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Rocky Mountain Section - 59th Annual Meeting (7–9 May 2007)

Session No. 13
Tuesday, 8 May 2007: 8:00 AM-11:50 AM

S5. Utah's Lower Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation: Advances in Geology I

 

James I. Kirkland and Scott K. Madsen, Conveners
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8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:10 AM
MODELING FOR FOSSIL RESOURCES ON FEDERALLY ADMINISTERED MULTIPLE USE LANDS NEAR MOAB, UTAH
FOSS, Scott E., Bureau of Land Management, PO Box 45155, Salt Lake City, UT 84145, scott_foss@blm.gov, scott_foss@blm.gov
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8:30 AM
REDEFINING THE JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS CONTACT IN EAST-CENTRAL UTAH
KIRKLAND, James I., 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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8:50 AM
DIAGNOSIS OF UTAH'S ELUSIVE EARLY CRETACEOUS CEDAR MOUNTAIN – LATE JURASSIC MORRISON FORMATIONAL CONTACT AND THE INTERFINGERING OF THE BUCKHORN CONGLOMERATE AND THE YELLOW CAT DEBRITIC FACIES
GREENHALGH, Brent, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, 1201 Lake Robins Dr, The Woodlands, TX 77380, BURTON, Darin, Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, S-389 ESC, Provo, UT 84602 and BRITT, Brooks, Geology, Brigham Young University, S387 ESC, Provo, UT 84602, brent.greenhalgh@anadarko.com, brent.greenhalgh@anadarko.com
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9:10 AM
DETRITAL ZIRCON AGES FOR THE BASAL CEDAR MOUNTAIN FORMATION (EARLY CRETACEOUS) NEAR MOAB, AND DINOSAUR NATIONAL MONUMENT, UTAH
BRITT, Brooks B.1, BURTON, Darrin1, GREENHALGH, Brent2, KOWALLIS, Bart1, CHRISTIANSEN, Eric3 and CHURE, Daniel J.4, (1)Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, (2)Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, 1201 Lake Robins Dr, The Woodlands, TX 77380, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, (4)Dinosaur National Monument, National Park Service, Box 128, Jensen, UT 84035, brooks_britt@byu.edu, brooks_britt@byu.edu
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9:30 AM
TAPHONOMY OF THE DALTON WELLS DINOSAUR QUARRY, A DEBRIS FLOW HOSTED VERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGE (EARLY CRETACEOUS, CEDAR MOUNTAIN FORMATION)
BURTON, Darrin1, BRITT, Brooks B.1, EBERTH, David A.2, SCHEETZ, Rodney D.3, VALORA, Parker1 and GREENHALGH, Brent4, (1)Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, (2)Sedimentary Geology, Royal Tyrrell Museum, Box 7500, Drumheller, AB T0J 0Y0, (3)Earth Science Museum, Brigham Young University, 1683 N. Canyon Road, Provo, UT 84602, (4)Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, 1201 Lake Robins Dr, The Woodlands, TX 77380, darrinburton@hotmail.com, darrinburton@hotmail.com
 
9:50 AM
Break
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10:10 AM
TAPHONOMY OF THE ANDREW'S SITE QUARRIES, LOWER CRETACEOUS CEDAR MOUNTAIN FORMATION, GRAND COUNTY, EAST-CENTRAL UTAH
CAVIN, Jennifer L., Utah Geological Survey, 1594 West North Temple, Suite 3110, Salt Lake City, UT 84088 and KIRKLAND, James I., State Paleontologist, Utah Geol Survey, 1594 West North Temple, Suite 3110, P.O. Box 146100, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6100, jennifercavin@utah.gov, jennifercavin@utah.gov
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10:30 AM
TAPHONOMIC PUZZLES: USING RARE EARTH ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRY TO UNRAVEL COMPLEX TAPHONOMY OF VERTEBRATE FOSSIL SITES IN THE YELLOW CAT MEMBER OF THE CEDAR MOUNTAIN FORMATION
SUAREZ, Celina A.1, MACPHERSON, G.L.1, GRANDSTAFF, David E.2 and GONZÁLEZ, Luis A.3, (1)Department of Geology, The University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045, (2)Geology, Temple Univ, Philadelphia, 19122, (3)Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd., Room 120, Lawrence, KS 66045-7594, csuarez@ku.edu, csuarez@ku.edu
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10:50 AM
BIRD AND DINOSAUR TRACKS FROM THE LOWER CEDAR MOUNTAIN FORMATION (BARRIMIAN-APTIAN) OF UTAH, USA
WRIGHT, Joanna L., Geography & Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado - Denver, Campus Box 172, PO Box 173364, Denver, CO 80217, KIRKLAND, J.I., Utah Geological Survey, Salt Lake City, UT and FOSTER, John, Museum of Western Colorado, Grand Junction, CO, joanna.wright@cudenver.edu, joanna.wright@cudenver.edu
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11:10 AM
EPHEMERAL LAKES OF THE LOWER CRETACEOUS CEDAR MOUNTAIN FORMATION, WOODSIDE ANTICLINE, UTAH
SHAPIRO, Russell, Geological and Environmental Sciences, California State University, Chico, Box 205, Chico, CA 95929-0205, FRICKE, Henry, Dept of Geology, Colorado College, 14 E. Cache La Poudre, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 and MAXSON, Julie, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN, rsshapiro@csuchico.edu, rsshapiro@csuchico.edu
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11:30 AM
CARBONATE CARBON ISOTOPE EXCURSIONS IN THE RUBY RANCH MEMBER OF THE CEDAR MOUNTAIN FORMATION AND THEIR TERRESTRIAL PALEOCLIMATIC IMPACTS
LUDVIGSON, Greg A.1, GONZÁLEZ, Luis A.2, JOECKEL, R.M.3, AL-SUWAIDI, Aisha2, KIRKLAND, James I.4 and MADSEN, Scott K.5, (1)Kansas Geological Survey, The University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047-3726, (2)Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lindley Hall Room 120, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, (3)School of Natural Resources and Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583, (4)Ground Water and Paleontology, Utah Geological Survey, PO Box 146100, 1594 West North Temple, Suite 3110, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6100, (5)National Park Service, Dinosaur National Monument, Jensen, UT 84035, gludvigson@kgs.ku.edu, gludvigson@kgs.ku.edu
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