Cordilleran Section (104th Annual) and Rocky Mountain Section (60th Annual) Joint Meeting (19–21 March 2008)

Session No. 4
Wednesday, 19 March 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T3. Pennsylvanian to Early Triassic Deformation and Sedimentation in the Western United States

 

Patricia H. Cashman, James H. Trexler Jr. and Wanda J. Taylor, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:10 AM
SEPARATING “GEOMYTHOLOGY” FROM THE REALITY OF THE LATE PALEOZOIC UPLIFTS IN COLORADO, UTAH, WYOMING, NEW MEXICO, AND ADJACENT AREAS
NESSE, William D., School of Chemistry Earth Sciences and Physics, Univ of Northern Colorado, Campus Box 100, Greeley, CO 80639, nesse@ctos.com, nesse@ctos.com
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8:30 AM
THE ANCESTRAL ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND THE CRATONIC SHELF OF WESTERN PANGAEA
KLUTH, Charles F., Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 5378 Hawthorn Trail, Littleton, CO 89125, ckluth@mines.edu, ckluth@mines.edu
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8:50 AM
DISTAL RECORD OF TURBULENT TECTONIC TIMES – PENNSYLVANIAN-PERMIAN DEPOSITION ON SOUTHERN AND WESTERN COLORADO PLATEAU
BLAKEY, Ronald C., geology, Northern Arizona University, Box 4099, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, ronald.blakey@nau.edu, ronald.blakey@nau.edu
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9:10 AM
LATE PALEOZOIC CONODONT SEQUENCE BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF WESTERN PANGEA: SUCCESSES AND SETBACKS
RITTER, Scott M., Department of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, BARRICK, James E., Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech Univ, Lubbock, TX 79409-1053, LUCAS, Spencer, New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road N.W, Albuquerque, NM 87104 and KRAINER, Karl, Institute of Geology & Paleontology, Univ of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, scott_ritter@byu.edu, scott_ritter@byu.edu
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9:30 AM
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9:50 AM
Break
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10:10 AM
PERMIAN TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY OF EASTERN NEVADA
SNYDER, Walter S., Department of Geosciences, Boise State Univ, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725, DAVYDOV, Vladimir, Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725, SCHIAPPA, Tamra, Department of Geography, Geology and the Environment, Slippery Rock Univ, Slippery Rock, PA 16057 and TREXLER, James, Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Nevada, Reno, Mail stop #172, Reno, NV 89557, wsnyder@boisestate.edu, wsnyder@boisestate.edu
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10:30 AM
TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS OF REVISED UPPER PALEOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY AT EDNA MOUNTAIN, NORTH-CENTRAL NEVADA
VILLA, Danielle E.1, TREXLER Jr, James H.1, DAVYDOV, Vladimir I.2 and CASHMAN, Patricia H.1, (1)Dept. of Geological Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, MS 172, Reno, NV 89557, (2)Department of Geosciences, Boise State Univ, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725, trexler@mines.unr.edu, trexler@mines.unr.edu
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10:50 AM
REINTERPRETATION OF THE IRON POINT “THRUST” AT EDNA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA, AS A PENNSYLVANIAN LOW-ANGLE NORMAL FAULT
VILLA, Danielle E.1, CASHMAN, Patricia H.1 and TAYLOR, Wanda J.2, (1)Dept. of Geological Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, MS 172, Reno, NV 89557, (2)Dept. of Geoscience, UNLV, 4505 Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV 89154, pcashman@unr.edu, pcashman@unr.edu
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11:10 AM
STRUCTURAL AND BIOCHRONOLOGIC ANALYSIS OF THE NORTHERN DRY HILLS, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: EVIDENCE FOR RECLASSIFICATION OF THE ETCHART FORMATION
SIEBENALER, Samuel A.1, TAYLOR, W.J.1, CASHMAN, P.H.2, TREXLER Jr, J.H.2 and DAVYDOV, V.I.3, (1)Geoscience, UNLV, 4505 Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, (2)Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering, MS 172, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, (3)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725, Siebena3@unlv.nevada.edu, Siebena3@unlv.nevada.edu
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11:30 AM
FAUNAL RESPONSE TO EMPLACEMENT OF THE EARLY PERMIAN LAST CHANCE ALLOCHTHON, EAST-CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
STEVENS, Calvin H., Dept of Geology, San José State Univ, 1 Washington Square, San José, CA 95192 and STONE, Paul, U.S. Geol Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, MS 973, Menlo Park, CA 94025, stevens@geosun.sjsu.edu, stevens@geosun.sjsu.edu
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