Session No. 11
Wednesday, 21 April 2010: 1:20 PM-4:00 PM
Ponderosa Room (Rushmore Plaza Civic Center)
T7. Geological Studies in National Park Service Areas of the Rocky Mountain Region
1:40 PM
TRACKING STOLEN FOSSILS: A STUDY TO DETERMINE THE UTILITY OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS AS A TOOL FOR VERTEBRATE FOSSIL PROTECTION
LUKENS, William E.1, TERRY Jr, Dennis O.
1, GRANDSTAFF, David E.
1 and BEASLEY, Barbara A.
2, (1)Earth and Environmental Science, Temple University, 326 Beury Hall, 1901 N. 13th St, Philadelphia, PA 19122, (2)USDA Forest Service, Nebraska National Forest, 125 N. Main Street, Chadron, NE 69337, william.lukens@temple.edu, william.lukens@temple.edu
2:20 PM
GEOCHEMISTRY OF INKPOT SPRING, SULPHUR CREEK-SEVENMILE HOLE AREA,YELLOWSTONE CALDERA, WYOMING
ANDERSEN, Allen, School of Earth and Environmental Science, Washington State University, 454 Webster Physical Sciences Building, Pullman, WA 99164-2812, a@ndersenonline.net, a@ndersenonline.net
3:00 PM
U-PB DATING OF ZIRCONS FROM THE SALT WASH MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION FROM NEAR CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK, UTAH
BRADSHAW, Richard W., Ceoas, Oregon State University, 104 Wilkinson Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331 and
KOWALLIS, Bart J., Department of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, bkowallis@byu.edu, bkowallis@byu.edu
3:40 PM
A FRESH LOOK AT FLUVIAL, PARALIC, AND MARINE STRATIGRAPHY IN THE JOHN HENRY MEMBER, STRAIGHT CLIFFS FORMATION, GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT, UTAH
GALLIN, William N., Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, FASB Rm. 383, 115 South 1460 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 and JOHNSON, Cari, Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, w.gallin@utah.edu, w.gallin@utah.edu