Session No. 8 Tuesday, May 7, 2002

1:00 PM-3:00 PM, Sharwan Smith Center: Starlight Room
S2. Paleontological Research in Grand-Staircase Escalante National Monument and Surrounding Area II
Alan L. Titus and Jeffrey G. Eaton, Presiding
Start Time
1:00 PM CREATION AND BURIAL OF A MAJOR MESOZOIC LANDFORM: NEW MICROFOSSIL EVIDENCE BEARING ON THE AGE OF THE J-2 UNCONFORMITY (GRAND STAIRCASE - ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT, UTAH): ASH, Sidney R., Department of Earth nad Planetary Science, Univ of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, sidash@aol.com and LITWIN, Ronald J., MS 926A, U.S. Geol Survey, Reston, VA 20192
1:20 PM PALEOBOTANICAL RESOURCES OF THE GRAND STAIRCASE - ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT, UTAH: ASH, Sidney, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, sidash@aol.com.
1:40 PM PALEONTOLOGY OF THE CHINLE FORMATION IN THE WOLVERINE PETRIFIED WOOD AREA: AN OVERVIEW: BROWN, Christina M., Geology Department, San Jose State Univ, 259 N. Capitol Ave., #212, San Jose, CA 95127, iridiumkt@msn.com.
2:00 PM LATE CENOMANIAN (LATE CRETACEOUS SCIPONOCERAS GRACILE BIOZONE) PALEOGEOGRAPHIC EVOLUTION OF THE GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT REGION: IMPLICATIONS OF RECENT ADVANCES IN HIGH-RESOLUTION AMMONOID BIOSTRATIGRAPHY: TITUS, Alan L., Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, 190 E Center Street, Kanab, UT 84741, atitus@ut.blm.gov.
2:20 PM NEW BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC AND RADIOMETRIC AGES FOR ALBIAN-TURONIAN DAKOTA FORMATION AND TROPIC SHALE AT GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT AND IRON SPRINGS FORMATION NEAR CEDAR CITY, PAROWAN, AND GUNLOCK IN SW UTAH: DYMAN, T. S.1, COBBAN, W. A.1, TITUS, A.2, OBRADOVICH, J. D.3, DAVIS, L. E.4, EVES, R. L.5, POLLOCK, G. L.6, TAKAHASHI, K. I.1, and HESTER, T. C.1, (1) U.S. Geol Survey, P.O. Box 25046 MS 939, Denver, CO 80225, dyman@usgs.gov, (2) Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Kanab, UT, (3) U.S. Geol Survey, P.O. Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225, (4) Biology, St. Johns Univ, Collegeville, MN 56321, (5) Southern Utah Univ, Cedar City, UT 84720, (6) Bryce Canyon Nat History Association, Bryce Canyon, UT 84717
2:40 PM LOGISTICAL ISSUES SURROUNDING PALEONTOLOGICAL FIELDWORK IN GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT, SOUTHERN UTAH: GETTY, Mike A.1, SAMPSON, Scott D.2, LOEWEN, Mark A.2, and GATES, Terry A.2, (1) Utah Museum of Natural History, University of Utah, 1390 East Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, mgetty@umnh.utah.edu, (2) Utah Museum of Natural History and Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112

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