2003 Seattle Annual Meeting (November 2–5, 2003)
Session No. 105 Monday, November 3, 2003
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Washington State Convention and Trade Center: 204

T79. Biogeochemical Processes at Ancient and Modern Methane Seeps I

Joern Peckmann and James L. Goedert, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 1:30 PM Introductory Remarks
105-11:45 PM DIVERSE MICROORGANISMS MEDIATING THE ANAEROBIC OXIDATION OF METHANE IN METHANE SEEPS REVEALED BY DIRECTLY COUPLED ISOTOPIC AND PHYLOGENIC ANALYSES: ORPHAN, Victoria J., National Research Council, SSX, NASA Ames Rsch Ctr, M/S 239-4, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, vorphan@mail.arc.nasa.gov, HOUSE, Christopher, Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State Univ, University Park, PA 16802, USSLER, William III, Monterey Bay Aquarium Rsch Institute, Moss Landing, CA 95039, methane@mbari.org, HINRICHS, Kai-Uwe, Research Center for Ocean Margins, Univ of Bremen, PO Box 330 440, Bremen, 28334, Germany, PAULL, Charles K., Monterey Bay Aquarium Rsch Institute, 7700 Sandholdt Road, Moss Landing, CA 95039, and DELONG, Ed, Research and Development, Monterey Bay Aquarium Rsch Institute, 7700 Sandholdt Road, Moss Landing, CA 95039
105-22:05 PM MOLECULAR FINGERPRINTS OF METHANE SEEPING OUT OF THE SEAFLOOR: HINRICHS, Kai-Uwe, Research Center for Ocean Margins, Univ of Bremen, PO Box 330 440, Bremen 28334 Germany, khinrichs@uni-bremen.de.
105-32:25 PM THE BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING OF SULFUR, CARBON, AND OXYGEN AT GULF OF MEXICO COLD SEEP ENVIRONMENTS: FORMOLO, Michael1, LYONS, Timothy1, ZHANG, Chuanlun2, KELLEY, Cheryl1, and SULLIVAN, Dylan1, (1) Geology, Univ of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211-1380, formolom@yahoo.com, (2) Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Univ of Georgia, Drawer E, Aiken, SC 29802
105-42:40 PM THE ANATOMY OF THE SULFATE-METHANE INTERFACE IN A METHANE-RICH CORE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO: USSLER, William III1, PAULL, Charles K.1, HALLAM, Steven1, DELONG, Ed1, CHEN, Yifeng2, MATSUMOTO, Ryo2, LORENSON, Thomas3, and WINTERS, William J.4, (1) Research and Development, Monterey Bay Aquarium Rsch Institute, 7700 Sandholdt Road, Moss Landing, CA 95039, methane@mbari.org, (2) Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8654, Japan, (3) U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (4) U.S. Geol Survey, 384 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543
105-52:55 PM GROWTH RATES OF BATHYMODIOLIDS FROM GAS SEEPS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO DERIVED FROM POLONIUM-210/RADIUM-226 RATIOS: AHARON, Paul, Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Alabama, Box 870338, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, aharon@wgs.geo.ua.edu and VAN GENT, Dan, Nuclear Science Center, Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA 70803
105-63:10 PM DIFFERENCES IN MICROBIAL LIPID DISTRIBUTIONS BETWEEN GULF OF MEXICO COLD SEEP CRUSTS AND SEDIMENTS: PANCOST, Richard D.1, TAVACOLI, Joseph1, and ZHANG, Chuanlun L.2, (1) School of Chemistry, Organic Geochemistry Unit, Univ of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, United Kingdom, R.D.Pancost@bristol.ac.uk, (2) Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Univ of Georgia, Drawer E, Aiken, GA 29802
105-73:25 PM FORAMINIFERA OF DEEP-BATHYAL AND ABYSSAL HYDROCARBON SEEPS, GULF OF MEXICO: SEN GUPTA, Barun K.1, LOBEGEIER, Melissa K.1, and SMITH, Lorene E.2, (1) Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, melissa@geol.lsu.edu, (2) Museum of Natural Science and Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA 70803
