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

Session No. 15
Wednesday, 8 May 2002: 1:00 PM-4:00 PM

Stratigraphy, Paleontology, Paleobotany, Archaeological Geology, History of Geology

 

Steven Heath, Chair
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HERBERT E. GREGORY- PIONEER GEOLOGIST OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU
HEATH, Steven H., Mathematics, Southern Utah Univ, Cedar City, UT 84720, heath@suu.edu, heath@suu.edu
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1:20 PM
WALCOTT'S 1879 GRAND STAIRCASE AT KANAB CREEK IN SOUTHERN UTAH AND NORTHERN ARIZONA—ITS REMARKABLE FIRST MEASUREMENT
HINTZE, Lehi F., Department of Geology, Brigham Young Univ, Provo, UT 84602-4606 and YOCHELSON, Ellis L., Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Nat History, Washington, DC 20560-0121, lfh@email.byu.edu, lfh@email.byu.edu
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LATE PLEISTOCENE AND HOLOCENE GEOARCHAEOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY AT THE SHEEP ROCK SPRING SITE, MONTANA
WILSON, Michael C., Department of Geology, Douglas College, PO Box 2503, New Westminster, BC V3L 5B2, Canada and DAVIS, Leslie B., Curator of Archaeology and Ethnology, Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, MT 59717, wilsonmi@douglas.bc.ca, wilsonmi@douglas.bc.ca
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EPIBIOSIS AS A PALEOECOLOGICAL TOOL: A PUTATIVE EXAMPLE FROM THE VIRGIN LIMESTONE (LOWER TRIASSIC, UTAH)
KAPLAN, Peter, Department of Geological Sciences and Museum of Paleontology, Univ of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, pefty@aya.yale.edu, pefty@aya.yale.edu
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PALEOECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF BRACHIOPOD COMMUNITIES, ARCO HILLS FORMATION (CHESTERIAN), EAST-CENTRAL IDAHO
BUTTS-MATHESON, Susan H. and ISAACSON, Peter, Geology, Univ of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83843, sbutts@uidaho.edu, sbutts@uidaho.edu
 
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INTERPRETING EARLY PALEOCENE PLANT DIVERSITY PATTERNS AT THE TIGHTLY CONSTRAINED WEST BIJOU CREEK K-T BOUNDARY SECTION, DENVER BASIN, COLORADO
BARCLAY, Richard S.1, JOHNSON, Kirk R.2, NICHOLS, Douglas J.3, FLEMING, Farley2, BETTERTON, William J.3 and HICKS, Jason F.2, (1)Geological Sciences Department, Univ of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611, (2)Department of Earth Science, DMNS, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, (3)USGS, Box 25046, Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, sihetun@hotmail.com, sihetun@hotmail.com
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MIDDLE JURASSIC DINOSAUR COMMUNITY DYNAMICS IN NORTHERN WYOMING: THEROPOD FAMILY VALUES
BREITHAUPT, Brent H.1, SOUTHWELL, Elizabeth H.1, ADAMS, Thomas L.1 and MATTHEWS, Neffra A.2, (1)Geological Museum, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, (2)National Science and Technology Center, USDOI-Bureau of Land Managment, Bldg. 50, DFC, Denver, CO 80225, uwgeoms@uwyo.edu, uwgeoms@uwyo.edu
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OLIGOCENE-MIOCENE MEDICINE LODGE BEDS, NORTHEASTERN SNAKE RIVER PLAIN: : CORRELATIVE TO THE RENOVA AND SIXMILE CREEK FORMATIONS, MONTANA
HODGES, M.K.V., Department of Geosciences, Idaho State Univ, Campus Box 8072, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83209 and LINK, Paul K., Geosciences, Idaho State Univ, P.O. Box 8072, Pocatello, ID 83209, roxrme@hotmail.com, roxrme@hotmail.com