2005 Salt Lake City Annual Meeting (October 16–19, 2005)

Session No. 48
Sunday, 16 October 2005: 1:30 PM-3:30 PM

T76. The Bureau of Land Management's National Landscape Conservation System as Outdoor Laboratories: New Research in Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument and the Surrounding Area

 

Alan L. Titus and John D. Powell, Advocates
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1:30 PM
AN INVENTORY OF PALEONTOLOGICAL RESOURCES IN THE LOWER WAHWEAP FORMATION (LOWER CAMPANIAN), SOUTHERN KAIPAROWITS PLATEAU, GRAND STAIRCASE – ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT, UTAH
KIRKLAND, James Ian, DEBLIEUX, Donald D. and HAYDEN, Martha, Ground Water and Paleontology, Utah Geological Survey, PO Box 146100, 1594 West North Temple, Suite 3110, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6100, jameskirkland@utah.gov, jameskirkland@utah.gov
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1:45 PM
DIGITAL DINOSAUR TRACKING: USING GIS TO ANALYZE THE TWENTYMILE WASH DINOSAUR TRACKSITE, GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT, UTAH
MATTHEWS, Neffra A., National Science and Technology Center, Bureau of Land Management, BLM NSTC - ST- 134 DFC, PO BOX 24047, Denver, CO 80225, NOBLE, Tommy A., National Operations Center, USDOI-Bureau of Land Managment, Denver, CO 80225, TITUS, Alan L., Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, 190 E. Center St, Kanab, UT 84741, SMITH, Joshua A., New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104 and BREITHAUPT, Brent H., Geological Museum, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, neffra_matthews@blm.gov, neffra_matthews@blm.gov
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2:00 PM
DINOSAUR DIVERSITY AND BIOGEOGRAPHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE KAIPAROWITS FORMATION (LATE CAMPANIAN), GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT, SOUTHERN UTAH
ZANNO, Lindsay E., Utah Museum of Natural History, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 1390 E. Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, GATES, Terry A., Utah Museum of Natural History, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, SAMPSON, Scott D., Utah Museum of Natural History and Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 1390 East Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City, 84112, SMITH, Joshua A., New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104 and GETTY, Michael A., Utah Museum of Natural History, 1390 E. Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, lzanno@umnh.utah.edu, lzanno@umnh.utah.edu
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2:15 PM
RED ROCK CONCRETIONS: GROUNDWATER RECORDS, SCIENCE RESOURCE, AND ANALOGS TO MARS
CHAN, Marjorie A., Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Utah, 135 South 1460 East, Room 719, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, BOWEN, Brenda Beitler, Geology, Central Michigan University, 314 Brooks Hall, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859 and PARRY, W.T., Dept. Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, chan@earth.utah.edu, chan@earth.utah.edu
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2:30 PM
REVIEW OF CRETACEOUS MAMMALIAN PALEONTOLOGY: GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT, UTAH
EATON, Jeffrey G., Geosciences, Weber State University, 2507 University Circle, Ogden, UT 84408-2507 and CIFELLI, Richard L., Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua Drive, Norman, OK 73072, jeaton@weber.edu, jeaton@weber.edu
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2:45 PM
SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY, SEDIMENTOLOGY AND PROVENANCE OF THE DRIP TANK MEMBER, STRAIGHT CLIFFS FORMATION, KAIPAROWITS PLATEAU, SOUTHWESTERN UTAH
CHRISTENSEN, Amy E., Institute of Tectonic Studies, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003 and LAWTON, Timothy F., Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State Univ, Las Cruces, NM 88003, a_e_christensen@yahoo.com, a_e_christensen@yahoo.com
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3:00 PM
TAPHONOMY OF AN UNUSUAL FRESHWATER SHELL BED IN THE UPPER CRETACEOUS KAIPAROWITS FORMATION, SOUTHERN UTAH
ROBERTS, Eric M.1, TAPANILA, Leif2 and MIJAL, Brandon2, (1)School of Geosciences, University of Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa, (2)Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, Campus Box 8072, Pocatello, ID 83209-8072, haulbag@hotmail.com, haulbag@hotmail.com
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