2003 Seattle Annual Meeting (November 2–5, 2003)
Session No. 144 Tuesday, November 4, 2003
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Washington State Convention and Trade Center: 204

T79. Biogeochemical Processes at Ancient and Modern Methane Seeps II

Joern Peckmann and James L. Goedert, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
144-18:00 AM PHYSICAL AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL CONSTRAINTS ON CARBONATE CRUST FORMATION AT COLD VENT SITES: SIGNIFICANCE FOR FLUID AND METHANE BUDGETS: LUFF, Roger and WALLMANN, Klaus, Marine Environmental Geology, GEOMAR Rsch Ctr, Wischhofstrasse 1-3, Kiel, 24148, Germany, kwallmann@geomar.de
144-28:15 AM BIOGEOCHEMICAL PATTERNS OF ANCIENT METHANE SEEPS: THIEL, Volker, Geowissenschaftliches Zentrum, Universität Göttingen, Goldschmidtstrasse 3, Göttingen 37077 Germany, vthiel@gwdg.de.
144-38:35 AM STABLE ISOTOPIC EVIDENCE THAT BARITE DEPOSITS IN THE WESTERN BROOKS RANGE, ALASKA MARK THE SITES OF MISSISSIPPIAN METHANE SEEPS: JOHNSON, Craig A., U.S. Geol Survey, MS 963, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, cjohnso@usgs.gov, KELLEY, Karen D., USGS, MS 964, Denver, CO 80225, and LEACH, David, USGS, MS 973, Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225
144-48:50 AM ANARHYNCHIA (JURASSIC BRACHIOPODA) IN A POSSIBLE SEEP DEPOSIT FROM BEDFORD CANYON, CALIFORNIA, USA: SANDY, Michael R., Geology, Univ of Dayton, 300 College Park, Dayton, OH 45469-2364, Michael.Sandy@notes.udayton.edu and CAMPBELL, Kathleen A., Geology, Univ of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland
144-59:05 AM ANALYSIS OF A NEW MESOZOIC COLD-SEEP LOCALITY, GREAT VALLEY GROUP, GUENOC RANCH, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: HEPPER, Kristin, Department of Geosciences, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco, CA 94132, KristinHepper@aol.com, RICHMOND, Jim, Department of Geosciences, California State University, Chico, 400 West First Street, Chico, CA 95929, CAMPBELL, Kathleen, Department of Geology, The University of Auckland, Level 1, Chemistry Building, 23 Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand, and WHITE, Lisa, Department of Geosciences, San Francisco State Univ, 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco, CA 94132
144-69:20 AM MICROBIAL FOSSIL RECORD FROM THE TEPEE BUTTES (UPPER CRETACEOUS, COLORADO): SHAPIRO, Russell S., Department of Geology, Gustavus Adolphus College, 800 W. College, St. Peter, MN 56082, rshapiro@gustavus.edu and FRICKE, Henry, Department of Geology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903
144-79:35 AM RECONSTRUCTION OF PALEO-SEEP ECOSYSTEM IN THE LATE CRETACEOUS FORE-ARC BASIN OF NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC USING CARBON AND OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIO AND MOLECULAR MARKERS: JENKINS, Robert Gwyn1, HIKIDA, Yoshinori2, OGIHARA, Shigenori1, and TANABE, Kazushige1, (1) Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Univ of Tokyo, Sci. Buid. No.5, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan, robert@gbs.eps.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp, (2) Nakagawa Ecomuseum Ctr, 28-9, Yasukawa, Nakagawa town, Nakagawa district, Hokkaido, 098-2626, Japan
144-89:50 AM EARLY PALEOCENE COLD SEEP DEPOSITS, WESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, CA: I. FLUID SOURCE AND TRANSPORT SYSTEM: WEBERLING, Kevin D., ExxonMobil Exploration Company, Houston, TX 77210, kevin.d.weberling@exxonmobil.com and MOORE, J. Casey, Earth Sciences, Univ California - Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064-1077, cmoore@es.ucsc.edu
 10:05 AM Break
144-910:20 AM EARLY PALEOCENE COLD SEEP DEPOSITS, WESTERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, CA: II. AUTHIGENIC CARBONATES AND TUBE WORM-DOMINATED CHEMOSYNTHETIC ECOSYSTEMS: SCHWARTZ, Hilde, Earth Sciences Department, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, hschwartz@es.ucsc.edu, MINISINI, Daniel, Dipartimento Scienze della Terra e Geologico-Ambientale, Universita di Bologna, Via Zamboni 67, Bologna, 40126, Italy, and SAMPLE, James, Department of Geology, Northern Arizona Univ, Box 4099, Flagstaff, AZ 86011
144-1010:35 AM POSSIBLE SEEP CARBONATES AS SUBSTRATES FOR EARLY OLIGOCENE CORAL AND CRINOID PALEOCOMMUNITIES, NORTHWESTERN OREGON: BURNS, Casey, Geology, Burke Memorial Museum, Box 353010, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, cburns@mail2.telebyte.com, CAMPBELL, Kathy, Geology, Univ of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, and MOOI, Rich, Invertebrate Zoology and Geology, California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118
144-1110:50 AM LOWER MIOCENE COLD-SEEPAGE CARBONATES AND BIOTA ASSOCIATED WITH TURBIDITES OF THE NUMIDIAN FLYSCH (APENNINIC-MAGHREBIAN OROGEN, CENTRAL SICILY): VAI, Gian Battista1, BARBIERI, Roberto1, and TAVIANI, Marco2, (1) Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e Geo-ambientali, Univ. of Bologna, Via Zamboni 67, Bologna, 40126, Italy, vai@geomin.unibo.it, (2) ISMAR-Marine Geology Division, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, via Gobetti 101, Bologna, 40129, Italy
144-1211:05 AM UNUSUAL MICROBIAL-DERIVED STRUCTURES IN TERTIARY COLD SEEP CARBONATES FROM NORTHERN APENNINE, ITALY: BARBIERI, Roberto and CAVALAZZI, Barbara, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e Geo-ambientali, Univ of Bologna, Via Zamboni 67, Bologna, 40126, Italy, barbieri@geomin.unibo.it
144-1311:20 AM FLUID FLOW AND TECTONICS IN AN ACTIVE TRANSFORM CONTINENTAL MARGIN: THE MONTEREY BAY REGION, CENTRAL CALIFORNIA: AIELLO, Ivano Walter, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, California State Univ, 8272 Moss Landing Road, Moss Landing, CA 95039-9647, iaiello@mlml.calstate.edu.
144-1411:35 AM PLIOCENE CHEMOHERM FORMATION WITHIN DEEP-SEA REDUCING ENVIRONMENTS, ITALIAN NORTHERN APENNINES: TAVIANI, Marco, ISMAR-Marine Geology Division, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, via Gobetti 101, Bologna, 40129, Italy, marco.taviani@bo.ismar.cnr.it, ROVERI, Marco, Dipartimento Scienze della Terra, Università di Parma, Parma, and AHARON, Paul, Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Alabama, Box 870338, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
 11:50 AM Concluding Remarks

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