Rocky Mountain - 54th Annual Meeting (May 7–9, 2002)

Session No. 8
Tuesday, 7 May 2002: 1:00 PM-3:00 PM

S2. Paleontological Research in Grand-Staircase Escalante National Monument and Surrounding Area II

 

Alan L. Titus and Jeffrey G. Eaton, Conveners
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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 and LITWIN, Ronald J., MS 926A, U.S. Geol Survey, Reston, VA 20192, sidash@aol.com, sidash@aol.com
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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, sidash@aol.com
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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, iridiumkt@msn.com
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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, (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, dyman@usgs.gov, dyman@usgs.gov
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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.3 and GATES, Terry A.3, (1)Utah Museum of Natural History, University of Utah, 1390 East Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, (2)Utah Museum of Natural History and Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, (3)Utah Museum of Natural History and Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, mgetty@umnh.utah.edu, mgetty@umnh.utah.edu
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