Session: Biogeochemical Processes at Ancient and Modern Methane Seeps II (2003 Seattle Annual Meeting (November 2

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8:00 AM

PHYSICAL AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL CONSTRAINTS ON CARBONATE CRUST FORMATION AT COLD VENT SITES: SIGNIFICANCE FOR FLUID AND METHANE BUDGETS

LUFF, Roger, Marine Environmental Geology, GEOMAR Rsch Ctr, Wischhofstrasse 1-3, Kiel, 24148 and WALLMANN, Klaus, Marine Environmental Geology, GEOMAR Rsch Ctr, Wischhofstrasse 1-3, Kiel, 24148, Germany, kwallmann@geomar.de, kwallmann@geomar.de

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8:15 AM

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PATTERNS OF ANCIENT METHANE SEEPS

THIEL, Volker, Geowissenschaftliches Zentrum, Universität Göttingen, Goldschmidtstrasse 3, Göttingen, 37077, Germany, vthiel@gwdg.de, vthiel@gwdg.de

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8:35 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, KELLEY, Karen D., USGS, MS 964, Denver, CO 80225 and LEACH, David, USGS, MS 973, Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, cjohnso@usgs.gov, cjohnso@usgs.gov

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8:50 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 and CAMPBELL, Kathleen A., Geology, Univ of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, Michael.Sandy@notes.udayton.edu, Michael.Sandy@notes.udayton.edu

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9:05 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, 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, KristinHepper@aol.com, KristinHepper@aol.com

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9:20 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 and FRICKE, Henry, Department of Geology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, rshapiro@gustavus.edu, rshapiro@gustavus.edu

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9:35 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, (2)Nakagawa Ecomuseum Ctr, 28-9, Yasukawa, Nakagawa town, Nakagawa district, Hokkaido, 098-2626, Japan, robert@gbs.eps.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp, robert@gbs.eps.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp

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9:50 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 and MOORE, J. Casey, Earth Sciences, Univ California - Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064-1077, cmoore@es.ucsc.edu, cmoore@es.ucsc.edu

10:05 AM

Break

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10:20 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, 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, hschwartz@es.ucsc.edu, hschwartz@es.ucsc.edu

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10:35 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, 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, cburns@mail2.telebyte.com, cburns@mail2.telebyte.com

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10:50 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, (2)ISMAR-Marine Geology Division, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, via Gobetti 101, Bologna, 40129, Italy, vai@geomin.unibo.it, vai@geomin.unibo.it

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11:05 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, barbieri@geomin.unibo.it

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11:20 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, iaiello@mlml.calstate.edu

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11:35 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, 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, marco.taviani@bo.ismar.cnr.it, marco.taviani@bo.ismar.cnr.it

11:50 AM

Concluding Remarks

2003 Seattle Annual Meeting (November 2–5, 2003)

T79. Biogeochemical Processes at Ancient and Modern Methane Seeps II