| Sunday, August 9 |
2:00-11:00 pm
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Registration |
| 5:00-6:00 pm |
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Reception, Historical Posters
(Dining Hall Building) |
| 6:00-6:45 pm |
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Dinner
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| Sunday evening |
GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE FOR PAST LIFE ON MARS |
| Session Chair: David Des Marais |
| 7:30-7:45 pm |
Ken Peters (Conference Chair) |
Welcoming Comments |
| 7:45-7:55 pm |
Paul Elkins (Site Manager) |
General Information |
| 7:55-8:00 pm |
David Des Marais |
Introduction |
| 8:00-9:00 pm |
Everett Gibson, Jr. |
The search for life on Mars: a current assessment |
| 9:00-10:00 pm |
Jeffrey Bada |
Organic compounds on Mars
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| 10:00-12:00 pm |
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Mixer, Historical Posters
(Dining Hall Building)
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| Monday, August 10 |
| 7:00-7:30 am |
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Early Coffee |
| 7:45-8:45 am |
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Breakfast |
| 8:45-9:00 am |
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Conference Photo |
| Monday morning |
ORGANIC MATTER PRESERVATION IN SEDIMENTS |
| Session Chair: Cindy Lee |
| 9:00-9:05 am |
Cindy Lee |
Announcements, Introduction
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| 9:05-10:05 am |
Richard Jahnke |
Marine organic carbon cycling: Production, vertical flux, deposition and preservation |
| 10:05-10:20 am |
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Coffee (poster slides to John Hedges) |
| 10:20-11:20 am |
Larry Mayer |
Relationships between organic matter and mineral surfaces |
| 11:20-12:20 pm |
Elizabeth Canuel |
Application of lipid biomarker techniques to understanding and quantifying early diagenetic processes |
| 12:20-12:30 |
John Hedges |
1-min. Poster Teasers |
| 12:30-1:15 pm |
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Lunch |
| 1:00-2:00 pm |
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Poster Setup |
4:00-6:00 pm
9:35-12:00 pm |
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Poster Viewing |
| 6:00-6:45 pm |
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Dinner
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| Monday evening |
GEOCHEMISTRY OF HYDROTHERMAL ECOSYSTEMS & DEEP-EARTH MICROBES |
| Session Chair: Roger Summons |
| 7:30-7:35 pm |
Roger Summons |
Announcements, Introduction |
| 7:35-8:35 pm |
John Parkes |
Acetate generation in deeply buried sediments |
| 8:35-9:35 pm |
Roger Summons |
Geolipids from cyanobacteria: New studies of mats and cultures from the hydrothermal ecosystems of Yellowstone National Park |
| 9:35-12:00 pm |
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Mixer, Poster Viewing |
| Tuesday, August 11 |
| 7:00-7:30 am |
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Early Coffee |
| 7:45-8:45 am |
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Breakfast |
| Tuesday morning |
CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY & THE GEOCHEMISTRY OF MAJOR TIME BOUNDARIES |
| Session Chair: Lisa Pratt |
| 9:00-9:05 am |
Lisa Pratt |
Announcements, Introduction
|
| 9:05-10:05 am |
Albert Holba |
Biomarkers and mass extinctions: Concordance and discordance between biochemistry and major geologic events |
| 10:05-10:20 am |
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Coffee (poster slides to John Hedges) |
| 10:20-11:20 am |
Evelyn Krull |
Chemostratigraphic identification of the Permian-Triassic boundary on land from the delta13C of paleosol organic matter |
| 11:20 am-12:20 pm |
Lisa Pratt |
Marine and terrigenous records of perturbations in the carbon cycle during the Mid-Cretaceous greenhouse maximum |
| 12:20-12:30 |
John Hedges |
1-min. Poster Teasers |
| 12:30-1:15 pm |
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Lunch |
| 1:00-2:00 pm |
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Poster Setup |
| 1:30 pm |
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Organic Geochemistry Associate Editors Meeting
(Faculty Lounge) |
4:00-6:00 pm
9:35-12:00 pm |
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Poster Viewing |
| 6:00-6:45 pm |
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Dinner
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| Tuesday evening |
COMPUTATIONAL ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY |
| Session Chair: Yungchun Tang |
| 7:30-7:35 pm |
Yungchun Tang |
Announcements, Introduction |
| 7:35-8:35 pm |
Adri van Duin |
Several applications of computational chemistry in organic geochemical research |
| 8:35-9:35 pm |
Yitian Xiao |
The kinetics and mechanism of oil and gas generation: A first principle approach
|
| 9:35-12:00 pm |
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Mixer, Poster Viewing, John Hedges - 2nd Biennial Wine Tasting (White) |
| Wednesday, August 12 |
| 7:00-7:30 am |
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Early Coffee |
| 7:45-8:45 am |
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Breakfast |
| Wednesday morning |
THERMOCHEMICAL SULFATE REDUCTION |
| Session Chair: Martin Fowler |
| 9:00-9:05 am |
Martin Fowler |
Announcements, Introduction |
| 9:05-10:05 am |
Martin Fowler |
The influence of thermochemical sulfate reduction on hydrocarbon and Pb-Zn deposits in Western Canada |
| 10:05-10:20 am |
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Coffee (poster slides to John Hedges) |
| 10:20-11:20 am |
Vern Stasiuk |
Petrographic and chemical studies of pyrobitumens associated with thermochemical sulfate reduction |
| 11:20 am-12:20pm |
Richard Worden |
Thermochemical sulfate reduction: The rock angle |
| 12:30-12:40 pm |
John Hedges |
1-min. Poster Teasers |
| 12:30-1:15 pm |
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Lunch |
| 1:15-1:45 pm |
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Nominating Committee Mtg.
