OS11C:
New Perspectives on Fluid Flow and Gas Hydrates in Sedimentary Basins I

Session ID#: 4624

Monday, 15 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
3009 (Moscone West)
Chairs:  Nathan L Bangs, Univ Texas, Institute for Geophysics, Austin, United States, Warren T Wood, US Naval Research Laboratory, Ocean Sciences Division, Washington, DC, United States and Christian Berndt, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Primary Convener:  Christian Berndt, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Co-conveners:  Sverre Planke, Volcanic Basin Energy Research, Geosciences, Oslo, Norway, Seth S Haines, U.S. Geological Survey, Central Energy Resources Science Center, Denver, United States and Warren T Wood, US Naval Research Laboratory, Ocean Sciences Division, Washington, DC, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Warren T Wood, US Naval Research Laboratory, Ocean Sciences Division, Washington, DC, United States
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • B - Biogeosciences
  • H - Hydrology
  • NH - Natural Hazards
  • V - Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology
Index Terms:

3002 Continental shelf and slope processes [MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS]
3004 Gas and hydrate systems [MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS]
3070 Submarine landslides [MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS]
3075 Submarine tectonics and volcanism [MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS]
Virtual Option?: No
Swirl Theme: Volatile Cycles: Linking Earth’s Interior and its Atmosphere

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Methane Hydrate Dissociation and Gas Seepage on Global Upper Continental Slopes Driven by Intermediate Ocean Warming (12420)
Carolyn D Ruppel, U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, United States, Thomas C Weber, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Mechanical Engineering, Durham, NH, United States, John D Kessler, University of Rochester, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rochester, NY, United States, John Pohlman, US Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA, United States and Adam D Skarke, Mississippi State University, Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State, MS, United States
Physical Conditions Associated with Widespread Seafloor Methane Discharge on the Northern US Atlantic Margin (12593)
Adam D Skarke, Mississippi State University, Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State, MS, United States, Carolyn D Ruppel, U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, United States and Daniel S Brothers, USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, United States
Atmospheric methane emissions along the western Svalbard margin (27715)
John Pohlman1, Jens Greinert2,3, Anna Silyakova2, Michael Casso4, Carolyn D Ruppel5, Jurgen Mienert2, Cathrine Lund myhre6 and Stefan Bünz2, (1)US Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (2)University of Tromsø, Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrates, Environment and Climate (CAGE), Tromsø, Norway, (3)GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Marine Geosystems - DeepSea Monitoring, Kiel, Germany, (4)U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (5)U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, United States, (6)Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Kjeller, Norway
Natural Oil Seepages : Detection, Monitoring and Relationships with Submarine Morphologies (6809)
Damien Dhont1, Romain Jatiault1, Dominique Dubucq1, Nicolas Longépé2, Beatrice Nhunfat2 and Marc Lucas2, (1)TOTAL - Centre Scientifique et Technique Jean Feger, Pau, France, (2)CLS, Plouzané, France
Short- and Long-Term Dynamics of Gas Hydrate at GC600: A Gulf of Mexico Hydrocarbon Seep (16662)
Ian R MacDonald1, Caroline Johansen2, Mauricio Silva2, Samira Daneshgar2, Oscar G Garcia-Pineda2 and William W Shedd3, (1)Florida State University, Tallahassee, United States, (2)Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States, (3)Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, New Orleans, United States
Ultra-Slow Tectonics, Sediment Drifts, and Gas Hydrates in the Arctic Fram Strait (10132)
Joel E Johnson1,2, Jurgen Mienert3, Andreia Aletia Plaza-Faverola4, Sunil Vadakkepuliyambatta5, Jochen Knies6,7, Stefan Bünz8, Sunil Vadakkepuliyambatta9 and Benedicte Ferre6, (1)University of New Hampshire, Earth Sciences, Durham, NH, United States, (2)University of New Hampshire, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Durham, United States, (3)UiT The Arctic University of Norway, CAGE-Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment, and Climate, Dept. of Geoscience, Tromso, Norway, (4)UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Department of Geosciences, Tromsø, Norway, (5)CAGE-Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment, and Climate, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Department of Geocsience, Tromsø, Norway, (6)UiT The Arctic University of Norway, CAGE-Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment, and Climate, Dept. of Geology, Tromso, Norway, (7)Geological Survey of Norway, Trondheim, Norway, (8)UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Department of Geosciences, Tromso, Norway, (9)CAGE - Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Deptartment of Geoscience, Tromsø, Norway
Submarine hydrocarbon seepage in the wake of the 2010 Maule earthquake, Central Chile (21194)
Jacob Geersen1, Philip Steeb1, David Voelker2, Florian Scholz1, Dietrich Lange1, Jan H Behrmann1, Peter Linke1, Tina Treude1 and Christian Hensen1, (1)GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany, (2)MARUM - University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Constraints on the timing and duration of methane derived authigenic carbonate formation in the North Sea and the Barents Sea from U-Th dating (30643)
Diana Sahy1, Antoine Cremiere2, Aivo Lepland2, Daniel James Condon1, Stephen R Noble1, Shyam Chand2 and Harald Brunstad3, (1)British Geological Survey, NERC Isotope Geoscience Facilities, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom, (2)Geological Survey of Norway, Trondheim, Norway, (3)Lundin Petroleum, Oslow, Norway
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