Programme
Monday
Oct. 23
Tuesday
Oct. 24
Wendsday
Oct. 25
Thursday
Oct. 26
Friday
Oct. 27
a.m
Opening
Session
Master Talk 2
Master Talk 1
Master Talk 3
p.m
Ice
breaker
Program
Tour to
historic
town
Program
Social
dinner
Detailed programme
Monday 23rd October
19:00 – 20:30 Welcome and Ice breaker
Venue: Parador Atlántico of Cadiz
Av. Duque de Nájera, 9, 11002 Cádiz
Tuesday, 24th October
08:45 – 09:15 Registration
09:30 – 10:00 Opening session:
• Prof. Darío Bernal Casasola. General Coordinator of the International Campus of Excellence in Marine Sciences. CEIMAR.
• Mr. Luis Somoza. Geological Survey of Spanish National Research Council. IGME-CSIC.
10:00-10:40 Opening talk:
The importance of seabed gas emissions in the Gulf of Cadiz: a review of 25 years of international research cooperation.
• Mr. Luis Somoza. Geological Survey of Spanish National Research Council. IGME-CSIC.
• Mrs. María del Carmen Fernández-Puga. Geoscience Dpt. University of Cadiz.
10.40 – 11.10 Coffee Break.
11.10 – 11:50 Master talk 1
Fluid and gas circulation and emission into the hydrosphere and atmosphere. Distribution of gas emissions and the controlling factors.
Keynote speaker:
Dr. Miriam Römer. MARUM. Center for Marine Environmental Sciences. University of Bremen, Germany.
11:50 - 14:25. Thematic Session 1
The upward path of gas: from the Subsurface to the Atmosphere through the Ocean.
Conveners:
Ian R. MacDonald. Florida State University. USA
Ewa Burwicz-Galerne MARUM. Center for Marine Environmental Sciences. University of Bremen
11:50 – 12:10
Fate of methane in the water.
MacDonald, I., Silva, M., O’Reilly, C.
12:10 – 12:30
Competitive methane bubble growth in aquatic muds.
Zhou, X. and Katsman, R.
12:30 -13:45 Group photo and Lunch
13:45 – 14:05
A novel method for calculation of methane flux at cold seep area based on long-term in-situ observation data.
Du, Z.F, Wang, B., Luan, Z.D., Xing, L., Lian, C., Wang, L.F., Xi, S.C., Li, L.F., Cao, L., Zhang, X.
14:05– 14:25
Estimation of gas bubble size in sediment of Lake Kinneret using bottom reflection of wideband sound signals.
Katsnelson, B., Uzhansky, E., Lunkov, A., Katsman, R. (Video recorded)
14:30-15:30 Thematic Session 2.
The Role and Diversity of Chemosynthetic Organisms at Gas Seeps.
Conveners:
María de la Fuente. Bruxelles University
Blanca Rincón-Tomás. Geological Survey of Spanish National Research Council. IGME-CSIC
14:30 – 14:50
Examining the efficiency of the anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) biofilter in gassy sediments.
de La Fuente, M., Arndt, S., Marín-Moreno, H., Minshull, T.A., Vaunat, J.
14:50 – 15:10
Microbial biomineralization processes related to seabed fluid emissions: hydrocarbon cold seeps vs. volcanic-hydrothermal vents.
Rincón-Tomás, B., González, F.J., Somoza, L., Medialdea, T., Lobato, A., Santofimia, E.
15:10 – 15:30
Biogeochemical processes affecting the distribution of chemosynthetic communities at a cold-water coral site off the Vesterålen coast, northern Norway.
Argentino, C., Akinselure, A., Fallati, L., Savini, A., Ferré, B., Panieri, G.
15:30 – 17:30 Coffee break & Posters Session 1
Conveners:
Zengfeng Du. Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Marianne Nuzzo. IGI Integrated Geochemical Interpretation Ltd, United Kingdom
Posters short presentations:
16:00 – 16:05
PS1. Methane gas dynamics in sediments of lake Kinneret, Israel, and its limnological controls: insights from a multi-annual acoustic investigation and correlation analysis.
