Geological Society of America

8:00 AM

THE CHANGING VISION OF MARINE MINERALS

Peter A. Rona, Rutgers Univ, New Brunswick, NJ

39643 (Technical Sessions)

8:20 AM

ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT GEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MARINE PLACERS

Richard H.T. Garnett, Oakville, ON

40627 (Technical Sessions)

8:40 AM

ORIGIN OF PACIFIC MANGANESE NODULE ORE PROVINCES

David S. Cronan, Royal School of Mines. Imperial College, London, N/A

36315 (Technical Sessions)

9:00 AM

GENESIS AND RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF METAL-RICH FERROMANGANESE CRUSTS

James R. Hein, US Geol Survey, Menlo Park, CA and Andrea Koschinsky, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, N/A

40944 (Technical Sessions)

9:20 AM

REPLACEMENT PROCESSES IN VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS: THE KEY TO GIANT OREBODIES

Fernando J.A.S. Barriga, Fac. Ciencias Univ. Lisboa, Lisboa, N/A and Patricia I.S.T. Conceicao, Fac. Ciencias Univ. Lisboa, Lisboa, N/A and Agata S.C.M.A. Dias, Fac. Ciencias Univ. Lisboa, Lisboa, N/A and A. Filipa A. Marques, Fac. Ciencias Univ. Lisboa, Lisboa, N/A and Isabel A. Costa, Fac. Ciencias Univ. Lisboa, Lisboa, N/A and Jorge M.R.S. Relvas, Fac. Ciencias Univ. Lisboa, Lisboa, N/A and Alvaro M.M. Pinto, Fac. Ciencias Univ. Lisboa, Lisboa, N/A and Yves Fouquet, Ifremer, Centre de Brest, Plouzané, N/A and Isabel R. Costa, Fac. Ciencias Univ. Lisboa, Lisboa, N/A and Raquel L.P. Costa, Fac. Ciencias Univ. Lisboa, Lisboa, N/A

43492 (Technical Sessions)

9:40 AM

INDIAN OCEAN HYDROTHERMAL MINERAL DEPOSITS: CU-RICH AND EPITHERMAL AU-/AG-ENRICHED OCCURRENCES

Peter E. Halbach, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, N/A and Margret Halbach, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, N/A

38164 (Technical Sessions)

10:00 AM

MODERN SEAFLOOR HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSITS HOSTED IN ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS

Yves Fouquet, IFREMER, Plouzane, N/A and Jean Luc Charlou, IFREMER, Plouzane, N/A and Fernando J.A.S. Barriga, Fac. Ciencias Univ. Lisboa, Lisboa, N/A

44938 (Technical Sessions)

10:20 AM

SUBMARINE HYDROTHERMAL VENTING RELATED TO VOLCANIC ARCS

Cornel E.J. de Ronde, Institute of Geol & Nuclear Sciences, Lower Hutt, N/A and Gary J. Massoth, Institute of Geol & Nuclear Sciences, Lower Hutt, N/A and Edward T. Baker, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Seattle, WA and John E. Lupton, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Newport, OR

39998 (Technical Sessions)

10:40 AM

EVIDENCE FOR MAGMATIC FLUIDS IN THE FORMATION OF MODERN AND ANCIENT VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS

Kaihui Yang, Univ of Toronto, Toronto, ON and Steven D. Scott, Univ of Toronto, Toronto, ON

38772 (Technical Sessions)

11:00 AM

SEAFLOOR MINERALS RESEARCH: SUPPORTING DISCOVERY OF NEW ORE DEPOSITS

James M. Franklin, Franklin Geosciences Ltd, Ottawa, ON

41541 (Technical Sessions)

11:20 AM

DRILLING INTO SUB-VENT BIOSPHERE AT SUIYO SEAMOUNT, IZU-BONIN ARC, WESTERN PACIFIC

Katsumi Marumo, National Insitute of advanced Industrial Sience and Technology, Tsukuba, N/A and Tetsuro Urabe, Earth & Planetary Sci, Tokyo, N/A

41229 (Technical Sessions)

11:40 AM

RESULTS FROM NOVEL SEAMLESS EXTREMOPHILE SAMPLING AND INCUBATION SYSTEMS USED IN HYDROTHERMAL VENTS, LOIHI SUBMARINE VOLCANO, HAWAII

Alexander Malahoff, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI and Todd S. Gregory, N/A and Arnaud Bossuyt, N/A and Stuart Donachie, N/A and Shaobin Hou, N/A and Maqsudul Alam, N/A

38449 (Technical Sessions)

T194 The Changing Vision of Marine Minerals

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