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Rocky Mountain - 55th Annual Meeting (May 7-9, 2003)

Session No. 12
Thursday, 8 May 2003: 1:30 PM-4:20 PM

S6. Rise and Fall of the Rocky Mountains II and III: Tectonics, Eustasy, and Climate Change from the Late Paleozoic Ancestral Rocky Mountains to the Age of the Dinosaurs

 

Spencer G. Lucas and Andrew Heckert, Conveners
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:35 PM
PALEOGEOGRAPHY OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU REGION, PENNSYLVANIAN THROUGH CRETACEOUS, AND MID-MORRISON PLATEAU ROTATION
STEINER, Maureen Bernice, Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Wyoming, PO Box 3006, Laramie, WY 82071, magnetic@uwyo.edu, magnetic@uwyo.edu
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1:50 PM
JURASSIC JOINTS IN MISSISSIPPIAN CARBONATE, ROCKY MOUNTAIN THRUST FRONT, MONTANA: IMPLICATIONS FOR FRACTURED HYDROCARBON RESERVOIRS
GERAGHTY, Emily M. and SEARS, James W., Geology, Univ of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, emgeraghty@hotmail.com, emgeraghty@hotmail.com
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2:05 PM
THE VIRGILIAN-WOLFCAMPIAN BURSUM FORMATION AND ANCESTRAL ROCKY MOUNTAIN TECTONICS IN NEW MEXICO
LUCAS, Spencer G., New Mexico Museum of Nat History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104 and KRAINER, Karl, Institute of Geology & Paleontology, Univ of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, slucas@nmmnh.state.nm.us, slucas@nmmnh.state.nm.us
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2:20 PM
DINOSAUR FAUNAS OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES: SEQUENCE AND PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHIC SIGNIFICANCE
HUNT, Adrian P.1, LUCAS, Spencer G.1, HECKERT, Andrew B.1 and ZEIGLER, Kate, (1)New Mexico Museum of Nat History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104, ahunt@nmmnh.state.nm.us, ahunt@nmmnh.state.nm.us
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2:35 PM
STRATIGRAPHY, UNCONFORMITIES, AND PALEOGEOGRAPHY OF THE UPPER TRIASSIC CHINLE GROUP, SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A
HECKERT, Andrew B., LUCAS, S.G., ZEIGLER, K.E. and HUNT, A.P., New Mexico Museum of Nat History & Sci, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104-1375, AHeckert@nmmnh.state.nm.us, AHeckert@nmmnh.state.nm.us
 
2:50 PM
Break
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3:05 PM
A TAPHONOMIC SURVEY OF THE BONEBEDS OF THE UPPER TRIASSIC CHINLE GROUP, SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES
ZEIGLER, Kate E.1, HECKERT, Andrew B.2, LUCAS, Spencer G.1 and HUNT, Adrian P.1, (1)New Mexico Museum of Nat History, 1801 Mountain Road SW, Albuquerque, NM 87104, (2)New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road SW, Albuquerque, NM 87104, kaerowyn@unm.edu, kaerowyn@unm.edu
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3:20 PM
EVOLUTION OF MIDDLE-UPPER JURASSIC DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEMS, SOUTHERN WESTERN INTERIOR
LUCAS, Spencer G., HECKERT, Andrew B., ZEIGLER, Kate E. and HUNT, Adrian P., New Mexico Museum of Nat History, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104, slucas@nmmnh.state.nm.us, slucas@nmmnh.state.nm.us
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3:35 PM
CATASTROPHIC SEDIMENTATION IN THE MID-MAASTRICHTIAN OF SOUTHERN COLORADO
TURNER, Peter1, CORNELIUS, Chris2 and CLARKE, Paul1, (1)Petroleum Geoscience Unit, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom, (2)Evergreen Rscs Inc, 1401 17th Street, Suite 1200, Denver, 80202, p.turner@bham.ac.uk, p.turner@bham.ac.uk
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3:50 PM
THE EFFECT OF VOLCANIC ASH FALLS ON THE EVOLUTION OF DINOSAURS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY IN LATE CRETACEOUS TIME
FASSETT, James E., U. S. Geol Survey, Emeritus, 552 Los Nidos Drive, Santa Fe, NM 87501, jimgeology@qwest.net, jimgeology@qwest.net
 
4:05 PM
Discussion
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