Session: Geology in the National Parks: Research, Mapping, and Resource Management I (2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7

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8:00 AM

QUATERNARY PALEONTLOGY OF MEGAMAMMALS FROM NATIONAL PARK UNITS OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU AND CHANNEL ISLANDS OF CALIFORNIA

AGENBROAD, Larry D., Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, SD, Inc, P.O. Box 692, Hot Springs, SD 57747, MEAD, Jim I., Quaternary Sciences Program and Department of Geology, Northern Arizona Univ, Box 4099, Department of Geology, Flagstaff, AZ 86011 and BRUNELLE, Andrea J., Geography, Univ of Utah, 260 S. Campus Dr. Room 270, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, Larry4mammoth@mammothsite.com, Larry4mammoth@mammothsite.com

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8:20 AM

ALASKAN DINOSAURS AND THE ASSEMBLING OF BERINGIA

FIORILLO, Anthony R., Paleontology Dept, Dallas Museum of Nat History, P.O. Box 150349, Dallas, TX 75315, fiorillo@mail.smu.edu, fiorillo@mail.smu.edu

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8:35 AM

PALEONTOLOGY, SEDIMENTOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY OF THE POLESLIDE MEMBER, BRULE FORMATION, BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK

BENTON, Rachel Carol, Resource Management, Badlands National Park, P.O. Box 6, Interior, SD 57750, EVANOFF, Emmett, Museum, Univ of Colorado -Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309-0265, HERBEL, Carrie, Museum of Geology, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701 and TERRY Jr, Dennis O., Department of Geology, Temple Univ, Philadelphia, PA 19122, Carrie.Herbel@sdsmt.edu, Carrie.Herbel@sdsmt.edu

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8:50 AM

CONVERGENT EVOLUTION IN THE ENAMEL AND GINGIVA OF THE NIMRAVID POGONODON AND THE FELID SMILODON REVEALED IN NEW MATERIAL FROM JOHN DAY FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT

WHEELER, H. Todd, John Day Fossil Beds Nat'l Monument, Kimberly, OR 97848, RIVIERE, Holliston L., Oregon Health & Sciences Univ, Portland, OR 97201, FREMD, Theodore J., John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, 32651 Highway 19, Kimberly, OR 97848 and BABIARZ, John P., Mesa, AZ 85213, htoddw@comcast.net, htoddw@comcast.net

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9:05 AM

STENOMYLUS RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT NEEDS AT AGATE FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT

KNUDSON, Ruthann, Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, 301 River Rd, Harrison, NE 69346-2734 and MILLER, Susanne J., Faunal Analysis & CRM Services, 1450 Antares Drive, Idaho Falls, ID 83402, ruthann_knudson@nps.gov, ruthann_knudson@nps.gov

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9:20 AM

TRACE FOSSILS OF THE COPPER CANYON FORMATION, DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA, USA: THE MOST ABUNDANT AND DIVERSE ASSEMBLAGE OF FOSSIL MAMMAL AND BIRD TRACKS IN NORTH AMERICA AND POSSIBLY THE WORLD

NYBORG, Torrey and BUCHHEIM, H. Paul, Department of Natural Sciences, Loma Linda Univ, Loma Linda, 92350, tnyborg06g@ns.llu.edu, tnyborg06g@ns.llu.edu

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9:35 AM

GETTING OVER THE HUMP: BLANCAN RECORDS OF CAMELOPS FROM NORTH AMERICA, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO HAGERMAN, IDAHO AND THE 111 RANCH, ARIZONA

THOMPSON, Mary E., Department of Biological Sciences, Idaho State Univ, Idaho Museum of Natural History, Campus Box 8096, Pocatello, ID 83209 and WHITE Jr, Richard S., Idaho Museum of Natural History and, The Int'l Wildlife Museum, 4800 West Gates Pass Road, Tuscon, AZ 85745, thommary@isu.edu, thommary@isu.edu

