Rocky Mountain Section - 64th Annual Meeting (9–11 May 2012)

Session No. 5
Wednesday, 9 May 2012: 11:15 AM-2:45 PM
Alvarado H (Hotel Albuquerque)

T12. Basin-Scale Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of Continental Strata in the Rocky Mountain Region

GSA Geoinformatics Division; GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

 

Gary S. Weissmann, Kate E. Zeigler and Kevin M. Hobbs, Advocates
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11:15 AM
PALEOCLIMATIC IMPLICATIONS OF FACIES TRANSITIONS IN THE NAVAJO AND KAYENTA FORMATIONS
BRYANT, Gerald, Department of Physical Sciences, Dixie State College, St. George, UT 84770, gbryant@dixie.edu, gbryant@dixie.edu
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11:30 AM
MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE UPPER TRIASSIC CHINLE GROUP IN NEW MEXICO: 40 YEARS OF ANALYSIS
LUCAS, Spencer G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road N.W, Albuquerque, NM 87104, TANNER, Lawrence H., Dept. Biological Sciences, Le Moyne College, 1419 Salt Springs Rd, Syracuse, NY 13214, SPIELMANN, Justin, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Rd. NW, Albquerque, NM 87104-1375 and RINEHART, L.F., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104, tannerlh@lemoyne.edu, tannerlh@lemoyne.edu
 
11:45 AM
Lunch
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1:30 PM
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1:45 PM
INTERNAL STRATIGRAPHY OF THE PALEOGENE TO EOCENE COLORADO HEADWATERS BASIN, JACKSON AND GRAND COUNTIES, COLORADO
TREXLER Jr, James H.1, COLE, James C.2, CASHMAN, Patricia H.3, DECHESNE, Marieke4, PETERSON, Christopher1 and STURMER, Daniel M.5, (1)Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, MS 172, Reno, NV 89557, (2)U.S. Geol Survey, MS 980, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, (3)Geological Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV 89557, (4)USGS, Denver, CO 80225, (5)Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, MS 172, 1664 N Virginia St, Reno, NV 89557, trexler@unr.edu, trexler@unr.edu
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2:00 PM
THE UPPER EOCENE TO LOWER OLIGOCENE WHITE RIVER SEQUENCE OF THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS AND MIDDLE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
EVANOFF, Emmett, Earth Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Campus Box 100, Greeley, CO 80639, emmett.evanoff@unco.edu, emmett.evanoff@unco.edu
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2:15 PM
THE INFLUENCE OF DISTRIBUTIVE FLUVIAL SYSTEMS ON INTERPRETATIONS OF PALEOCLIMATE ACROSS THE TERRESTRIAL EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY (EOB) OF THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS
TERRY Jr, Dennis O.1, LUKENS, William E.1, WEISSMANN, Gary S.2 and HARTLEY, Adrian J.3, (1)Earth and Environmental Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (3)Geology & Petroleum Geology, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 3UE, United Kingdom, doterry@temple.edu, doterry@temple.edu
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2:30 PM
ARE CRETACEOUS ‘UNDIFFERENTIATED' ALLUVIAL SUCCESSIONS CANDIDATES FOR A COASTAL DISTRIBUTIVE FLUVIAL SYSTEM (DFS) MODEL?
MCNAMARA, Kelsey C., Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 and WEISSMANN, Gary S., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2040, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, kelseymcnamara@yahoo.com, kelseymcnamara@yahoo.com
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