2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)
Session No. 6 Sunday, 28 October 2007
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Colorado Convention Center: 506

T1. Denver Then and Now: From Paleontology to Public Policy on the Front Range Urban Corridor

Ian Miller, Kirk Johnson, Robert Raynolds and Beth Ellis, Presiding
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6-18:00 AM EVOLUTION OF RELIEF ON THE COLORADO FRONT RANGE: MILLER, Ian1, JOHNSON, Kirk1, ELLIS, Beth1, FRICKE, Henry2, and RAYNOLDS, Robert1, (1) Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, imiller@dmns.org, (2) Geology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903
6-28:15 AM SOIL GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE DENVER METROPOLITAN AREA: MAPPING CHANGE FROM 1972 TO 2005: SMITH, David B.1, HELSEL, Dennis R.2, CLOSS, L. Graham3, KILBURN, James E.1, SMITH, Steven M.1, and HORTON, John D.1, (1) U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225, dsmith@usgs.gov, (2) U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, MS 964, Denver, CO 80225, (3) Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401
6-38:30 AM THE CASTLE ROCK CONGLOMERATE: EVANOFF, Emmett, Earth Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Box 100, Greeley, CO 80639, emmett.evanoff@unco.edu
6-48:45 AM PROVENANCE AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF LARAMIDE VOLCANIC PEBBLES IN THE DENVER BASIN: THORSON, Jon P., Consulting Geologist, 5515 Nuthatch Road, Parker, CO 80134, jonthorson@rmi.net
6-59:00 AM STATISTICAL ANALYSES CORROBORATE THE PALYNOSTRATIGRAPHIC ZONATION OF THE LOWER PALEOCENE, DENVER BASIN, COLORADO: NICHOLS, Douglas J., Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Boulevard, Denver, CO 80205, Doug.Nichols@dmns.org and VERBRUGGEN, Frederike, Palaeoecology, Laboratory of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Budapestlaan 4, Utrecht, 3584 CD, Netherlands
6-69:15 AM GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE MAASTRICHTIAN-PALEOCENE ROCKS OF THE DENVER BASIN: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HIGH-PRECISION CALIBRATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND EXTINCTION CA. 69-64 MA: BOWRING, Samuel A.1, CROWLEY, James2, CONDON, Daniel3, RAMEZANI, Jahandar1, and JOHNSON, Kirk4, (1) Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, sbowring@mit.edu, (2) Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, (3) British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, United Kingdom, (4) Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, CO 80205
6-79:30 AM THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOLOGIC MAPPING IN THE DENVER BASIN: A ROBUST FRAMEWORK FOR INTEGRATED STUDIES AND COMMUNICATION TO PLANNERS: DECHESNE, Marieke, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, mdechesne@dmns.org
6-89:45 AM SNAPSHOTS IN TIME: FLORAL CHANGE IN THE DENVER BASIN FROM 68-64 MY: ELLIS, Beth1, JOHNSON, Kirk1, MILLER, Ian1, HUTTON, Carol1, DUNN, Regan2, BARCLAY, Richard3, and MILLER, Dane1, (1) Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Sci, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, bellis@dmns.org, (2) John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, National Park Service, 32651 Hwy. 19, Kimberly, OR 97848, (3) Geological Sciences, Northwestern University, 1850 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208
6-910:00 AM PATTERNS OF PLANT-INSECT ASSOCIATIONS FROM THE CRETACEOUS-PALEOCENE INTERVAL OF THE DENVER BASIN: LABANDEIRA, Conrad C., Dept. of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013, labandec@si.edu, ELLIS, Beth, Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Sci, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, JOHNSON, Kirk R., Denver Museum Nat History, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205-5732, and WILF, Peter, Dept. of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
6-1010:15 AM CARBON ISOTOPE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE CLOSED CANOPY (?) CASTLE ROCK RAINFOREST: FRICKE, Henry1, ELLIS, Beth2, JOHNSON, Kirk2, and JAHREN, Hope3, (1) Dept of Geology, Colorado College, 14 E. Cache La Poudre, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, hfricke@coloradocollege.edu, (2) Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Sci, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, (3) Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins Univ, 301 Olin Hall, Baltimore, MD 21218
6-1110:30 AM A NEW LATE CRETACEOUS MAMMAL FAUNULE FROM NORTHEASTERN COLORADO AND COMPARISONS WITH OTHERS FROM THE WESTERN INTERIOR OF NORTH AMERICA: WILSON, Gregory P., ANDERSON, Ingrid R., and DECHESNE, Marieke, Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, gwilson@dmns.org
6-1210:45 AM THE ROCKS BELOW RULE OUR LIVES ABOVE: RAYNOLDS, Robert G., Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Boulevard, Denver, CO, CO 80205-5798, denverbasin@dmns.org
6-1311:00 AM HOW CAN SOUND SCIENCE INFORM GOOD GLOBAL WARMING POLICY?: VANGENDEREN, Heidi, Office of the Governor, State of Colorado, 136 State Capitol, Denver, CO 80203, heidi.vangenderen@state.co.us
6-1411:15 AM THE COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND SCIENCE POLICY IN COLORADO: MATTHEWS, Vincent III, Colorado Geological Survey, 1313 Sherman Street, Suite 715, Denver, CO 80203, Vince.matthews@state.co.us
6-1511:30 AM THE GEOLOGIC PAST AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE OF THE CITY OF DENVER: HICKENLOOPER, John, Office of the Mayor, City of Denver, 1437 Bannock St, Denver, CO 80202, John.Hickenlooper@ci.denver.co.us
6-1611:45 AM OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES RELATED TO MUSEUM-SPONSORED RESEARCH ON THE URBAN GEOLOGY AND SURPRISING PALEONTOLOGY OF THE LARAMIDE STRATA OF THE DENVER BASIN: JOHNSON, Kirk1, RAYNOLDS, Robert2, ELLIS, Beth2, and MILLER, Ian3, (1) Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, CO 80205, Kirk.Johnson@dmns.org, (2) Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, (3) Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Sci, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205

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