Session No. 210 Wednesday, October 30, 2002

8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Colorado Convention Center: C101/103
T108. The Green River Formation Revisited: Crucible for New Concepts and Advances in Paleoclimatology, Tectonics, Chronostratigraphy, Sequence Stratigraphy, Isotope Geochemistry, and Paleontology
H. Paul Buchheim, Alan R. Carroll and Arvid Aase, Presiding
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210-18:00 AM EVOLUTION OF THE GREAT LAKES SYSTEM OF THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION: TECTONICALLY & TOPOGRAPHICALLY CONDITIONED RECORDS OF CLIMATE CHANGE: BOHACS, Kevin M.1, CARROLL, Alan R.2, PIETRAS, Jeff3, RHODES, Meredith3, and SMITH, Mike3, (1) ExxonMobil Upstream Rsch Co, 3120 Buffalo Speedway, Houston, TX 77096, Kevin.M.Bohacs@exxonmobil.com, (2) Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wisconsin - Madison, 1215 W. Dayton, Madison, WI 53706, (3) Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706-1692
210-28:15 AM ACCUMULATION RATES IN ANCIENT LAKES: RELATIONSHIP TO LAKE TYPE EVOLUTION OF THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION, WYOMING: CARROLL, Alan R., SMITH, M. Elliot, PIETRAS, Jeffrey T., RHODES, Meredith K., and SINGER, Brad, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wisconsin - Madison, 1215 W. Dayton, Madison, WI 53706, carroll@geology.wisc.edu
210-38:30 AM DIRECT MEASUREMENT OF DEPOSITIONAL CYCLICITY USING 40AR/39AR DATING: A 430 THOUSAND YEAR RECORD FROM EOCENE LAKE GOSIUTE: PIETRAS, Jeffrey T.1, SMITH, M. Elliot1, CARROLL, Alan R.2, and SINGER, Brad2, (1) Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, pietras@geology.wisc.edu, (2) Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706
210-48:45 AM LITHOLOGY, MINERALOGY, AND DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS OF THE UPPER PART OF THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION (EOCENE) IN INDIAN CANYON AND VICINITY, DUCHESNE COUNTY, UTAH: DYNI, John R., U.S. Geol Survey, MS 939, Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225, jdyni@usgs.gov.
210-59:00 AM STRATIGRAPHIC REVISION OF THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION IN FOSSIL BASIN, WYOMING: THREE DISTINCT PHASES OF FOSSIL LAKE: BUCHHEIM, H. Paul, Laboratory of Limnogeology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350, pbuchheim@univ.llu.edu, LOEWEN, Mark A., Utah Museum of Natural History and Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, CUSHMAN, Robert A. Jr, Laboratory of Paleopalynology, Loma Linda Univ, Loma Linda, CA 92350, and BIAGGI, Roberto E., Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Adventista del Plata, Libertador San Martin, Entre Rios, 03103, Argentina
210-69:15 AM LITHOFACIES AND PALEOENVIRONMENTS OF THE ANGELO MEMBER OF THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION IN FOSSIL BASIN, SW WYOMING: AN UNDERFILLED FOSSIL LAKE: LOEWEN, Mark A., Utah Museum of Natural History and Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 1390 Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0050, mloewen@umnh.utah.edu and BUCHHEIM, H. Paul, Laboratory of Limnogeology, Loma Linda Univ, Loma Linda, CA 92350
210-79:30 AM A TAPHONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF THE STRATIFIED LAKE MODEL: BRITTON, Douglas R., Earth Technology, Inc, 100 W Broadway Ste 240, Long Beach, CA 90802-4427, dbritton@earthtech.com and BUCHHEIM, H. Paul, Department of Natural Sciences, Loma Linda Univ, Graduate School, Loma Linda, CA 92350
 9:45 AM Break
