Program

1 November 2005 (Tuesday)

WELCOMING RECEPTION and REGISTRATION

Casa Munras Hotel
In the Library
700 Munras Avenue
Monterey, California
8:00 to 9:30 PM

2 and 3 November 2005 (Wednesday and Thursday)

TECHNICAL SESSIONS

Casa Munras Hotel
McKee Room
8:30 AM to 5:00 PM

Welcome

Call to Order
Charles L. Morgan, UMI Chair

Host Overview
James R. Hein, U.S. Geological Survey (Menlo Park, CA)

Sponsor Overview
Justin Baulch, Placer Dome Inc. and David Heydon, Nautilus Minerals Inc.
Peter Herzig, President, International Marine Minerals Society


LIST OF PRESENTATIONS
(In order by last name of the main author or speaker)

Simulation and Calculation of System Hydraulic Lifting of Mineral Coarse Solid Particles from Seabed to the Water Surface
Victor Alexandrov
St. Petersburg Mining Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia

Compositional Variation and Genesis of Ferromanganese Crusts of the Afanasiy-Nikitn Seamount, Equatorial Indian Ocean
Virupaxa Banakar (Rajani Ramesh, Speaker)
National Instiute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, India

Marine Minerals Research in the United States--Recent Results from the Marine Mining Technology Center
Sukumar Bandopadyay (Roger Amato, Speaker)
Marine Minerals Technology Center, University of Alaska, United States

Some Results of the First Commercial Use of Geophysics to Explore for Seafloor Massive Sulphide (SMS) Deposits: the Suzette Hydrothermal Vent Field, Eastern Manus Basin, PNG
Justin Baulch
Placer Dome Inc., Queensland, Australia

Base Metals in Modern Seafloor Magmas: Influence of Tectonic Setting on Availability and Contribution to Sulfide Deposits
Yannick Beaudoin
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Why Are Some Seafloor Polymetallic Sulfide Sites Particularly Rich in Gold?
Raymond Binns
CSIRO Exploration and Mining, New South Wales, Australia

Seafloor Occurrence and Growth States of KODOS Ferromanganese Nodules
Se-Won Chang
Korea Institute of Geoscience & Mineral Resources, Taejon, Korea

The New Data About Age and Structure of Hydrothermal Deposits at Logatchev (14° 45' N) and Ashadze (12° 58' N) MAR Hydrothermal Fields
Georgy Cherkashov
Institute for Geology and Mineral Resources of the Ocean, St. Petersburg, Russia

Environmental Requirements for Mining Manganese Nodules in the Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone
David S. Cronan
Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Uranium Series Disequilibrium Dating of Volcanic Massive Sulphide Deposits
Robert Ditchburn
Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited, Lower Hutt, New Zealand

Further Environmental Considerations for Marine Mining: Mine Closure and Environmental Terrorism
Derek Ellis
University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Sand Mining on U.S. Continental Shelves: Exploration and Exploitation for Shore Protection and Environmental Restoration
Charles Finkl
Coastal Planning and Engineering, Boca Raton, Florida, United States

Gas Hydrate, Methanogenic Calcite, and 13C-depleted Bivalve Shells from a Mud Volcano Offshore Los Angeles, California
James R. Hein
U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California, United States

The Scientific, Engineering and Environmental Challenges of Developing a Seafloor Massive Sulfide Project in the Western Pacific
David Heydon
Nautilus Minerals Inc., Vancouver, Canada

Kennecott's Cuprion Process Development
Gale Hubred
Brea, California, United States

Major Kuroko-type Deposit in the Middle Izu-Ogasawara (Bonin) Arc, Japan
Kokichi Iizasa
Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, Japan

ROV-based Sled for Rock Cutting Testwork
Eric Jackson
Placer Dome, Vancouver, Canada

Sulfur and Lead Isotope Compositions of Hydrothermal Chimneys from the North Fiji Basin: Implications for Formation of Black and White Smokers
Jongkuk Kim (Kyeong-Yong Lee, Speaker)
Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute, Ansan, Korea

