B., Barbieri R., Ori G.G., 2005. Biogenicity of fossil bacteria from Devonian hydrothermal
system: relevance to search for evidence of life on Earth and other planets. VI Convegno di Scienze
Planetarie, Aosta, January 24-28, 2005. Talk.
Cavalazzi* B., 2005. Astrobiological implications of microbial-derived dolomite precipitation: an
example from fossil vent fracture systems (Devonian, Morocco). VI Convegno di Scienze Planetarie,
Aosta, January 24-28, 2005. Poster.
Cavalazzi B., 2004. Dolomite from Devonian vent fracture systems (Anti-Atlas, Morocco) as a byth
products of microbial chemosynthesis. 4 European Workshop on Exo/Astrobiology, Milton Keynes,
UK, November 22-25, 2004. Poster.
Cavalazzi B., Barbieri R., Ori G.G., 2004. Micro-niches in the neptunian dikes of Paleozoic carbonate
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mounds. Suitable habitats for extremophiles? 4 European Workshop on Exo/Astrobiology, Milton
Keynes, UK, November 22-25, 2004. Poster.
Cavalazzi* B., Barbieri, R., Ori, G.G., 2004. Devonian conical mounds of Hamar Laghdad (Morocco):
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International Geological
Congress, Firenze, Agosto 20-28, 2004. Poster.
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Barbieri R., Cavalazzi B., 2004. Microbes as geologic agents in hydrocarbon seep carbonates. 32
International Geological Congress, Florence, August 20-28, 2004. Talk.
Barbieri R., Cavalazzi B., 2004. Microbial signatures in fossil chemosynthetic carbonates. 1st General
Assembly of the European Geosciences Union, Nizza, Francia, April 25-30, 2004. Talk.
Bartolini C., Benelli M., Cavalazzi B., 2004. Search for stromatolite-like structures in the Martian
environment. III European Workshop on Exo-Astrobiology. “Mars: The Search for Life. Madrid
(Spain), November 18-20, 2003. Poster.
Barbieri R., Cavalazzi B., 2003. Unusual microbial-derived structures in Tertiary cold seep
carbonates from Northern Apennine, Italy. G.S.A. Annual Meeting, Seattle, USA, November 02-05,
2003. Talk.
Cavalazzi* B., Barbieri R., Ori G.G., 2003. (Chemosynthetic?) Microbial evidences in Early Devonian
carbonate mounds at the Hamar Laghdad Ridge (Anti-Atlas, Morocco): initial report. Geoitalia 2003,
Bellaria, September 16-18, 2003. Talk.
Cavalazzi* B., Barbieri R., Ori, G.G., 2003. Exobiological implications of Devonian neptunian dykes in
the kess-kess mounds (Anti-Atlas, Morocco). V° Convegno di Scienze Planetarie, Gallipoli,
September 15-20, 2003. Poster.
Barbieri R., Cavalazzi B., 2002. Microbial morphologies in cold fluid-generated geologic bodies. The
World Space Congress, Houston, U.S.A., October 10-19, 2002. Talk.
Cavalazzi* B., Barbieri, R., 2002. Il ruolo di batteri chemiosintetici (fossili) nella genesi di rocce
carbonatiche metano-derivate. 2° SAYCS, Riccione, October 07-08, 2002. Poster.
Barbieri R., Cavalazzi B., Westall F., Ori G.G., 2002. Microbial-Induced Structures in Fossil Cold-
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Seep Carbonates. First International Paleontological Congress, Sydney, Australia, July 05-10, 2002.
Talk.
Cavalazzi* B., Barbieri R., 2002. Microbial-mediated carbonates from chemosynthetic fossil
ecosystems: a laboratory for astrobiolgical research. International Workshop on “Exploring Mars
Surface and its Earth Analogues”, Catania, September 23-25, 2002. Poster.
Cavalazzi* B., Barbieri R., 2002. Preservation of chemosynthetic microbial activities on carbonate
rocks: geological and exobiological implications. I° Meeting of Environmental Micropaleontology for
young Italian researchers, Urbino, June 04-06, 2002. Talk.
Biondi R., Cavalazzi B., 2002. Calcareous nannofossils at Miocene-Pliocene transition: result from
ODP Hole 967A. I° Meeting of Environmental Micropaleontology for young Italian researchers,
Urbino, June 04-06, 2002. Talk.
Ori G.G., Glamoclija M., Barbieri R., Cavalazzi B., 2002. Chemosynthetic ecosystem on Mars,
Europa and Titan. Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf., 33rd, Houston, USA, March 11-15, 2002. Poster.
Barbieri R., Cavalazzi* B., Westall F., 2002. Microbial fossilization potential in chemosynthetic (cold
seep) carbonate rocks: exopaleontological implications. Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf., 33rd, Houston,
USA, March 11-15, 2002. Poster.
Barbieri R., Cavalazzi B., Ori G.G., 2001. A Silurian Chemosynthetic Ecosystem from Central
Morocco. G.S.A. Annual Meeting, Boston, U.S.A, November 01-10, 2001. Talk.
Orléans, November, 2010
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