T107 Unraveling the History of Ocean Crust Production: Evidence For and Against Changes in Seafloor Spreading Rates Since the Mesozoic

Monday, 8 November 2004
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  SEA FLOOR SPREADING RATE AND ATMOSPHERIC CO2 OVER THE PAST 150 MA
  Robert A. Berner, Yale Univ, New Haven, CT
  73650 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:45 PM
  MODELING GLOBAL RIDGE PRODUCTION FROM THE OBSERVABLE RECORD
  David B. Rowley, The Univ of Chicago, Chicago, IL
  79262 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  MODELING SEAFLOOR-SPREADING RATES THROUGH TIME
  Robert V. Demicco, State Univ of New York, Binghamton, NY
  74928 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  GLOBAL OCEANIC CRUST PRODUCTION SINCE MID-CRETACEOUS BASED ON PALEO-SEAFLOOR AGE GRIDS
  Carmen Gaina, Univ of Sydney, Sydney, N/A and Ralph Dietmar Mueller, Univ of Sydney, Sydney, N/A
  80692 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  PLATE RECONSTRUCTIONS REQUIRE HIGH CRETACEOUS SPREADING RATES AND RIDGE VOLUMES
  Michelle A. Kominz, Western Michigan Univ, Kalamazoo, MI and Christopher R. Scotese, U. Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
  78983 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  EVIDENCE FOR SEAFLOOR SPREADING RATE CHANGES FROM SEAWATER CHEMISTRY, UPPER EOCENE TO PRESENT
  Sean Brennan, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
  78848 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  VARIATIONS IN MAJOR-ION CHEMISTRY OF CRETACEOUS SEAWATER FROM FLUID INCLUSIONS IN HALITE MATCH OCEAN CRUST PRODUCTION RATES
  Tim K. Lowenstein, State Univ of New York, Binghamton, NY and Michael N. Timofeeff, State Univ of New York, Binghamton, NY and Maria Augusta Martins da Silva, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, N/A
  75819 (Technical Sessions)