210-810:00 AM STRATAL ARCHITECTURE OF AN EARLY EOCENE FLUVIAL LACUSTRINE DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEM: ZONNEVELD, John-Paul, Geol Survey of Canada, 3303-33rd Street NW, Calgary, AB T2L 2A7, Canada, jzonneve@nrcan.gc.ca, BARTELS, William S., Department of Geological Sciences, Albion College, Albion, MI 49224, CLYDE, William C., Dept. Earth Sciences, Univ. New Hampshire, 56 College Rd, Durham, NH 03824-3589, and GUNNELL, Gregg F., Museum of Paleontology, Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079
210-910:15 AM PALEOBOTANICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE GREEN RIVER LACUSTRINE FLORA OF FOSSIL BUTTE, WYOMING: MANCHESTER, Steven R., Florida Museum of Natural History, Univ of Florida, Dickinson Hall, PO 117800, Gainesville, FL 32611-7800, steven@flmnh.ufl.edu and KESTER, Paul R. Sr, Geology and Paleontology Division, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Univ of Washington, Box 353010, Seattle, WA 98195-3010
210-1010:30 AM THE PARACHUTE CREEK ATLAS PROJECT: AN OVERVIEW OF THE MEGAFLORA OF THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION FROM COLORADO AND UTAH: JOHNSON, Kirk R.1, BATEMAN, William1, GRAHAM, Michael1, MANCHESTER, Steven2, and HANDLEY, Bruce3, (1) Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Sci, 2001 Colorado Boulevard, Denver, CO 80205, KJohnson@dmns.org, (2) Florida Museum of Natural History, Univ of Florida, PO Box 117800, Gainesville, FL 32611-7000, (3) 40 Elderwood Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
210-1110:45 AM VEGETATIONAL HISTORY AND AGE OF THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION IN FOSSIL BASIN, WYOMING: CUSHMAN, Robert A. Jr, Laboratory of Paleopalynology, Loma Linda Univ, Loma Linda, CA 92350, bcushman@univ.llu.edu.
210-1211:00 AM NONMARINE MOLLUSKS OF THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION (EARLY EOCENE), WESTERN INTERIOR, USA: HARTMAN, Joseph H., Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Univ of North Dakota, Box 8358, Grand Forks, ND 58202, joseph_hartman@und.nodak.edu, HANLEY, John H, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver Federal Center, Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225, GOOD, Steven C., Department of Geology & Astronomy, West Chester Univ, West Chester, PA 19383, and EVANOFF, Emmett, University of Colorado Museum, Univ Colorado - Boulder, Campus Box 265, Boulder, CO 80309-0265
210-1311:15 AM AVIFAUNA OF THE GREEN RIVER DEPOSITS AND THE EARLY RADIATION OF MODERN BIRDS: MARTIN, Larry D., Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Univ of Kansas, Natural History Museum, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045-7561, ldmartin@ku.edu and FEDUCCIA, Alan, Department of Biology, Univ of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280
210-1411:30 AM USING MAMMAL FOSSILS TO LOCATE THE EDGE OF THE GREEN RIVER LAKE IN THE PICEANCE CREEK BASIN DURING THE LATE-EARLY EOCENE: FROEHLICH, Jeffery W., Department of Anthropology, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, jwfossil@yahoo.com and FROEHLICH, David J., Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory, Texas Memorial Museum, J. J. Pickle Research Campus, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712
210-1511:45 AM PALEOLAKE FLUCTUATIONS AND THEIR CORRELATION WITH BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES: POSSIBLE TRANSGRESSIVE FORCING OF VERTEBRATE EVOLUTION IN THE BASIN MARGIN AT SOUTH PASS, GREEN RIVER BASIN, WYOMING: BARTELS, W.S., Geology Department, Albion College, Albion, MI 49224, wbartels@albion.edu, GUNNELL, G.F., Museum of Paleontology, The Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, ZONNEVELD, J.-P., Geol Survey of Canada, Calgary, AB T2L 2A7, Canada, and MULDOON, K.M., Dept. Anthropology, Washington Univ, St. Louis, MO 63130

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