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- Nora Noffke
- Associate Professor
- Ocean, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
- 435 OceanographyandPhysics Bldg
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Norfolk,
VA
23529
- 757-683-3313
- nnoffke@odu.edu
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Education
- University of Oldenburg,
1997
- Major: Geomicrobiology
- Degree: Ph. D.
- University of Tübingen, Germany,
1992
- Major: Geology-Paleontology
- Degree: M.S.
- University of Tübingen, Germany,
1990
- Major: Geology-Paleontology
- Degree: B.S.
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Expertise
- Biology
- Microbial Mats in Cold Marine Environments / Biosedimentology of Siliciclastic Deposits / Astrobiology (Bacteriogene Structures)
- Geology
- Microbial Mats in Cold Marine Environments / Biosedimentology of Siliciclastic Deposits / Astrobiology (Bacteriogene Structures)
- Oceanography
- Microbial Mats in Cold Marine Environments / Biosedimentology of Siliciclastic Deposits / Astrobiology (Bacteriogene Structures)
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Books
- Noffke, N. (2010). Microbial Mats in Sandy Deposits from the Archean Era to Today. Heidelberg: Springer Verlag.
- Noffke, N. (2005). Geobiology: Objectives, Concepts and Perspectives. Special Issue Palaeoclimatology, Palaeooceanography, Palaeoecology. Elsevier.
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Book Chapters
- Noffke, N. (2009). A Modern Perspective on Ancient Life: Microbial Mats in Sandy Marine Settings from the Archean Era to Today.. Heidelberg: Early Life. Springer.
- Noffke, N. (2007). Microbially indiced sedimentary structures (MISS) of Early and Middle Archean ages – Pongola Supergroup, Witwatersrand Supergroup,
Moodies Group (South Africa).. Amsterdam: Atlas of mat-related sedimentary structures. Elsevier.
- Noffke, N. (2005). Geobiology – a holistic scientific discipline. (pp. 1-2). Geobiology: Objectives, Concepts and Perspectives. - Palaeoclimatology, Palaeooceanography, Palaeoecology; Elsevier.
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Articles
- Noffke, N. (2009). The criteria for biogeneicity of microbially induced sedimentary structures (MISS) in Archean, sandy deposits. Earth Science Reviews, 96, (pp. 173-180).
- Noffke, N., Beukes, N., Hazen, R., and Swift, D. (2008). Exceptionally preserved microbial mats of Meso-Archean age: the Sinqueni Formation, Pongola Supergroup, South Africa. Geobiology, 6 (1), (pp. 5-20).
- Noffke, N. (2008). Turbulent lifestyle: Benthic cyanobacteria on Earth’s sandy beaches today and 3 billion years ago. GSA Today, 18, (pp. 4-9).
- Noffke, N. (2007). Microbially induced sedimentary structures in Archean sandstones: a new window into early life. Gondwana Research, 11 (3), (pp. 336-342).
- Noffke, N., Hazen, R., Eriksson, K., and Simpson, E. (2006). A new window into early life: Microbial mats in a siliciclastic early Archean tidal flat (3.2 Ga Moodies Group, South Africa). Geology, 34, (pp. 253-256).
- Noffke, N., Beukes, N., and Hazen, R. (2006). Microbially induced sedimentary structures in the 2.9 Ga old Brixton Formation, Witwatersrand Supergroup, South Africa. Precambrian Research, 146, (pp. 35-44).
- Draganits, E., and Noffke, N. (2004). Siliciclastic, domed Stromatolites from the Lower Devonian Muth Formation, NW Himalaya. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 74 (2), (pp. 191-202).
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Presentations
- Conference Name:
- Location: London
- Date: 2010
- Authors/Presenters:
Noffke, N.
- Conference Name:
- Location: London
- Date: 2010
- Authors/Presenters:
Noffke, N.
- Conference Name:
- Location: London
- Date: 2010
- Authors/Presenters:
Noffke, N.