Katsman, R., Uzhansky, E., Lunkov, A., Katsnelson, B.
16:05 – 16:10
PS1. Sediment-water fluxes of CH4 and N2O along the Guadalquivir estuary (Gulf of Cádiz).
Sánchez-Rodríguez, J., Sierra, A., Fernández-Puga, M.C., Ponce, R., Forja, J., Ortega, T.
16:10 – 16:15
PS4. Geophysical evidence for a newly discovered mud volcano field in the northern Moroccan continental slope, south Alboran Sea.
Menapace, W., Perea, H. & STRENGTH cruise participants.
16:15 – 16:20
PS4. EMODnet geology: fluid emission database of the European seas.
Medialdea, T., Fiorentino, A., Battaglini, L., Somoza, L., Lobato, A. González, F.J.
16:20 – 17.30 Posters Discussion
18:00 – 19:30. Social event
Cadiz city tour
Duration: 18:00 – 19:30 pm.
Meeting point and hour: Main hall of the Parador Atlántico at 17:45 pm.
Description:
The group will move towards Plaza San Juan de Dios where the guide will waiting for you and the city tour will start with the following itinerary:
Barrio del Pópulo, plaza de la Catedral, c/ Compañía, Plaza de las flores, C/Ancha, plaza de San Antonio where the Casino of Cadiz is located, Plaza Mina where we can find the museum of Cadiz until reaching Plaza de España where we can see the monument to the Cortes of 1812.
Wednesday 25th October
09:00 – 9:40 Master talk 2
Active mud volcanoes associated with brines on the Nile deep-sea fan.
Keynote speaker:
Dr. Stéphanie Dupre. IFREMER, National Institute for Ocean Science, France.
09:40-12:20. Thematic Session 3
Active Mud Volcanoes: Structure, Plumbing, Chemistry and Triggering-Mechanisms.
Conveners:
Catherine Pierre. LOCEAN- Sorbonne Université, France
Claudio Argentino. UiT The Arctic University of Norway
09:40 – 10:00
Regional geology around a thermogenic gas discovery offshore Morocco (Gharb basin).
Giraldo, C.
10:00 – 10:20
Mud volcanism, fluid flow and seismicity: results from recent expeditions in the Gulf of Cadiz.
Menapace, W., Xu, S., González-Lanchas, A., Asioli, A., Urgeles, R., Perea, H., Kopf, A.
10:20 – 10:40
Mud volcanoes along the Gibraltar Arc: episodic tectonic control of the Eurasia-Africa plates.
Somoza, L. and Medialdea, T.
10.40 – 11.10 Coffee Break
11.10 – 11.30
Active mud volcanoes in Sicily: isotopic composition of fluids and of authigenic carbonates.
Pierre, C., Rouchy, J.M., Blanc-Valleron, M.M., Caruso, A.
11.30 – 11.50
Recent activity and evolutionary reconstruction of Sartori mud volcano in the Calabrian Arc, Mediterranean Sea.
Doll, M., Römer, M., Pape, T., Klügel, A., Kaul, N., Kölling, M., Bohrmann, G.
11.50 – 12.10
Nitrogen uptake by methane-oxidizing consortia in gas hydrate-bearing sediments at Håkon Mosby mud volcano, SW Barents Sea.
Argentino, C., Wittig, C., Peckmann, J., Panieri, G.
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:30. Thematic Session 4
Active seafloor gas emissions, gas reservoirs and tectonics around the world.
Conveners:
Ewa Burwicz-Galerne. MARUM. Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Germany
Alexev Portnov. University of Texas Institute for Geophysics
13.30 – 13.50
Interaction of sub-seafloor gas reservoir drainage, the Messinian salt, and the resilience of deep-water ecosystems.
Meilijson, A., Reznik, I.J., Rosenberg, Y.O., Pape, T., Bohrmann, G., Bialik, M.O., Kanari, M., Giladi, A., Herut, B., Rubin-Blum, M., Makovsky, Y.
