VNIIOKEANGEOLOGIA RWTH-AACHEN UNIVERSITY BERLIN FREE UNIVERSITY Joint International Conference MINERALS OF THE OCEAN-6 & DEEP-SEA MINERALS AND MINING-3 04-08 June, 2012 VNIIOkeangeologia (Angliysky pr., 1) St.Petersburg, Russia PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME 04 June, Monday 9.00 – 10.00 Registration of participants 10.00 – 10.15 Welcome announcements 10.15 Section 1. Gas hydrates Convener: Tatiana Matveeva 10.15 – 10.35 Tatiana Matveeva (I.S. Gramberg VNIIOkeangeologia, St-Petersburg, Russia) FUTURE EVOLUTION OF GAS HYDRATE RESEARCH IN RUSSIA 10.35 – 10.55 Anatoly Obzhirov (V.I. Il’ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia) FORMATION AND DESTRUCTION OF GAS HYDRATES IN THE OKHOTSK SEA 10.55 – 11.15 Vyacheslav Bondarenko, V.A. Rashidov (N.A. Nekrasov Kostroma State University, Russia) GAS HYDRATES WITHIN BUSSOL STRAIT (KURILE ISLANDS ARC) Coffee-break 11.15-11.30 Convener: Tatiana Matveeva 11.30-11.50 Anna. Kalashnikova, A.V. Bunyakin (Kuban State University of Technology, Krasnodar, Russia) PROSPECTS FOR EXTRACTION OF HYDRATE EMULSIONS FROM THE BLACK SEA DEPTHS 11.50-12.10 Elizaveta Logvina, T. V. Matveeva (I.S. Gramberg VNIIOkeangeologia, StPetersburg, Russia) INITIAL COMPOSITION OF HYDRATED GAS IN SUBMARINE ACCUMULATIONS RELATED TO FLUID DISCHARGE AREAS. 12.10-12.30 Elena Perlova, E.S. Miklyaeva (Gazprom VNIIGAZ”, Moscow Region, Russia) GAS HYDRATES OF THE YAMAL PENINSULAR AND THE KARA SEA SHELF: GENESIS, TYPES, RESOURCES, TECHNOGENIC CHALLENGES 12.30-12.50 Renat Shakirov, Sorochinskaya A.V., Obzhirov A.I. (V.I. Il’ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia) GAS-GEOCHEMICAL ANOMALIES IN SEDIMENTS OF THE EAST-SIBERIAN SEA Lunch 12.50 - 14.00 Conveners: Anatoly Obzhirov, Vladimir Belosludov 14.00-14.20 Natalia Pestrikova, A.I. Obzhirov (V.I. Il’ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia) GEOLOGY GAS-GEOCHEMICAL RESEARCH OF GAS HYDRATE AREA IN THE SEA OF OKHOTSK 14.20-14.40 Touray BABACARR, F. Saikouba (PAfrican Geological Institute) GAS HYDRATE PINGOES - KWANZA BASIN, ANGOLA 14.40-15.00 Vladimir Belosludov, Yu. Bozhko, O. Subbotin, R. Belosludov, H. Mizuseki, Y. Kawazoe, V. Fomin (Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia) ACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF T, P- DIAGRAM OF HELIUM CLATHRATE HYDRATES ON MOLECULAR LEVEL 15.00-15.20 Oleg Subbotin, T.P. Adamova, V. R. Belosludov ((Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia) SIMULATION OF STRUCTURE, DYNAMIC AND THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF MULTICOMPONENT GAS HYDRATES 15.20-15.40 Аlexey Krylov, E. Logvina, Matveeva T.V., Semenov P.B. (I.S. Gramberg VNIIOkeangeologia, St-Petersburg, Russia) POSSIBILITIES OF GAS HYDRATE FORMATION IN THE KARA SEA Coffee-break 15.20-15.40 15.40-18. 00 Discussion & Poster session Tatiana Adamova, Subbotin O.S., Belosludov V.R. (Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia) THEORETICAL STUDY OF THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF MINE GAS HYDRATES Yulia Bozhko, Belosludov V.R., Subbotin O.S. (Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia) MODELING OF THE THERMODYNAMIC CONDITIONS OF MIXED HYDRATE CH4 + HE, CH4 + NE Roza Kruglyakova, Shevtsova N. (Federal Scientific Centre "Yuzhmorgeologiya, Gelendzhik, Russia) GEODINAMICAL AND GEOECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF HYDROCARBONS FLUIDS AND GAS HYDRATS IN THE BLACK SEA Tatiana Matveeva, A.D. Portnov, E.A. Logvina, V. A. Gladysh ((I.S. Gramberg VNIIOkeangeologia, St-Petersburg, Russia) ANOMALIES ON THE NEW SEISMIC RECORDS OBTAINED IN THE KARA SEA Evgeniya Miklyaeva E.S. (Gazprom VNIIGAZ”, Moscow Region, Russia) HYDROCARBON POLLUTION OF THE ROCKS OF ARCTIC COASTAL TERRITORY Mikhail Permyakov, Duchkov A.D., Manakov A.Yu. (Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, Novosibirsk, Russia) THE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE OF THERMAL AND ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY OF ARTIFICIAL GAS HYDRATE SAMPLES Renat Shakirov (V.I. Il’ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia) V.I. Il’ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia) PACIFIC GASHYDRATE BELT (western segment) Elena Suetnova, Cherniavsky V.M. (Institute of physics of the Earth RAS, Moscow, Russia) MARINE GAS HYDRATE HISTORY DURING SEDIMENTATION; RESULTS OF NUMERICAL MODELING 18.30 Icebreaker 05 June, Tuesday Section 2. Nodules and crusts. Convener: Georgy Cherkashov 10.00 – 10.20 Masatsugu OKAZAKI, Akira Tsune (Deep Ocean Resources Development Co., Ltd., Japan) Polymetallic Nodule Project: an approach to exploitation 10.20 – 10.40 Ivo Dreiseitl (Interoceanmetal Joint Organization, Poland), Kondratenko A.V. (VNIIOkeangeologia, St.Petersburg, Russia) GEOTECHNICAL RESEARCH IN THE EXPLORATION AREA OF INTEROCEANMETAL JOINT ORGANIZATION 10.40 – 11.00 Peter Halbach (Berlin Free University, Germany) Potential of Rare Earth Elements in Co-rich Ferromanganese Crusts. 11.00 – 11.20 Yingchun Cui (First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Qindao, China) The Tellurium in the ocean ferromanganese deposits 11.20 – 11.40 Coffee-break 11.40 – 12.00 Mikhail Melnikov (Yuzhmorgeologia, Gelendzhik, Russia) TELLURIUM IN COBALT-RICH MANGANESE CRUSTS OF THE MAGELLAN SEAMOUNTS 12.00 – 12.20 Tatiana Sedysheva, M.Melnikov (Yuzhmorgeologia, Gelendzhik, Russia) ROLE OF ORE FACTOR IN EVALUATING OF MINE-SITES FOR COBALT-RICH FERROMANGANESE CRUST RECOVERY 12.20 – 12.40 Xiangwen Ren,Xuefa Shi (First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Qindao, China), Pulyaeva I., Huahua Lv, Aimei Zhu The dissolved Mn2+ concentration of Cenozoic seawater recorded in a Co-rich Fe-Mn crust from Magellan Seamount 12.40 – 13.00 Mikhail Torokhov (NIIKAM, St.Petersburg, Russia), N.N.Ankusheva (South-Ural University, Miass, Russia) MANGANESE MINERALS IN BASALTS OF GUYOTS AS A SOURCE OF MANGANESE AND COBALT IN A COBALT- RICH CRUSTS – THE MAGELLAN SEAMOUNTS CASE STUDY 13.00 – 14.20 Lunch Convener: Peter Halbach 14.20 – 14.40 Alexei Asavin (Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry, Moscow, Russia), Melnikov M.Ye., Daryin A.V. INVARIABILITY GEOCHEMICAL ASSOCIATION OF TRACE ELEMENT FROM COBALT-RICH FERROMANGANESE CRUSTS IN DIFFERENT AGE LAYERS Section 3. SMS deposits. 14.40 – 15.00 Jiabiao Li, Xianglong Jin (Second Institute of Oceanography, SOA, China Chinese mid-ocean ridge cruises and their discovery for hydrothermal vent system 15.00 – 15.20 Yaomin Yang (China Ocean Mineral Resources Research & Development Association, Peking, China) The preliminarily results of hydrothermal investigation in Southern Atlantic ridge (14°S~26°S) in Chinese 22nd cruise of “Dayangyihao” 15.20 – 15.40 Mikhail Sergeyev, Mikhail Samovarov (PMGE, Lomonosov, Russia) Study of SMS deposits at the Mid Atlantic Ridge: results of recent expeditions. 