Conference Program
 
ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

August 8-13, 2004
Holderness School
Holderness, NH

Chair:
Stuart G. Wakeham

Vice Chair:
Steve Larter

This year we will depart from the traditional approach to enhance excitement with hot-out-of-the-laboratory topics in organic geochemistry. To facilitate this process, the chair, vice-chair and session leader will select from submitted poster abstracts four short (30 min inc. discussion) oral presentations in topical and exciting areas of Petroleum Geochemistry and Biogeochemistry. If you have a "hot topic" you want to be included in the program, please submit not just the poster information required with a normal registration but also a brief summary of a potential talk and its topicality to the Chair, Vice-Chair and Session Leader.

SUNDAY
2:00 pm - 9:00 pmArrival and check-in
6:00 pm Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmBIOMARKERS IN DEEP TIME AND SPACE
Discussion Leader: David Des Marais (NASA - Ames Research Center)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm David Des Marais (NASA - Ames)
"Introduction - Biomarkers in Deep time and space"
7:45 pm - 8:35 pmRoger Summons (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
"Real and potential biomarkers from early Earth"
8:35 pm - 9:30 pmMax Bernstein (NASA - Ames)
"Possible and false biomarkers from space"
MONDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
8:45 am Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pmLIFE IN THE DEEP SUBSURFACE/PETROLEUM SYSTEM BIOSPHERE
Discussion Leader: Ian Head (University of Newcastle)
9:00 am - 9:10 am Ian Head (University of Newcastle)
"Introduction - Hot, lonely and hungry: life in the deep subsurface"
9:10 am - 10:05 amJennifer Roberts (University of Kansas)
"Life in the slow lane: microbial strategies for survival in the nutrient-limited subsurface"
10:05 amCoffee Break
10:30 am - 11:30 amAndrew Weightman (University of Cardiff)
"Linking microbial community structure with biogeochemical processes in the deep sub-seafloor biosphere"
11:30 am - 12:30 pmVictoria Orphan (California Institute of Technology)
"Microorganisms and microbial processes in hot petroleum systems"
12:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pm Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmRECENT ADVANCES IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY OF COMPLEX ORGANIC MATTER
Discussion Leader: Patrick Hatcher (Ohio State University)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pmPatrick Hatcher (Ohio State University)
"Introduction"
7:40 pm - 8:15 pmRyan Rodgers (Florida State University)
"Ultrahigh resolution FT-ICR mass spectrometry: The key that unlocks geochemical compositional complexity"
8:15 pm - 8:50 pmAndre Simpson (University of Toronto, Scarborough)
"NMR in environmental science: Structures, scales and processes"
8:50 pm - 9:30 pmSatish Myneni (Princeton University)
"Applications of vibrational and X-ray spectroscopy methods in studying the chemistry of natural organic molecules"
9:30 pm Poster session
TUESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmOLD CARBON IN THE RECENT ENVIRONMENT
Discussion Leader: Tim Eglinton (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
9:00 am - 9:10 amTim Eglinton (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
"Introduction"
9:10 am - 10:05 amNeal Blair (North Carolina State University)
"Kerogen reloaded: Following organic carbon's spiral through time"
10:05 amCoffee Break
10:30 am - 11:30 amAngela Dickens (University of Washington)
"Reburial of fossil graphite in marine sediments"
11:30 am - 12:30 pmGesine Mollenhauer (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
"Advective controls on the age of marine sedimentary organic matter"
12:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pm Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmMASS TRANSPORT AND MIXING PROCESSES IN PETROLEUM GEOCHEMISTRY
Discussion Leader: Arnd Wilhelms (Norsk Hydro)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pmArnd Wilhelms (Norsk Hydro)
"Introduction: Mass transport and mixing - food for thought"
7:50 pm - 8:40 pmMaowen Li (Geological survey of Canada)
"Oil-source correlation in a mass fraction approach"
8:40 pm - 9:30 pmJohn Ratulowski (Schlumberger)
"Experimental investigation of isothermal compositional grading of reservoir fluids"
9:30 pm Poster session
WEDNESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmMICROBIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO ORGANIC MATTER IN THE WATER COLUMN AND RECENT SEDIMENTS
Discussion Leader: Rodger Harvey (University of Maryland)
9:00 am - 9:10 am Rodger Harvey (University of Maryland)
"Introduction"
9:10 am - 10:05 amDavid Kirchman (University of Delaware)
"Lessons from molecular microbial ecology for understanding organic material in aquatic ecosystems"
10:05 amCoffee Break
10:30 am - 11:30 amKai-Uwe Hinrichs (University of Bremen)
"The lipid trail in microbial ecology - Intact membrane molecules as taxonomic markers"
11:30 am - 12:30 pmPaul Farrimond (University of Newcastle)
"Hopanoids: bacterial markers in modern environments and the ancient sedimentary record"
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmAlfred E. Triebs Award presentation and reception
6:00 pm Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:50 pmBusiness meeting
7:50 pm - 9:30 pm HOT TOPICS IN ORGANIC BIOGEOCHEMISTRY
Discussion Leader: Elizabeth Canuel (Virginia Institute of Marine Science)
7:50 pm - 8:15 pmFrancesca Smith (Pennsylvania State University)
"Compound-specific hydrogen isotope ratios of leaf wax n-alkanes from C3 and C4 grasses"
8:15 pm - 8:40 pmAnthony Aufdenkampe (Stroud Water Research Center)
"Is the characteristic elemental, isotopic and biochemical composition of mineral-associated organic matter in soils and sediments the consequence of sorption?"
8:40 pm - 9:05 pmRichard Pancost (University of Bristol)
"Exploring the aliphatic character of fossil plant organic matter with a combination of natural and experimental approaches"
9:05 pm - 9:30 pmJennifer Eigenbrode (Carnegie Institution)
"The rise of respiration in the late Archean"
9:30 pm Poster session
THURSDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmOXIDATION PROCESSES IN ANOXIC ENVIRONMENTS
Discussion Leader: Jaap Sinninghe Damsté (NIOZ)
9:00 am - 9:10 am Jaap Sinninghe Damsté (NIOZ)
"Introduction"
9:10 am - 10:05 amMarcel Kuypers (MPI for Marine Microbiology)
"Anaerobic ammonium oxidation, a new sink in the oceanic nitrogen cycle"
10:05 am Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:30 am Carsten Schubert (EAWAG)
"Anaerobic and aerobic methane oxidation in the Black Sea water column"
11:30 am - 12:30 pmMarco Coolen (NIOZ)
"Fossil DNA as a recorder of anaerobic sulfide oxidation in stratified lacustrine and marine environments"
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pm Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:50 pmBusiness meeting
7:50 pm - 9:30 pm HOT TOPICS IN PETROLEUM GEOCHEMISTRY
Discussion Leader: Artur Stankiewicz (Shell International)
7:50 pm - 8:15 pmBent Skaare Pederson (University of Bergen)
"Evidence of reservoir-like crude oil biodegradation patterns during an 8 week microbial incubation experiment"
8:15 pm - 8:40 pmLouis Elrod (Westport Technology Center)
"Carbon and hydrogen isotopic measurement of methane in the field by tunable diode laser near-infrared spectroscopy"
8:40 pm - 9:05 pmDaniel Jarvie (Humble Geochemical Services)
"Source facies identification from light hydrocarbon analysis - Implications for petroleum system analysis"
9:05 pm - 9:30 pmSebastiaan Rampen (NIOZ)
"A diatomaceous origin for 24-norcholestanes in sediments and oils"
9:30 pm Poster session
FRIDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am Departure
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