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9:50 AM

PRELIMINARY REPORT ON LATE PLEISTOCENE VERTEBRATES FROM LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, MOJAVE DESERT, SOUTHERN NEVADA

SCOTT, Eric¹, BELL, Christopher J.², CARPENTER, Mary C.³, MEAD, Jim I.⁴, SPENCER, Lillian M.⁵, SWIFT, Sandra L.³ and WHITE Jr, Richard S.⁶, (1)Division of Geological Sciences, San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA 92374, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712-0254, (3)Quaternary Sciences Program, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5644, (4)Quaternary Sciences Program and Department of Geology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, (5)Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado, Denver, CO 80217-3364, (6)Idaho Museum of Natural History and, The International Wildlife Museum, Tuscon, AZ 85745, escott@sbcm.sbcounty.gov, escott@sbcm.sbcounty.gov

10:05 AM

Break

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10:20 AM

THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE GEOLOGIC RESOURCES EVALUATION; SUBTITLE: "USING GIS TO GET GIS"

CONNORS, Tim, Geologic Resources Division, National Park Service, PO Box 25287, Denver, CO 80225, tim_connors@nps.gov, tim_connors@nps.gov

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10:35 AM

MAPPING WITHIN THE INFERNO CONE QUADRANGLE, CRATERS OF THE MOON NATIONAL MONUMENT AND PRESERVE: A DETAILED LOOK AT THE BROKEN TOP CINDER CONE AND ITS ASSOCIATED ERUPTIVE SEQUENCE AND FEATURES

CLENNON, Rachel P., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of New Hampshire, Dept. of Earth Sciences, 56 College Road, James Hall, Room 121, Durham, NH 03824, HANSEN, Nichole, Geology, Brigham Young Univ- Idaho, College of Physical Sciences, Romney 60, Rexburg, ID 83460-0505 and TRUITT, Kimberly E., Geosciences, Oregon State Univ, 104 Wilkinson Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, rachelclennon@yahoo.com, rachelclennon@yahoo.com

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10:50 AM

A NEW LOOK AT EXTENSION AND VOLCANISM AT CRATERS OF THE MOON NATIONAL MONUMENT AND PRESERVE, IDAHO

TRUITT, Kimberly E., Department of Geosciences, Oregon State Univ, 104 Wilkinson Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, HANSEN, Nichole, Department of Geology, Brigham Young Univ - Idaho, College of Physical Sciences, Romney 60, Rexburg, ID 83460 and CLENNON, Rachel P., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of New Hampshire, Dept. of Earth Sciences, 56 College Road, James Hall, Room 121, Durham, NH 03824, truittk@geo.oregonstate.edu, truittk@geo.oregonstate.edu

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11:05 AM

DYNAMICS OF TERTIARY VOLCANISM IN DENALI NATIONAL PARK, ALASKA

COLE, R.B., Dept. of Geology, Allegheny College, 520 N. Main Street, Box 37A, Meadville, PA 16335, ron.cole@allegheny.edu, ron.cole@allegheny.edu

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11:20 AM

AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE MUD CRACK ORIGIN FOR SAND-FILLED CRACKS AT THE BASE OF THE COCONINO SANDSTONE, GRAND CANYON, ARIZONA

WHITMORE, John H., Science and Mathematics, Cedarville Univ, 251 N. Main St, Cedarville, OH 45314, johnwhitmore@cedarville.edu, johnwhitmore@cedarville.edu

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11:35 AM

EVALUATION OF GEOLOGIC SITES AS NATIONAL NATURAL LANDMARKS: PROCESS AND CASE STUDY

SAWLAN, Michael G., Pacific West Region, National Park Service, 1111 Jackson St, Ste 700, Oakland, CA 94607 and MURCHEY, Benita, Western Earth Surface Processes, U.S. Geol Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd., MS-973, Menlo Park, CA 94025, michael_sawlan@nps.gov, michael_sawlan@nps.gov

2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7–10, 2004)

T114. Geology in the National Parks: Research, Mapping, and Resource Management I