13.50 – 14.10
Yam seep area at four-way closure ridge, Taiwan-a typical seep associated with an accretionary ridge.
Bohrmann, G., Tseng, Y., Smrzka, D., Lin, S., Berndt, C., Römer, M., Pape, T., Schröder-Ritzrau, A., Frank, N.
14.10 – 14.30
Gas emission systems, BSRs and active tectonics in the NW Perú basins.
Ng-Cutipa, W.L., Ramos, A., Cerpa, L., Pieren, A., Medialdea, T., Somoza, L.
14:30-16:00. Thematic Session 5
The Complex Interplay of Gas Emissions in Marine Sedimentary Basins in Polar Regions, Arctic and Antarctica.
Conveners:
Karim Andreasen. UiT - The Arctic University of Norway.
Hector Marín. Southampton University, United Kingdom.
14.30 – 14.50
Interaction between methane and ice in an Arctic sedimentary petroleum basin.
Andreassen, K., Winsborrow, M., Patton, H., Serov, P., Mattingsdal, R.
14:50 – 15:10
The complex gas emission systems in Svalbard fjords.
Römer, M., Rodes, N., Betlem, P., Senger, K., Noormets, R., Marcon, Y., Pape, T., Bohrmann, G.
15:10 – 15:30
Geochemical characterization of gas release source from a volcanic sedimentary basin (Fumarole Bay, Deception Island, Antarctica).
Santofimia E., Asensio-Ramos, M., Amonte, C., Rincón-Tomás, B., González, F.J., Lobato, A., Ng Cutipa, W.L., Cervel S., Medialdea, T., Marino, E., Pérez, N.M., Somoza, L. and EXPLOSEA Team.
15:30 – 17:00: Coffee & Posters Session 2
Convener:
Thomas Pape. MARUM. Center for Marine Environmental Sciences and Faculty of Geosciences, University of Bremen
Esther Santofimia. Marine Geology research group, Geological Survey of Spain, IGME-CSIC
Short presentations:
15:30 – 15:35
PS3. The Mediterranean ridge 25 years after the ODP160 expedition: new discoveries on mud volcanism and future research trajectories.
Menapace, W. and Kopf, A.
15:35 – 15:40
PS4. Diagenetic carbonates related to hydrocarbon-rich seepage in the Romanian sector of the Black Sea (GHASS 2 oceanographic cruise).
Gontharet, S., Ricard, C., Caquineau, S., Demange, J., Pierre, C., Dupré, S., Riboulot, V.
15:40 – 15:45
PS4. Atlas of active seabed fluid emissions along the Spanish continental margin.
Lobato, A., Medialdea, T., Somoza, L., González, F.J., Marino, E.
15:45 – 15:50
PS6. Diagenesis and authigenesis of magnetic minerals in marine gas hydrate systems from the Bay of Bengal.
Virsen, G. and Firoz, B.
16:00 – 17:00: Poster Discussion
Thursday 26th October
09:00 – 9:40 Master talk 3
Hydrocarbon Seeps in Southern Gulf of Mexico, examples from the Campeche-Sigsbee Salt Province.
Keynote speaker:
Dr. Gerard Borhman. MARUM and Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen, Germany
09:40-13:50. Thematic Session 6
Seafloor Gas Hydrates in the Oceans.
Conveners:
Firoz Badesab. CSIR. National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India.
María del Carmen Fernández-Puga. Geoscience Dpt. University of Cadiz.
09:40 – 10:00
A hydrate ridge within widespread methane seeps, offshore Romania (Black Sea).
Dupré, S., Agnissan, C., Akhmanov, G., Bellon, C., Brandily, C., Caquineau, S., Donval, J.P., Fandino Torres, O., Gontharet, S., Grilli, R., Ker, S., Le Gonidec, Y., Ogor A., Peyronnet, C., Pierre, C., Poort, J., Ricard, C., Ruffine, L., Sultan, N., Théréau, E., Thomas Y., Riboulot, V.
