| Start Time |
| 8:00 AM | Introductory Remarks |
| 8:05 AM | METHANE HYDRATE IN THE GLOBAL ORGANIC CARBON CYCLE--THE BIOGEOLOGIC CONTROL OF METHANE: KVENVOLDEN, Keith A., U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Team, 345 Middlefield Road, MS 999, Menlo Park, CA 94025, kkvenvolden@usgs.gov. |
| 8:20 AM | METHANOGENIC MICROBES FROM COLD MARINE SEDIMENTS: BOONE, David R.1, LIU, Yitai1, CHONG, Song1, MIKUCKI, Jill1, and VALENTINE, David L.2, (1) Department of Biology, Portland State Univ, PO Box 751, Portland, OR 97207-0751, booned@pdx.edu, (2) Marine Biology, Research Division, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037 |
| 8:35 AM | TECTONIC CONTROLS ON GAS HYDRATE STABILITY IN AN ACTIVE MARGIN SETTING, HYDRATE RIDGE, CASCADIA ACCRETIONARY PRISM: JOHNSON, Joel E.1, GOLDFINGER, Chris1, NELSON, C. Hans2, and TREHU, Anne M.1, (1) College of Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State Univ, 104 Ocean Administration Building, Corvallis, OR 97331, jjohnson@coas.oregonstate.edu, (2) Department of Oceanography, Texas A & M Univ, 3146 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843 |
| 8:50 AM | COMPLEX SUBSURFACE PLUMBING BENEATH THE SOUTHERN HYDRATE RIDGE, OREGON CONTINENTAL MARGIN, FROM HIGH-RESOLUTION 3D SEISMIC REFLECTION AND OBS DATA: TREHU, Anne M.1, BANGS, Nathan L.2, ARSENAULT, Matthew A.1, CHEVALLIER, Johanna1, JOHNSON, Joel1, and TORRES, Marta E.3, (1) College of Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State Univ, 104 Ocean Administration Building, Corvallis, OR 97331, trehu@coas.oregonstate.edu, (2) Univ Texas - Austin, 4412 Spicewood Springs Rd, Austin, TX 78759-8500, (3) COAS, Oregon State Univ, 104 Ocean. Admin. Bld, Corvallis, OR 97331-5503 |
| 9:05 AM | BENTHIC FLUXES FROM SEDIMENTS HOSTING METHANE HYDRATE DEPOSITS AT HYDRATE RIDGE, CASCADIA: TORRES, Marta E.1, MCMANUS, Jim2, DE ANGELIS, Marie A.3, TRYON, Mike D.4, TREHU, Anne M.5, BROWN, Kevin M.4, and HAMMOND, Doug6, (1) COAS, Oregon State Univ, 104 Ocean. Admin. Bld, Corvallis, OR 97331-5503, mtorres@coas.oregonstate.edu, (2) Large Lakes Observatory, Univ of Minnesota, Duluth, MN 58812, (3) Department of Oceanography, Humboldt State Univ, Arcada, CA 95521, (4) Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Univ of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093, (5) Oregon State Univ, 104 Oceanography Admin Bldg, Corvallis, OR 97331-8563, (6) Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 |
| 9:20 AM | THE FLUX OF METHANE FROM HYDRATES AND SEEPS TO THE NE PACIFIC OCEAN OFF OREGON: HEESCHEN, Katja, Marine Environmental Geochemistry, GEOMAR, Wischhofstr. 1-3, Kiel, D - 24148, Germany, kheeschen@geomar.de and COLLIER, Robert, COAS, Oregon State Univ, 104 Ocean Admin Bldg, Corvallis, OR 97331-5503 |
| 9:35 AM | POCKMARKS, SEEPS, AND CARBONATES ON HECETA BANK AND ITS SEAWARD SLOPE: EMBLEY, R., Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, NOAA, 2115 SE O.S.U. Dr, Newport, OR 97365-5258, embley@pmel.noaa.gov, WAKEFIELD, W., NWFSC, National Marine Fisheries Service, 2030 So. Marine Science Dr, Newport, OR 97365, MERLE, S., CIMRS, Oregon State Univ, 2115 SE O.S.U. Dr, Newport, OR 97365-5258, VALDES, A., Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angelee, CA 90007, and HENDLER, G., Nat History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90007 |
| 9:50 AM | Break |
| 10:05 AM | Discussion |
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