Earth System Processes 2 (8–11 August 2005)

Session No. 6
Monday, 8 August 2005: 1:30 PM-4:30 PM

T1. Methane as a Climate Driver throughout Earth History

 

James Kasting, Advocates
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Start Time
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1:30 PM
KEYNOTE: METHANE GREENHOUSES AND ANTI-GREENHOUSES ON THE EARLY EARTH
KASTING, James, Penn State Univ, Astrobiology Research Center, University Park, PA 16802, kasting@geosc.psu.edu, kasting@geosc.psu.edu
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2:10 PM
METHANE HYDRATE DESTABILIZATION, DEGLACIATION AND OCEANIC ANOXIA, AND BIOLOGICAL INNOVATION IN THE LATE NEOPROTEROZOIC
KENNEDY, Martin J., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, JIANG, Ganqing, Geosciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 89154 and CHRISTIE-BLICK, Nicholas, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY 10964, Martin.kennedy@ucr.edu, Martin.kennedy@ucr.edu
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2:30 PM
ASTRONOMICAL PACING OF METHANE HYDRATE DISSOCIATION DURING THE EARLY TOARCIAN
KEMP, David B.1, COE, Angela L.1, COHEN, Anthony S.2 and SCHWARK, Lorenz3, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, CEPSAR, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom, (2)Department of Environment, Earth and Ecosystems, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom, (3)Geologisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Strasse 49a, Köln, D-50674, Germany, d.kemp@open.ac.uk, d.kemp@open.ac.uk
 
2:50 PM
Break
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3:10 PM
THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN SOURCES OF METHANE AND BIOGENIC VOCS IN GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL FLUCTUATIONS IN ATMOSPHERIC GREENHOUSE GAS CONCENTRATIONS
KAPLAN, Jed O., Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, Bern, 3013, Switzerland, FOLBERTH, Gerd, Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Environment Canada, Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2, Canada and HAUGLUSTAINE, Didier, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, CEA-CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91191, France, jed.kaplan@jrc.it, jed.kaplan@jrc.it
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3:30 PM
METHANOGENESIS IN PARALIC CARBONATES - A POSSIBLE FEEDBACK TO GLOBAL WARMING
MITTERER, Richard M., Univ of Texas at Dallas, PO Box 830688, Richardson, TX 75083-0688, mitterer@utdallas.edu, mitterer@utdallas.edu
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3:50 PM
SENSITIVITY OF MARINE METHANE HYDRATES TO FUTURE OCEAN WARMING
FYKE, Jeremy G., School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 3055 STN CSC, Victoria, BC V8W 3P6, jer@ocean.seos.uvic.ca, jer@ocean.seos.uvic.ca
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