(Faculty Lounge) |
| 1:00-2:00 pm |
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Poster Setup |
4:00-6:00 pm
10:05-12:00 pm |
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Poster Viewing |
| 6:00-6:45 pm |
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Dinner
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| Wednesday evening |
GENERATION & PREDICTION OF HYDROCARBON GASES, CO2, AND NITROGEN |
| Session Chair: François Lorant |
| 7:30-8:00 pm |
Ken Peters |
Conference Election Primary |
| 8:00-8:05 pm |
François Lorant |
Announcements, Introduction |
| 8:05-9:05 pm |
Yungchun Tang |
Modeling thermogenic gas generation and gas isotope ratios for natural gas |
| 9:05-10:05 pm |
François Lorant |
Methane versus nitrogen generated at high maturity: Potentials, kinetics, and isotopic signatures |
| 10:05-12:00 pm |
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Mixer, Poster Viewing, John Hedges - 2nd Biennial Wine Tasting (Red) |
| Thursday, August 13 |
| 7:00-7:30 am |
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Early Coffee |
| 7:45-8:45 am |
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Breakfast |
| Thursday morning |
GENERATION & PREDICTION OF HYDROCARBON GASES, CO2, AND NITROGEN |
| Session Chair: Dan Jarvie |
| 9:00-9:05 am |
Dan Jarvie |
Announcements, Introduction |
| 9:05-10:05 am |
François Béhar |
Coal kinetics: Comparison between closed (hydrous and anhydrous) and open systems |
| 10:05-10:20 am |
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Coffee |
| 10:20-11:20 am |
Wuu-Liang Huang |
Oil generation and cracking kinetics determined by fluorescence spectroscopy |
| 11:20 am-12:20pm |
Clifford Walters |
An oil quality compositional kinetic model for integrated basin
simulation |
| 12:20-12:40 pm |
John Hedges |
1-min. Poster Teasers |
| 12:30-1:15 pm |
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Lunch |
| 5:00-6:00 pm |
Dave Des Marais
Kate Freeman |
Treibs and OGD Best Paper Awards
(Faculty Lounge) |
| 6:00-6:45 pm |
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Conference Dinner
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| Thursday evening |
RESERVOIR FLUIDS, SEALS & DYNAMIC PROCESSES |
| Session Chair: Peter Meulbroek |
| 7:30-7:55 pm |
Ken Peters |
GRC Evaluation, Runoff Election |
| 7:55-8:00 pm |
Peter Meulbroek |
Announcements, Introduction |
| 8:00-9:00 pm |
Steve Franks |
Intramolecular variation of stable carbon isotopes in organic acids from oilfield waters |
| 9:00-10:00 pm |
Chris Clayton |
Dynamic seals, pressure dissipation and fluid flow in caprocks |
| 10:00-11:00 pm |
Peter Meulbroek |
Estimating gas flux rates, seal leakage, and mudstone permeability from reservoir fluid compositions
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| 11:00-12:00 pm |
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Mixer |
| Friday, August 14 |
| 7:00-7:30 am |
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Early Coffee |
| 7:45-8:45 am |
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Breakfast |
| 9:00 am |
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Buses to Logan Airport |