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Rocky Mountain (63rd Annual) and Cordilleran (107th Annual) Joint Meeting (18–20 May 2011)

Session No. 1
Wednesday, 18 May 2011: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Cottonwood (Riverwoods Conference Center)

Sedimentology and Stratigraphy

 

Kate E. Zeigler and Thomas C. Chidsey Jr, Chairs
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
PETROLOGIC EVIDENCE FOR ISLANDS DURING THE 23-26 MA MAXIMUM MARINE INUNDATION OF ZEALANDIA
MORTIMER, Nick, GNS Science, Private Bag 1930, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand, n.mortimer@gns.cri.nz, n.mortimer@gns.cri.nz
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8:25 AM
PRELIMINARY MAGNETIC POLARITY CHRONOLOGY DATA FOR THE LOWER CHINLE FORMATION (LATE TRIASSIC) FROM THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK, ARIZONA
ZEIGLER, Kate E., Natural Resources, New Mexico Highlands University, Box 9000, Las Vegas, NM 87701, PARKER, William G., Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712-0254, MARTZ, Jeffrey W., Division of Resource Management, Petrified Forest National Park, P.O. Box 2217, 1 Park Road, Petrified Forest, AZ 86028, HUFFMAN, Amanda H., Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131 and GEISSMAN, J.W., Department of Geosciences, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 West Campbell Road, Richardson, TX 75080, katezeigler@nmhu.edu, katezeigler@nmhu.edu
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8:45 AM
NEW ISOTOPIC AGES FROM THE EARLY AND MIDDLE JURASSIC OF UTAH: RESOLVING THE AGE OF THE GYPSUM SPRING AND TEMPLE CAP FORMATIONS
KOWALLIS, Bart J., Department of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, SPRINKEL, Douglas A., Utah Geological Survey, 1594 W. North Temple, Suite 3110, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, DOELLING, Hellmut H., Utah Geological Survey (retired), 483 East 200 South, Manti, UT 84642 and KUEHNE, Paul A., Utah Geological Survey, P.O. Box 146100, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, bkowallis@byu.edu, bkowallis@byu.edu
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9:05 AM
PROVENANCE OF PALEOGENE COLTON FORMATION (UINTA BASIN, NE UTAH): CONSTRAINTS FROM COMBINED PETROFACIES AND DZ ANALYSIS
DICKINSON, William R.1, LAWTON, Timothy F.2, PECHA, Mark1 and GEHRELS, G.E.1, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (2)Department of Geological Sciences/MSC 3AB, New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM 88003, wrdickin@dakotacom.net, wrdickin@dakotacom.net
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9:25 AM
CONTACTS, AGES, AND CORRELATION OF LOWER CRETACEOUS STRATA ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE UINTA BASIN, NORTHEASTERN UTAH
KIRKLAND, James I.1, MADSEN, Scott K.2, HUNT, Gary J.2, WAANDERS, Gerald3, SPRINKEL, Douglas A.4 and O'SULLIVAN, Paul B.5, (1)Utah Geological Survey, 1594 West North Temple, Suite 3110, P.O. Box 146100, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6100, (2)Utah Geological Survey, PO Box 146100, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6100, (3)Consulting Palynologist, 1475 Rancho Encinitas Drive, Encinitas, CA 92024, (4)Utah Geological Survey, 1594 W. North Temple, Suite 3110, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (5)Apatite to Zircon, Inc, 1075 Matson Rd, Viola, ID 83872-9709, jameskirkland@utah.gov, jameskirkland@utah.gov
 
9:45 AM
Break
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10:00 AM
THE MISSISSIPPIAN-PENNSYLVANIAN MANNING CANYON SHALE, SOLDIER CREEK CANYON, NORTH-CENTRAL, UTAH: A “SHALE” OF MANY ENVIRONMENTS
CARNEY, Stephanie M.1, CHIDSEY Jr, Thomas C.1, MORGAN, Craig D.1 and EBY, David E.2, (1)Utah Geological Survey, P.O. Box 146100, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6100, (2)Eby Petrography & Consulting, Inc, 2830 W. 9th Ave, Denver, CO 80204, tomchidsey@utah.gov, tomchidsey@utah.gov
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10:20 AM
“RATTLESTONES” FROM THE DAKOTA FORMATION OF NEBRASKA AND THEIR RELEVANCE TO IRON-OXIDE-CEMENTED CONCRETIONS IN UTAH'S NAVAJO SANDSTONE
LOOPE, David B.1, KETTLER, Richard M.2, WEBER, Karrie A.3 and HENRICHS, Nathan L.1, (1)Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, (2)Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, (3)Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences and School of Biological Sciences, Lincoln, NE 68588-0118, dloope1@unl.edu, dloope1@unl.edu
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10:40 AM
IMPLICATIONS OF IRON OXIDE CEMENTATION HORIZONS IN THE JURASSIC NAVAJO SANDSTONE, SOUTHWESTERN UTAH
NIELSEN, Gregory B., Weber State University, 1105 University Circle, Ogden, UT 84408-1105, CHAN, Marjorie, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 115 South 1460 East, Room 383 FASB, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 and BOWEN, Brenda Beitler, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, gnielsen@weber.edu, gnielsen@weber.edu
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11:00 AM
COMPLEX INTERACTIONS BETWEEN FLUVIAL CHANNELS AND SYN-DEPOSITIONAL PEDOGENIC CARBONATE IN THE LOWER CRETACEOUS CEDAR MOUNTAIN FORMATION AND DINOSAUR NATIONAL MONUMENT, UTAH AND COLORADO
MAXSON, Julie, Department of Natural Sciences, Metropolitan State University, 700 East 7th St, Saint Paul, MN 55106, julie.maxson@metrostate.edu, julie.maxson@metrostate.edu
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11:20 AM
GEOLOGIC MAPPING OF EXHUMED, MID-CRETACEOUS PALEOCHANNEL COMPLEXES NEAR CASTLE DALE, UTAH INDICATE THE LOCAL DAKOTA SANDSTONE IS THE FLUVIAL FACIES OF THE MUSSENTUCHIT MEMBER OF THE CEDAR MOUNTAIN FORMATION
SORENSEN, Amanda E.1, BRITT, Brooks B.2 and STAPLES, Evan R.1, (1)Geology, Brigham Young University, S-389 ESC, Provo, UT 84604, (2)Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, S-389 ESC, Provo, UT 84602, amackay2@gmail.com, amackay2@gmail.com
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