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

Session No. 9
Wednesday, 18 May 2011: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Cottonwood (Riverwoods Conference Center)

Paleontology and Paleoclimatology

 

W. David Liddell and Carol M. Dehler, Chairs
Paper #
Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:35 PM
EXPLORING THE PALEOCLIMATIC RECORD OF TERRESTRIAL APTIAN-ALBIAN CARBON ISOTOPE EXCURSIONS IN THE EARLY CRETACEOUS CEDAR MOUNTAIN FORMATION OF EASTERN UTAH
LUDVIGSON, G.a., Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66047, JOECKEL, R.M., School of Natural Resources and Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583, GONZALEZ, Luis A., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd., Rm. 120, Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, KIRKLAND, J.I., Utah Geological Survey, Salt Lake City, UT, MURPHY, Laura, Kansas Geological Survey, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047-3726 and SUAREZ, Celina, Department of Geosciences, University of Arkansas, 113 Ozark Hall, Fayetteville, AR 72701, gludvigson@kgs.ku.edu, gludvigson@kgs.ku.edu
2
1:55 PM
PRELIMINARY CENSUS OF FOSSIL WOOD, KAIPAROWITS FORMATION (UPPER CAMPANIAN-CRETACEOUS), GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT, UTAH
TITUS, Alan L. and ANDERSON, Kim T., Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Bureau of Land Management, Kanab, UT 84741-3244, kim_anderson@blm.gov, kim_anderson@blm.gov
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2:15 PM
VISUAL ENHANCEMENT OF TRACE FOSSILS AND OTHER SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES IN THE ESCALANTE SANDSTONE MEMBER OF THE ENTRADA FORMATION (MIDDLE JURASSIC) BY ENDOLITHIC MICROBES; TWENTY MILE WASH, GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT, UTAH
STEVENSON, Bob, Bureau of Land Management, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, 755 West Main, PO Box 225, Escalante, UT 84726 and TITUS, Alan, Bureau of Land Management, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, 190 East Center Street, Kanab, UT 84741, Bob_Stevenson@blm.gov, Bob_Stevenson@blm.gov
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2:35 PM
TOO MUCH OR TOO LITTLE? BALANCING INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY WITH MULTIPLE-INTELLIGENCE PEDAGOGY VIA VIRTUAL GEOLOGY FIELD TRIPS OF NATIONAL PARKS
SETHI, Parvinder, Department of Geology, Radford Univ, Box - 6939, Radford, VA 24142-6939, psethi@radford.edu, psethi@radford.edu
 
2:55 PM
Break
5
3:10 PM
PRELIMINARY TAPHONOMIC ANALYSIS OF A COELOPHYSOID THEROPOD DINOSAUR BONEBED IN THE EARLY JURASSIC NUGGET SANDSTONE OF UTAH
CHAMBERS, Mariah1, KIMBERLY, Hales1, BRITT, Brooks B.1, CHURE, Daniel J.2, ENGELMANN, George F.3 and SCHEETZ, Rod1, (1)Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, S-389 ESC, Provo, UT 84602, (2)Dinosaur National Monument, National Park Service, Box 128, Jensen, UT 84035, (3)Department of Geography & Geology, University of Nebraska - Omaha, 60th And Dodge St, Omaha, NE 68182, mariahchambers@gmail.com, mariahchambers@gmail.com
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3:30 PM
DINOSAUR TRACKS CONFIRM LATE CRETACEOUS AGE FOR THE LOWER GRAND CASTLE FORMATION, IRON COUNTY, UTAH: STRATIGRAPHIC AND TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS
HUNT, Gary J.1, BIEK, Robert F.1, DEBLIEUX, Donald D.1, MADSEN, Scott K.1, MILNER, Andrew R.C.2, ROBERTS, Eric M.3 and EATON, Jeffery G.4, (1)Utah Geological Survey, PO Box 146100, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6100, (2)St. George Dinosaur Discovery Sight at Johnson Farm, 2180 East Riverside Dr, St. George, UT 84790, (3)Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, 4810, Australia, (4)Department of Geosciences, Weber State University, Department Of Geosciences, Ogden, UT 84408-2507, garyhunt@utah.gov, garyhunt@utah.gov
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3:50 PM
IDAHO'S FIRST DINOSAUR IDENTIFIABLE TO GENUS LEVEL, ORYCTODROMEUS SP., FROM THE MID-CRETACEOUS WAYAN FORMATION, AND THE GEOLOGICAL AND PALEONTOLOGICAL SETTING
KRUMENACKER, L.J., Vernal, UT 84078, BRITT, Brooks, Department of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, VARRICCHIO, David J., Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, SCHEETZ, Rod, Geology, Brigham Young University, S-389 ESC, Provo, UT 84604 and ROBISON, Steve, USDA Forest Service, Caribou/Targhee National Forest, 1405 Hollipark Dr, Idaho Falls, ID 83401, ljkrumenacker@yahoo.com, ljkrumenacker@yahoo.com
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