Session No. 107
Monday, 8 November 2004: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
T48. Unraveling the History of Ocean Crust Production: Evidence For and Against Changes in Seafloor Spreading Rates Since the Mesozoic
Jenney M. Hall, David B. Rowley and Mark Pagani, Advocates
2:15 PM
GLOBAL OCEANIC CRUST PRODUCTION SINCE MID-CRETACEOUS BASED ON PALEO-SEAFLOOR AGE GRIDS
GAINA, Carmen and MUELLER, Ralph Dietmar, School of Geosciences, Univ of Sydney, Edgeworth David Bldg., F05, Sydney, 2006, Australia, carmen@geosci.usyd.edu.au, carmen@geosci.usyd.edu.au
2:30 PM
PLATE RECONSTRUCTIONS REQUIRE HIGH CRETACEOUS SPREADING RATES AND RIDGE VOLUMES
KOMINZ, Michelle A., Geosciences, Western Michigan Univ, 1186 Rood Hall, Kalamazoo, MI 49008 and SCOTESE, Christopher R., Geology, U. Texas at Arlington, PALEOMAP Project, 700 Tanglewood Lane, Arlington, TX 76012, michelle.kominz@wmich.edu, michelle.kominz@wmich.edu
2:45 PM
EVIDENCE FOR SEAFLOOR SPREADING RATE CHANGES FROM SEAWATER CHEMISTRY, UPPER EOCENE TO PRESENT
BRENNAN, Sean, Energy Resources Science Center Reston, U.S. Geological Survey, MS956, National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, sbrennan@usgs.gov, sbrennan@usgs.gov
3:00 PM
VARIATIONS IN MAJOR-ION CHEMISTRY OF CRETACEOUS SEAWATER FROM FLUID INCLUSIONS IN HALITE MATCH OCEAN CRUST PRODUCTION RATES
LOWENSTEIN, Tim K.1, TIMOFEEFF, Michael N.
1 and DA SILVA, Maria Augusta Martins
2, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, State Univ of New York, Binghamton, NY 13902, (2)Departamento de Geologia, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, 24360-140, Brazil, lowenst@binghamton.edu, lowenst@binghamton.edu