T105 Biogeochemical Processes at Ancient and Modern Methane Seeps I

Monday, 3 November 2003
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Presentations

• 1:45 PM
  DIVERSE MICROORGANISMS MEDIATING THE ANAEROBIC OXIDATION OF METHANE IN METHANE SEEPS REVEALED BY DIRECTLY COUPLED ISOTOPIC AND PHYLOGENIC ANALYSES
  Victoria J. Orphan, NASA Ames Rsch Ctr, Moffett Field, CA and Christopher House, The Pennsylvania State Univ, University Park, PA and William Ussler, Monterey Bay Aquarium Rsch Institute, Moss Landing, CA and Kai-Uwe Hinrichs, Univ of Bremen, Bremen, N/A and Charles K. Paull, Monterey Bay Aquarium Rsch Institute, Moss Landing, CA and Ed DeLong, Monterey Bay Aquarium Rsch Institute, Moss Landing, CA
  61612 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:05 PM
  MOLECULAR FINGERPRINTS OF METHANE SEEPING OUT OF THE SEAFLOOR
  Kai-Uwe Hinrichs, Univ of Bremen, Bremen, N/A
  65152 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:25 PM
  THE BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING OF SULFUR, CARBON, AND OXYGEN AT GULF OF MEXICO COLD SEEP ENVIRONMENTS
  Michael Formolo, Univ of Missouri, Columbia, MO and Timothy Lyons, Univ of Missouri, Columbia, MO and Chuanlun Zhang, Univ of Georgia, Aiken, SC and Cheryl Kelley, Univ of Missouri, Columbia, MO and Dylan Sullivan, Univ of Missouri, Columbia, MO
  65993 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:40 PM
  THE ANATOMY OF THE SULFATE-METHANE INTERFACE IN A METHANE-RICH CORE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO
  Emily Johnson and William Ussler, Monterey Bay Aquarium Rsch Institute, Moss Landing, CA and Elizabeth Windom and Charles K. Paull, Monterey Bay Aquarium Rsch Institute, Moss Landing, CA and Kellie Wall and Steven Hallam, Monterey Bay Aquarium Rsch Institute, Moss Landing, CA and Jisoo Kim and Ed DeLong, Monterey Bay Aquarium Rsch Institute, Moss Landing, CA and Yifeng Chen, Univ of Tokyo, Tokyo, N/A and Ryo Matsumoto, Univ of Tokyo, Tokyo, N/A and Thomas Lorenson, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA and William J. Winters, U.S. Geol Survey, Woods Hole, MA
  59092 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:55 PM
  GROWTH RATES OF BATHYMODIOLIDS FROM GAS SEEPS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO DERIVED FROM POLONIUM-210/RADIUM-226 RATIOS
  Paul Aharon, Univ of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL and Dan Van Gent, Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA
  62154 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:10 PM
  DIFFERENCES IN MICROBIAL LIPID DISTRIBUTIONS BETWEEN GULF OF MEXICO COLD SEEP CRUSTS AND SEDIMENTS
  Richard D. Pancost, Univ of Bristol, Bristol, N/A and Joseph Tavacoli, Univ of Bristol, Bristol, N/A and Chuanlun L. Zhang, Univ of Georgia, Aiken, GA
  64779 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:25 PM
  FORAMINIFERA OF DEEP-BATHYAL AND ABYSSAL HYDROCARBON SEEPS, GULF OF MEXICO
  Barun K. Sen Gupta, Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA and Melissa K. Lobegeier, Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA and Lorene E. Smith, Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA
  59220 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:40 PM
  BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA FROM METHANE SEEPS IN MONTEREY BAY: ECOLOGY, STABLE ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION AND RELATION TO BIOGEOCHEMISTRY
  M. Elena Pérez, Indiana State Univ, Terre Haute, IN and Amanda Duncan, Indiana State Univ, Terre Haute, IN and Anthony E. Rathburn, Indiana State Univ, Terre Haute, IN and Jonathan B. Martin, Univ of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Shelley A. Day, Univ of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Chris Mahn, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA and Joris Gieskes, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA and Wiebke Ziebis, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA and Lisa Levin, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA and David Williams, Indiana State Univ, Terre Haute, IN
  64271 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:55 PM
  FORAMINIFERA FROM HYDRATE RIDGE, OREGON: CARBON ISOTOPIC VALUES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PALEOMETHANE RELEASE
  T.M. Hill, Univ of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA and J.P. Kennett, Univ of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA and D.L. Valentine, Univ of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
  66700 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:10 PM
  GEOLOGICAL CONTROLS OF HYDROCARBON SEEPS IN SANTA MARIA BASIN, OFFSHORE CALIFORNIA
  Joseph M. Saenz, Naval Facilities Engineering Service Ctr, Port Hueneme, CA and Peter J. Fischer, California State Univ, Northridge, Northridge, CA
  57067 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:25 PM
  HOLOCENE SLIDE SCARS AS THE DOMINANT LOCATION FOR CHEMOSYNTHETIC BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES IN MONTEREY BAY
  Charles K. Paull, MBARI, Moss Landing, CA and William Ussler, MBARI, Moss Landing, CA and Brian Schlining, MBARI, Moss Landing, CA and Jenny Paduan, MBARI, Moss Landing, CA and Dave Caress, MBARI, Moss Landing, CA and H. Gary Greene, MBARI, Moss Landing, CA and Jim Barry, MBARI, Moss Landing, CA
  60297 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:45 PM
  CHEMOHERM BUILD-UPS ON HYDRATE RIDGE, CASCADIA MARGIN: A RESULT OF METHANE VENTING AND ANAEROBIC METHANE OXIDATION (AMO)
  Barbara M.A. Teichert, Universität Bremen, Bremen, N/A and Gerhard Bohrmann, Universität Bremen, Bremen, N/A
  63129 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:00 PM
  VARIABLE MICROBIAL CONSORTIA PERFORMING ANAEROBIC OXIDATION OF METHANE IN THE BLACK SEA
  Walter Michaelis, Univ Hamburg, Hamburg, N/A and Richard Seifert, Univ Hamburg, Hamburg, N/A and Martin Blumenberg, Univ Hamburg, Hamburg, N/A and Thomas Pape, Univ Hamburg, Hamburg, N/A and Katja Nauhaus, Bremen, N/A and Friedrich Widdel, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, N/A and Joachim Reitner, GZG-Univ of Goettingen, Goettingen, N/A
  63019 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:15 PM
  FABRICS OF METHANE CARBONATES AND ASSOCIATED MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES IN BLACK SEA COLD SEEP ENVIRONMENTS
  Joachim Reitner, GZG-Univ of Goettingen, Goettingen, N/A and Andreas Reimer, GZG-Univ of Goettingen, Goettingen, N/A and Gabriela Schumann, GZG-Univ of Goettingen, Goettingen, N/A and Volker Thiel, GZG-Univ of Goettingen, Goettingen, N/A and Walter Michaelis, Univ Hamburg, Hamburg, N/A
  60033 (Technical Sessions)