15.40 – 16.00 Coffee-break 16.00 – 16.20 Sergei Andreev, S.Babaeva,V.Kazakova, G.Cherkashov (VNIIOkeangeologia), M.Sergeyev (PMGE) Geology and geochemistry of the ore objects of the Russian Prospecting Region (MAR) 16.20 – 16.40 Svetlana Babaeva, Andreev S. (VNIIOkeangeologia, St.Petersburg, Russia) Types of massive sulfide deposits in the Russian Prospecting Region (MAR) 16.40 – 17.00 Cornel de Ronde (GNS Science, New Zealand) Styles of seafloor mineralization along the Kermadec arc 17.00 – 17.20 Sven Petersen (GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany). Hydrothermal Activity and Massive Sulfides in the equatorial South Atlantic 06 June, Wednesday Section 3. SMS DEPOSITS Convener: Cornel de Ronde 10.00 – 10.20 Irina Melekestseva, Maslennikov V.V., Maslennikova S.P., Danyushevksy L. Trace-element distribution in Fe-disulfides from the Semenov hydrothermal cluster, 13°31' N, MAR: LA-ICP-MS study 10.20 – 10.40 Valery Rusakov (Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Moscow, Russia),Yang Y. (First Institute of Oceanography (FIO), State Oceanic Administration, Qingdao, China) REE IN THE METALLIFEROUS AND ORE-BEARING SEDIMENTS FROM THE KRASNOV AND SEMENOV HYDROTHERMAL fields 10.40 – 11.00 Irina Gablina (Geological Institute RAS, Moscow), I.G. Dobretsova (PMGE, Lomonosov), Valery Rusakov (Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry RAS, Moscow), E.A. Popova (VNIIOkeangeologia, St. Petersburg) MINERAL AND ORE FORMATION IN SEDIMENTS AT THE MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE 11.00 – 11.20 Irina Melekestseva (Institute of Mineralogy UB RAS, Miass, Russia). Diffusers of the Peterburgskoe hydrothermal field (19°52´ N, MAR) as indicators of sea-floor ore formation 11.20 – 11.40 Coffee-break 11.40 – 12.00 Alexey Pertsev (Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy & Geochemistry RAS, Moscow, Russia) Oceanic core complex enclosing Semenov group of hydrothermal sulfide fields (MAR 13⁰30’N) 12.00 – 12.20 Maslennikov V.V., Ankusheva N. (Institute of Mineralogy, UB RAS, Southern Urals State University), Simonov V.A., Maslennikova S.P. (Institute of Geology and Mineralogy SB RAS), Revan K. (MTA, Turkey). NEAR VENT BIOMINERALIZATION IN MESOZOIC BLACK SMOKERS SYSTEMS OF THE PONTIDES ARC BASIN 12.20 – 12.40 Anthony Sakyi Martin (ABEDUSON, Ghana) Hydrothermal alteration associated with volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits; examples from Turkey 12.40 – 14.20 Lunch Convener: Sven Petersen Section 4. SEA TECHNOLOGY 14.20 – 14.40 Stanislav Verichev, Robert van de Ketterij, Mario Alvarez Grima, Jort van Wijk, Ricardo van Gelder (IHC Merwede B.V./MTI Holland B.V., Kinderdijk, The Netherlands) DEEP SEA MINING: SOLUTIONS TO THE TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGES USING A RISK ASSESSMENT BASED APPROACH 14.40 – 15.00 Jan Willem van Bloois, Piet Heij, Joyce van Heijzen (IHC Mining B.V., AW Kinderdijk, The Netherlands) Sustainable Deep Sea Mining Solutions. Section 3. SMS DEPOSITS 15.00 – 15.20 Sergey Sudarikov (VNIIOkeangeologia, St.Petersburg, Russia) Geochemistry of hydrothermal fluids and plumes 15.20 – 15.40 Inna Morgunova, Petrova V., Cherkashev G. ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE BOTTOM SEDIMENTS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE HYDROTHERMAL ZONES 15.40 – 16.00 Oleg Shulyatin, Andreev S.I., Belyatsky B.V., Truhalev A.I. (VNIIOkeangeologia, St. Petersburg, Russia) Multistage formation and dating of the MAR plutonic rocks (according to geological and geochronological data) 16.00 – 18.00 Coffee-break and Poster session Mingjuan Shao (China University of Geosciences, Peking, China) Hydrothermal mineralization in the south Mid-Atlantic Ridge. YE Jun, YANG Yaomin, SHI Xuefa (First Institute of Oceanography, SOA. Qingdao, China) Сharacteristics of sulfur isotope in hydrothermal precipitates on Southwest Indian Ridge at 49.6°E. Elena Ozhogina, Rogozhin A.A. (Institute of Mineral Resources, Moscow, Russia) On the peculiarities of mineralogical study of the World Ocean ore formations Olga Ageeva, Pertsev A.N. (Institute of Geology of ore deposits, petrography, mineralogy & geochemistry (IGEM), Moscow, Russia), Beltenev V.E. (Polar Marine Geosurvey Expedition (PMGE), Lomonosov, Russia) OCEANIC PLAGIOGRANITES ASSOCIATED WITH HYDROTHERMAL SULFIDE DEPOSITS AT MAR 13º30’-13º35’ N. Vladislav Kuznetsov (St. Petersburg State University), G. Cherkashov (VNIIOkeangeologia), V. Bel’tenev, L. Lazareva (PMGE), F. Maksimov , A. Zheleznov, N. Baranova, I. Zherebtsov, S. Levchenko, E. Tabuns (St. Petersburg State University) 230Th/U CHRONOLOGY OF ORE FORMATION WITHIN THE “ZENITH-VICTORY”, “PETERBURGSKOE” AND “PUY DES FOLLES” HYDROTHERMAL FIELDS (MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE). Sergei Petukhov, P.A.Alexsandrov (VNIIOkeangeologia,, St.Petersburg Russia) С.Tao (Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou, China) MODELLING OF THE ENVIRONMENTS FAVOURABLE FOR HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY USING RELIEF ANALYSIS (the South Atlantic Ridge). Natalia Kolchina, S.I.Petukhov (VNIIOkeangeologia, St.Petersburg, Russia) DATA BASE OF THE ANALYSIS OF GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL MATERIALS FOR THE MAR AREA 12 - 21 N. Nadezhda Astakhova, E.P. Lelikov (V.I.Il’ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia) IRON-MANGANESE CRUSTS FROM THE VITYAZ’ RIDGE (PACIFIC SLOPE OF THE KURIL ISLAND ARC). 07 June, Thursday Section 3. SMS deposits 10.00 – 10.20 Fernando J.A.S. Barriga, Jorge M.R.S. Relvas (CREMINER, Fac Ciencias Univ Lisboa and LARSyS (Associated Laboratory), Lisboa, Portugal) Some key questions in exploration for submarine massive sulphide deposits Section 4. SEA TECHNOLOGY 10.20 – 10.40 JOHANNES POST (HYDROMOD, HANNOVER, GERMANY) The pilot mining test of OMI on Fe-Mn nodules in 1978 – a review. 10.40 – 11.00 NJIE BABOUCARR, BOJANG HABIB (NAKAM INSTITUTE, West Africa, Banjul, The Gambia) Marine minerals from combined continental and deep ocean sources 11.00 – 11.20 NJIE ALHAGIE MODOU, BANGURA IBRAHIM (NAKAM INSTITUTE Weast Africa, Banjul, The Gambia) Deep-sea mining: economic, technical, technological and environmental considerations. 11.20 – 11.40 SANNEH BAKARY, SANNEH EBRIM (PAN African Geological Institute, The Gambia) Environmental Problems Associated with Mining of Hard Minerals 11.40 – 12.00 Coffee-break 12.00 – City Tour 17.00 – Banquet on the ship 08 June, Friday Sightseeing