- Microbially Induced Sedimentary Structures – Signs of Life in Archean to Modern Sandy Settings
- Conference Name:
- Location: Perth, Australia
- Date: 2010
- Authors/Presenters:
Noffke, N.
- A Modern Perspective on Ancient Life: The Question of the Rise of Cyanobacteria in Earth History
- Conference Name:
- Location: Wuhan, China
- Date: 2010
- Authors/Presenters:
Noffke, N.
- Conference Name:
- Location: Utah
- Date: 2010
- Authors/Presenters:
Noffke, N.
- Conference Name:
- Location: Houston, Texas
- Date: 2010
- Authors/Presenters:
Noffke, N.
- Conference Name:
- Location: Houston, Texas
- Date: 2010
- Authors/Presenters:
Noffke, N.
- Turbulent Lifestyle: Benthic Cyanobacteria on Earth’s Sandy Beaches – 3 Billion Years ago to Today
- Conference Name:
- Location: Sao Leopoldo, Brazil
- Date: 2010
- Authors/Presenters:
Noffke, N.
- Turbulent Lifestyle: Benthic Cyanobacteria on Earth’s Sandy Beaches – 3 Billion Years ago to Today
- Conference Name:
- Location: Calcutta, India
- Date: 2009
- Authors/Presenters:
Noffke, N.
- The sedimentary ecology of benthic cyanobacteria in modern and Archean tidal flats
- Conference Name: GSA
- Sponsoring Organization: GSA
- Location: Portland
- Date: 2009
- Authors/Presenters:
Noffke, N.
- Conference Name:
- Location: Perth, Australia
- Date: 2008
- Authors/Presenters:
Noffke, N.
- Conference Name:
- Date: 2008
- Authors/Presenters:
Noffke, N.
- Conference Name: GSA
- Sponsoring Organization: GSA
- Location: Houston
- Date: 2008
- Authors/Presenters:
Noffke, N.
- Conference Name:
- Location: California
- Date: 2007
- Authors/Presenters:
Noffke, N.
Bower, D.
Hazen, M. R.
Cabrol, N.
- Microbially induced sedimentary structures (MISS) – Biosignatures in sands and sandstones
- Conference Name: GSA
- Sponsoring Organization: GSA
- Location: Denver
- Date: 2007
- Authors/Presenters:
Noffke, N.
Bower, D.
Hazen, R. M.
- A different perspective on early life: mat-related sedimentary structures from siliciclastic tidal flats of Archean ages
- Conference Name: GSA
- Sponsoring Organization: GSA
- Location: Philadelphia
- Date: 2006
- Authors/Presenters:
Noffke, N.
- Microbially induced sedimentary structures as sequence stratigraphic tools in siliciclastic deposits
- Conference Name: GSA
- Sponsoring Organization: GSA
- Location: Salt Lake City
- Date: 2005
- Authors/Presenters:
Noffke, N.
- Conference Name: GSA
- Sponsoring Organization: GSA
- Location: Denver
- Date: 2004
- Authors/Presenters:
Noffke, N.
Beukes, N.
Gutzmer, J.
- Conference Name: GSA
- Sponsoring Organization: GSA
- Location: Denver
- Date: 2004
- Authors/Presenters:
Bower, D.
Noffke, N.
- Microbially induced sedimentary structures – MISS’ and the survivor species concept. – in: Soja, C. & Riding, R. : Adversity,
advantages, opportunities: Phanerozoic stromatolites as ‘survivor’ vs. ‘disaster’ taxa
- Conference Name: GSA
- Sponsoring Organization: GSA
- Location: Denver
- Date: 2004
- Authors/Presenters:
Noffke, N.
- Conference Name:
- Location: Washington, DC
- Date: 2004
- Authors/Presenters:
Bower, D.
Noffke, N.
- Fellow of the Geological Society of America, Geological Society of America
- 2009: Perspective on my research in Science, Science
- 2008: Review on my research in Nature, Nature
- James Lee Wilson Award for Marine Geology, Society for Sedimentary Geologists SEPM
- 2007: Editorial Note on my research in Science, Science
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Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research