Public Lecture Series - USGS

USGS scientific material (public lectures) worth reviewing, freely available here:

Large single-cell organisms found on past marine sediments

Good size for single-celled organisms! Benthic forams in Eocene marine sediments, Corbières #DerbyGeo pic.twitter.com/I4gu1BmeP3

— Roger Suthren (@RSuthren) May 10, 2019

Past organisms living on sediments

The presence of diverse Eocene dinoflagellate assemblages in addition to intertidal sediments suggests that portions of the coal-bearing Latrobe Group were deposited in marginal-marine/tidal settings! #FossilFriday #Palynology #NewResearch pic.twitter.com/itWS5WeaD2

— Vera Korasidis (@VeraKorasidis) May 10, 2019

Topography in the Ocean

Ninth International Conference on Remediation and Management of Contaminated Sediments. New Orleans, Louisiana - USA

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Seafloor Features & Landforms

Ocean Sediments

Lecture: Deep sea sediments

Deep Ocean

Denitrification, Anammox, and N2 Production in Marine Sediments

Interesting and recently published paper on Nitrogen-cycling in marine sediments!


Denitrification, Anammox, and N2 Production in Marine Sediments


Annual Review of Marine ScienceVol. 7: 403-423 (Volume publication date January 2015)DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-010213-135040Allan H. DevolSchool of Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-5351; email: devol@u.washington.edu

Abstract: Fixed nitrogen limits primary productivity in many parts of the global ocean, and it consequently plays a role in controlling the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere. The concentration of fixed nitrogen is determined by the balance between two processes: the fixation of nitrogen gas into organic forms by diazotrophs, and the reconversion of fixed nitrogen to nitrogen gas by denitrifying organisms. However, current sedimentary denitrification rates are poorly constrained, especially in permeable sediments, which cover the majority of the continental margin. Also, anammox has recently been shown to be an additional pathway for the loss of fixed nitrogen in sediments. This article briefly reviews sedimentary fixed nitrogen loss by sedimentary denitrification and anammox, including in sediments in contact with oxygen-deficient zones. A simple extrapolation of existing rate measurements to the global sedimentary denitrification rate yields a value smaller than many existing measurement-based estimates but still larger than the rate of water column denitrification.

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8th International Conference on Remediation and Management of Contamined Sediments

Conference Highlights

Monday, January 12

·         10 Short Courses

·         Exhibits open, Welcome Reception, Group 1 Poster Display

·         Plenary Session, with feature speaker Anthony C. Janetos (Boston University), “The National Climate Change Assessment: Climate Change Impacts in the United States and Beyond.”

Tuesday-Thursday, January 13-15

·         Nearly 500 platform talks and poster presentations scheduled in 51 breakout sessions 

·         4 panel discussions

·         70+ exhibitors

·         Student Mixer

·         Multiple networking opportunities: daily continental breakfasts, lunches, and poster receptions.

·         Closing Roundtable Forum—“The Billion-Dollar Question: Can Urban Master Planning Help Resolve the Cost/Benefit Impasse at Large Contaminated Sediment Sites?”

See the Daily Schedule for a quick, 2-page overview of the sessions and panels scheduled each day. The Technical Program lists the title, authors, and scheduled speaker for each presentation and the scope and panelists for each panel.

The technical program was developed after an extensive, multi-level review by the Program Committee and the session chairs of more than 500 abstracts received in response to the Call for Abstracts.

 

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International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConferences, Bulgaria

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8th International Symposium on Eastern Mediterranean Geology. Turkey

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Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group Conference. Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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Living Planet Symposium 2013, UK

The event will be held in Edinbunrgh, United Kingdom, from 9 to 13 September.  More information about Programme can be found here.

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International Conference on the Geologische Vereinigung and Sediment, Germany

Third circular

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Upcoming event

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7th International Conference on Asian Marine Geology, India

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Linking the Time and Space Scales of Chemical Oceanography

August 14-19, 2011
Proctor Academy
Andover, NH

Chair:
David J. Burdige

Vice Chair:
James W. Moffett

Sessions:

[SUNDAY]

The Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: A Status Report

[MONDAY]

The Marine Phosphorus Cycle: Past, Present and Future

New Insights into the Marine Nitrogen Cycle

[TUESDAY]

Chemical Oceanography in Deep Time

Glacial-Interglacial Changes in Ocean Chemistry

[WEDNESDAY]

Trace Element Cycling in the Ocean: Biotic Influences and Responses

Submarine Groundwater Discharge

[THURSDAY]

Carbon Processing in the Coastal Ocean

Biogeochemical Processes in Marine Sediments Across Space and Time

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Goldschmidt 2011, Earth, Life and Fire, Prague, Czech Republic

Themes and Sessions

The Science Committee, chaired by Bernard Marty and Bernard Bourdon, have organised the following themes and sessions for Goldschmidt2011, which incorporates many sessions submitted during the public "Call for Sessions".

• Theme 01: Cosmochemistry, planet formation
                     (Meenakshi Wadhwa, Marc Chaussidon)
• Theme 02: Primitive Earth : From core to atmosphere
                     (Stephen Mojzsis, James Kasting, Guillaume Caro)
• Theme 03: Evolution and Dynamics of the Deep Earth
                     (James Badro, Mike Walter)
• Theme 04: Mantle to Crust: Ocean Ridge and Intraplate Volcanism
                     (Janne Blichert-Toft, Jasper Konter)
• Theme 05: Continental Crust Formation and Evolution
                     (Cin-Ty Lee, James Day, Oliver Jagoutz)
• Theme 06: Recycling: Subduction, The Mantle Wedge and Arc Volcanism
                     (Terry Plank, Simon Turner)
• Theme 07: Evolution of Earth's environment
                     (Simon Poulton, Derek Vance)
• Theme 08: Interfaces and Interfacial Processes from the Nano- to Continental Scale
                     (Ruben Kretzschmar, Laurent Charlet)
• Theme 09: Geochemistry of volcanic systems and natural hazards
                     (David Pyle, Mark Reagan)
• Theme 10: Earth resources : Energy
                     (Steve Larter, Chris Ballentine)
• Theme 11: Earth's resources : Ores - under the patronage of SGA
                     (Jan Pasava, Keiko Hattori)
• Theme 12: Climate change
                     (Edouard Bard, Barbara Stenni)
• Theme 13: Sources, Sinks and Impact of Atmospheric Aerosols
                     (Gordon McFiggans, Surabi Menon)
• Theme 14: Weathering, climate, tectonics and surface processes
                     (C. France-Lanord, Lou Derry)
• Theme 15: Oceans atmosphere : Past and Present
                     (Ed Boyle, Jess Adkins)
• Theme 16: Geochemical impacts of human activity
                     (Steve Banwart, Dan Giammar)
• Theme 17: Biogeochemistry : From microbes to macro and cycles
                     (Martin Novak, Susan Trumbore, Jon Chorover)
• Theme 18: Frontiers in Analytical techniques
                     (Gerd Gleixner, Tim Elliott, Ed Young)
• Theme 19: Frontiers in Computational Geochemistry
                     (Lars Stixrude, James Rustad)
• Theme 20: Frontiers in Mineralogy and Mineral Physics
                     (Falko Langenhorst, Catherine McCammon)
• Theme 21: Hydrogeochemistry and Global Water Sustainability
                     (Chen Zhu, Rolf Kipfer)
• Theme 22: General Sessions
  
• Theme 23: Plenary Sessions

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