Boiling Fluids and Unusual Mineral Deposits from Hydrothermal Vents at the South Mid-Atlantic Ridge -- Results of Meteor Cruise M64/1
Andrea Koschinsky
International University Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Submarine Volcano Hydrothermal Systems and Mineral Deposition in the Kermadecs: Diverse Examples or a Unifying Theme?
Alexander Malahoff
Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, New Zealand
Hawai'i Undersea Research Laboratory, Hawai'i

Submarine Hydrothermal Activity and Mineralization in the Sangihe Arc, Indonesia
Tim McConachy
CSIRO Exploration and Mining, New South Wales, Australia

Ferromanganese Crusts from the Kuril Basin and the Kashevarov Trough Seamounts (Sea of Okhotsk)
Pavel Mikhailik
Far East Geological Institute, Vladivostok, Russia

Developing a Geological Model for the Clarion-Clipperton Polymetallic Nodule Deposits
Nii Oduntun
International Seabed Authority, Kingston, Jamaica

Gas Hydrates of the West Coast of India - A Neo-Tectonic Perspective
Subramanian Rajendran
Cochin University, Cochin, India

Physicochemical and Hydrodynamical Controls on Methane Bubble Dissolution within the Hydrate Stability Field
Gregor Rehder
Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences, Kiel, Germany

AUVs - The New Age Survey Tool for Deep Water Operations
Chris Roper
Roper Resources, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Gavia AUV System
Chris Roper
Roper Resources, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Origin of Metaliferous Sediments in Seafloor Hydrothermal Systems
Steven D. Scott
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Role of Magmatic Fluids in the Formation of Seafloor Hydrothermal Deposits
Steven D. Scott
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Near Sea-bottom Gas Hydrate Accumulations Related to Fluid Discharges as Objects of Inquire and Possible Utilisation
Valery Soloviev (Georgy Cherkashov, Speaker)
Institute for Geology and Mineral Resources of the Ocean, St. Petersburg, Russia

Spatial and Temporal Variability of Physico-chemical Paramter in the Northeast Equatorial Pacific Ocean
Seung-Kyu Son
Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute, Ansan, Korea

Chemical and Mineralogical Form of Platinum in Cobalt-rich Ferromanganese Crusts
Akira Usui
Kochi University, Kochi, Japan

Geophysical Exploration and Resource Assessment of Deepwater Polymetallic Sulfide Deposits, Papua New Guinea
Michael Williamson
Williamson & Associates, Seattle, Washington, United States

Seafloor Deployed Core Drill Successful in Deepsea Test
Michael Williamson
Williamson & Associates, Seattle, Washington, United States

Ecosystem Modeling for Impact Assessment of Possible Methane Leakage During Methane Hydrate Utilization
Tetsuo Yamazaki
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Ibaraki, Japan

Coming Copper Crisis: An Important Role of Deep-Sea Mineral Resources for the Japan's Demand
Tetsuo Yamazaki
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Ibaraki, Japan

 

3 November 2005 (Thursday)

UMI BANQUET

Monterey Bay Aquarium
Outer Bay Wing
886 Cannery Row
Monterey, California
7:00 to 10:00 PM

Featuring banquet address, Active Submarine Volcanoes, Minerals and Animals - A Darwinian Expedition to the Kermadecs, South Pacific, by Dr. Alexander Malahoff, CEO, Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, New Zealand and Director, Hawai'i Undersea Research Laboratory, University of Hawai'i.

This venue has been made possible through the generous donations of Placer Dome Inc. and Nautilus Minerals Inc.

4 and 5 November 2005 (Friday and Saturday)

TECHNICAL FIELD TOURS

The tours will run 8:30 - 3:00 PM on both days and will include visitations to the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing Marine Laboratory, Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve (2-hour boat tour), Monterey Formation geology stops, scenic 17-Mile Drive to Carmel, and other stops, time permitting.