105-83:40 PM BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA FROM METHANE SEEPS IN MONTEREY BAY: ECOLOGY, STABLE ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION AND RELATION TO BIOGEOCHEMISTRY: PÉREZ, M. Elena1, RATHBURN, Anthony E.1, MARTIN, Jonathan B.2, DAY, Shelley A.2, MAHN, Chris3, GIESKES, Joris3, ZIEBIS, Wiebke4, LEVIN, Lisa5, WILLIAMS, David1, and DUNCAN, Amanda1, (1) Geography, Geology, and Anthropology, Indiana State Univ, Science Building 159, Terre Haute, IN 47809, geperez@isugw.indstate.edu, (2) Geological Science, Univ of Florida, Box 112120, Gainesville, FL 32611, Albania, (3) Marine Research Divison-0236, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, (4) Integrative Oceanography Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0236, (5) Integrative Oceanography Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093-0236
105-93:55 PM FORAMINIFERA FROM HYDRATE RIDGE, OREGON: CARBON ISOTOPIC VALUES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PALEOMETHANE RELEASE: HILL, T.M.1, KENNETT, J.P.2, and VALENTINE, D.L.2, (1) Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Marine Science, Univ of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, tessa@umail.ucsb.edu, (2) Geological Sciences, Univ of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
105-104:10 PM GEOLOGICAL CONTROLS OF HYDROCARBON SEEPS IN SANTA MARIA BASIN, OFFSHORE CALIFORNIA: SAENZ, Joseph M., U. S. Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Service Ctr, 1100 23RD Avenue, Code ESC414, Port Hueneme, CA 93043, saenzjm@nfesc.navy.mil and FISCHER, Peter J., Department of Geological Sciences, California State Univ, Northridge, 18111 Nordoff Street, Northridge, Northridge, CA 91330
105-114:25 PM HOLOCENE SLIDE SCARS AS THE DOMINANT LOCATION FOR CHEMOSYNTHETIC BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES IN MONTEREY BAY: PAULL, Charles K., USSLER, William III, SCHLINING, Brian, PADUAN, Jenny, CARESS, Dave, GREENE, H. Gary, and BARRY, Jim, MBARI, Moss Landing, CA 95039-9644, Paull@mbari.org
105-124:45 PM CHEMOHERM BUILD-UPS ON HYDRATE RIDGE, CASCADIA MARGIN: A RESULT OF METHANE VENTING AND ANAEROBIC METHANE OXIDATION (AMO): TEICHERT, Barbara M.A. and BOHRMANN, Gerhard, Forschungszentrum Ozeanränder, Universität Bremen, Postfach 330440, Bremen, 28334, teichert@uni-bremen.de
105-135:00 PM VARIABLE MICROBIAL CONSORTIA PERFORMING ANAEROBIC OXIDATION OF METHANE IN THE BLACK SEA: MICHAELIS, Walter1, SEIFERT, Richard1, BLUMENBERG, Martin1, PAPE, Thomas1, NAUHAUS, Katja2, WIDDEL, Friedrich2, and REITNER, Joachim3, (1) Institut für Biogeochemie und Meereschemie, Univ Hamburg, Bundesstr.55, Hamburg, 20149, Germany, michaelis@geowiss.uni-hamburg.de, (2) Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstrasse 1, Bremen, 28359, (3) Geobiology, GZG-Univ of Goettingen, Goldschmidtstr 3, Goettingen, 37077, Germany
105-145:15 PM FABRICS OF METHANE CARBONATES AND ASSOCIATED MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES IN BLACK SEA COLD SEEP ENVIRONMENTS: REITNER, Joachim1, REIMER, Andreas1, SCHUMANN, Gabriela1, THIEL, Volker1, and MICHAELIS, Walter2, (1) Geobiology, GZG-Univ of Goettingen, Goldschmidtstr 3, Goettingen, 37077, Germany, jreitne@gwdg.de, (2) Institut für Biogeochemie und Meereschemie, Univ Hamburg, Bundesstr.55, Hamburg, 20149, Germany

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