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2002 Denver Annual Meeting (October 27-30, 2002)

Session No. 210
Wednesday, 30 October 2002: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T108. The Green River Formation Revisited: Crucible for New Concepts and Advances in Paleoclimatology, Tectonics, Chronostratigraphy, Sequence Stratigraphy, Isotope Geochemistry, and Paleontology

International Association of Limnogeologists, GSA Sedimentary Geology Division, SEPM—Society for Sedimentary Geology

 

H. Paul Buchheim, Alan R. Carroll and Arvid Aase, Advocates
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8:00 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, (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, Kevin.M.Bohacs@exxonmobil.com, Kevin.M.Bohacs@exxonmobil.com
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8:15 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, carroll@geology.wisc.edu
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8:30 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, (2)Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, pietras@geology.wisc.edu, pietras@geology.wisc.edu
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8:45 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, jdyni@usgs.gov
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9:00 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, LOEWEN, Mark A., Utah Museum of Natural History and Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, CUSHMAN Jr, Robert A., 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, pbuchheim@univ.llu.edu, pbuchheim@univ.llu.edu
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9:15 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 and BUCHHEIM, H. Paul, Laboratory of Limnogeology, Loma Linda Univ, Loma Linda, CA 92350, mloewen@umnh.utah.edu, mloewen@umnh.utah.edu
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9:30 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 and BUCHHEIM, H. Paul, Department of Natural Sciences, Loma Linda Univ, Graduate School, Loma Linda, CA 92350, dbritton@earthtech.com, dbritton@earthtech.com
 
9:45 AM
Break
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10:00 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, 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, jzonneve@nrcan.gc.ca, jzonneve@nrcan.gc.ca
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10:15 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 and KESTER Sr, Paul R., Geology and Paleontology Division, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Univ of Washington, Box 353010, Seattle, WA 98195-3010, steven@flmnh.ufl.edu, steven@flmnh.ufl.edu
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10:30 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, (2)Florida Museum of Natural History, Univ of Florida, PO Box 117800, Gainesville, FL 32611-7000, (3)40 Elderwood Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523, KJohnson@dmns.org, KJohnson@dmns.org
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10:45 AM
VEGETATIONAL HISTORY AND AGE OF THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION IN FOSSIL BASIN, WYOMING
CUSHMAN Jr, Robert A., Laboratory of Paleopalynology, Loma Linda Univ, Loma Linda, CA 92350, bcushman@univ.llu.edu, bcushman@univ.llu.edu
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11:00 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, 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, joseph_hartman@und.nodak.edu, joseph_hartman@und.nodak.edu
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11:15 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 and FEDUCCIA, Alan, Department of Biology, Univ of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280, ldmartin@ku.edu, ldmartin@ku.edu
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11:30 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 and FROEHLICH, David J., Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory, Texas Memorial Museum, J. J. Pickle Research Campus, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, jwfossil@yahoo.com, jwfossil@yahoo.com
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11:45 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, 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, wbartels@albion.edu, wbartels@albion.edu
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