10:00 – 10:20
GEOHYDRATE project results and a new paradigm in gas hydrate research–scientific basis of the Bulgarian gas hydrate program.
Vasilev, A., Kvamme, B., Botusharov, N., Genov, I., Pehlivanova, R., Petsinski, P.
10:20 – 10:40
Anomalously deep gas hydrate stability zone in rapidly formed sedimentary basins.
Portnov, A., Flemings, P., Meazell, K., Hudec, M., Dunlap, D.
10.40 – 11.10 Coffee Break
11:10 – 11:30
Spontaneous free methane gas migration in marine sediments at high latitudes.
Burwicz-Galerne, E., Gupta, S., Rüpke, L.
11:30 – 11:50
Constraints on the authigenesis of magnetite and granitite in the cold seep sediments from the Bay of Bengal.
Firoz, B. and Virsen, G.
11:50 – 12:10
Gas hydrates and lithologies affect the composition of gases migrating through sediments drilled off SW Taiwan.
Pape, T, Tu, T.H., Lin, S., Berndt, C., Wallmann, K., Tseng, Y., Bohrmann G.
12:10 – 12:30
Gas hydrate deposits in the northern Bay of Bengal, offshore Bangladesh.
Monteleone, V., Marín-Moreno, H., Bayrakci, G., Best, A., Shaon, F., Hossain, M.M., Karim, A.A., Alam, M.K.
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 13:50
Bottom simulating reflections and pockmark distribution in the northern Gulf of Mexico.
Kumar, A., Cook, A., Portnov, A., Lawal, M., Palmes, S., Frye, M.
14:00 – 15:00 GIMS General Assembly
15:00 - 15:30 Closing Session
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
19:30 – 20.30 Meeting dinner
Meeting point at the Parador Atlántico.
Friday 27th October
GIMS15´ field trip:
Observations of the Gibraltar Arc tecto-sedimentary units.
Fernández-Puga, M.C, Gracia, J. and Somoza L.
07:45 Gather at the Parador main hall
08.00 Departure by bus from Parador
08.00 – 09.30 Transit from Cádiz city to Conil de la Frontera
09.30 – 10:30 STOP 1: La Fontanilla beach & cliffs (Conil de la Frontera)
Walking at low tide along the beach from La Fuente del Gallo to El Roqueo chiringuito (1.5 km) to observe cliffs outcropping Sub-Betic units associated to mud volcanism in the Gulf of Cadiz: “Blue” marl diapir overlied by sands-dominated “syn-olistostromic” deposits (Late Tortonian to Messinian in age) showing sandstones associated fluid structures.
10.30 – 11.15 Transit from Conil de la Frontera to Trafalgar Cape
11.15 – 12.30 STOP 2: Visit to the Trafalgar Cape
Walking along the beach (approx. 20 min.) to see mega-blocks caused by tsunami associated to the main tsunami in the Gulf of Cádiz in 1755 affecting strongly to Cadiz and Lisbon cities.
12.30 – 14:30 Lunch at Las Dunas `chiringuito´
Tapas menu (approx. 40 euros per person).
Note: payment will be by credit card or by cash individually per each person after the meal.
14:30 – 15:30 Transit from Trafalgar Cape to Bolonia Bay
Crossing through the Vejer de la Frontera historical town.
Observations of the Flysch units of the Gibraltar Arc along the transit.
15:30 – 18:00 STOP 3: Visit to the Bolonia Bay and Roman port.
Visit to the Roman port of Bolonia affected by historic and recent earthquakes.
Observations of the Flysch Units of the Gibraltar Arc.
The bay of Bolonia is planned as the exit of the submarine tunnel between Africa and Europe through the Gibraltar Strait.
Observations of the north coast of Africa.
18.00 – 19:30 Return to the Parador of Cadiz
19:30 Estimated time of arrival to the Parador of Cádiz.
AKNOWLEDGMENTS
GIMS15 has been partly funded by the project ATLANTIS (PID2021-12455OB-I00) funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation; and the European Projects Horizon Europe: GSEU (101075609) and TRIDENT Projects (HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01)
