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Session No. 385
Wednesday, 30 October 2013: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Mile High Ballroom 2C (Colorado Convention Center)

T33. The Snowmastodon Project: A Multi-Proxy Approach to Understanding the Response of Alpine Ecosystems to Climate Change in the Colorado Rockies

 

Jeffrey S. Pigati, Ian Miller, Kirk Johnson and R. Scott Anderson, Advocates
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1:00 PM
AN UNPRECEDENTED, MULTI-PROXY, HIGH-ELEVATION RECORD OF THE SANGAMON INTERGLACIAL IN THE COLORADO ROCKIES
MILLER, Ian, Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, PIGATI, Jeffrey, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Box 25046, MS-980, Denver, CO 80227, JOHNSON, Kirk, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205 and ANDERSON, R. Scott, Environmental Programs, School of Earth Sciences & Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, ian.miller@dmns.org
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1:15 PM
GEOLOGIC SETTING AND STRATIGRAPHY OF THE ZIEGLER RESERVOIR FOSSIL SITE, SNOWMASS VILLAGE, COLORADO
PIGATI, Jeffrey, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Box 25046, MS-980, Denver, CO 80227, MILLER, Ian M., Dept. of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, CO 80205, JOHNSON, Kirk, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, HONKE, Jeffrey, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, CARRARA, Paul, U.S. Geological Survey, Mail Stop 980, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, MUHS, Daniel R., U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO 80225, SKIPP, Gary, U.S. Geological Survey, MS 980, Box 25046, Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225 and BRYANT, Bruce, U.S. Geol Survey, Mail Stop 980, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, jpigati@usgs.gov
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1:30 PM
AN OSL GEOCHRONOLOGIC FRAMEWORK FOR THE ZIEGLER RESERVOIR FOSSIL SITE, SNOWMASS VILLAGE, COLORADO
MAHAN, Shannon A., U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, GRAY, Harrison, U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046 MS 974, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, PIGATI, Jeffrey S., U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Box 25046, MS-980, Denver, CO 80225 and BLAUW, Maarten, School of Geography, Queen's University, Arcehology and Palaeoecology, Belfast, BT7 1NN, Ireland, smahan@usgs.gov
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1:45 PM
TAPHONOMY OF MEGAFAUNAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM CLASTIC, WEDGE-SHAPED, LAKE MARGIN DEPOSITS AT THE SNOWMASS SITE, PITKIN COUNTY COLORADO
GRAHAM, Russell W., Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 116 Deike, University Park, PA 16802, rgraham@ems.psu.edu
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2:00 PM
PALEOBIOLOGY OF SNOWMASS PROBOSCIDEANS (PLEISTOCENE, COLORADO)
FISHER, Daniel C.1, CHERNEY, Michael D.1, ROUNTREY, Adam N.2 and CALAMARI, Zachary T.3, (1)Museum of Paleontology and Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079, (2)Centre for Marine Futures, Oceans Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, 6907, Australia, (3)Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079, dcfisher@umich.edu
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2:20 PM
FOSSIL DEER (CERVIDAE) FROM THE PLEISTOCENE SNOWMASTODON SITE, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO WITH COMMENTS ON NORTH AMERICAN TAXA
STUCKY, Richard K., Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, CO 80205 and GRAHAM, Russell W., Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 116 Deike, University Park, PA 16802, rstucky@dmns.org
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2:35 PM
FOSSILS UNDER THE GUN CONDUCTING LARGE-SCALE PALEONTOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS WITHIN RESTRICTED TIMEFRAMES
SCOTT, Eric, San Bernardino County Museum, 2024 Orange Tree Lane, Redlands, CA 92374 and SPRINGER, Kathleen B., Division of Geological Sciences, San Bernardino County Museum, 2024 Orange Tree Lane, Redlands, CA 92374, escott@sbcm.sbcounty.gov
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2:55 PM
REVIEW OF THE TIMING, EXTENT, AND CLIMATIC SIGNIFICANCE OF WESTERN U.S. MOUNTAIN GLACIATION DURING THE PENULTIMATE (MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE 6) GLACIAL MAXIMUM
LICCIARDI, Joseph M., Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, LAABS, Benjamin J.C., Department of Geological Sciences, SUNY-Geneseo, 1 College Circle, Geneseo, NY 14454, PIERCE, Kenneth L., U. S. Geological Survey, NRMSC, 2327 University Way, Box 2, Bozeman, MT 59715, MUNROE, Jeffrey S., Geology Department, Middlebury College, 276 Bicentennial Way, Middlebury, VT 05753 and LEONARD, Eric M., Department of Geology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, joe.licciardi@unh.edu
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3:15 PM
HIGH-ELEVATION PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE DURING MIS 4 - 6 IN COLORADO'S CENTRAL ROCKIES, AS DETERMINED FROM POLLEN AND CHARCOAL ANALYSES
ANDERSON, R. Scott, Environmental Programs, School of Earth Sciences & Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, JIMÉNEZ-MORENO, Gonzalo, Departamento de Estratigrafía y Paleontología, Universidad de Granada, Granada, 18002, AGER, Thomas, U.S. Geological Survey (Emeritus), Denver Federal Center, Box 25046, MS-980, Denver, CO 80225, PORINCHU, David, Department of Geography, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, BELANGER, Monique, Environmental Science & Policy, School of Earth Sciences & Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011 and BARTLEIN, Patrick J., Department of Geography, University of Oregon, 107 Condon Hall, Eugene, OR 97403-1251, Scott.Anderson@NAU.EDU
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3:30 PM
BIOGEOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF LATE PLEISTOCENE CONIFERS IN SNOWMASS VILLAGE, COLORADO
MILLER, Dane, Botany, University of Wyoming, 1000 East University Ave, Laramie, WY 82072, JACKSON, Stephen, Southwest Climate Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20240 and MILLER, Ian, Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, dmille65@uwyo.edu
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3:45 PM
A QUANTITATIVE MIDGE-BASED RECONSTRUCTION OF THERMAL CONDITIONS IN CENTRAL COLORADO DURING MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE 5
HASKETT, Danielle R., Geography, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 and PORINCHU, David, Department of Geography, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, dhaskett@uga.edu
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4:00 PM
A HIGH-ELEVATION MIS 5 HYDROLOGIC RECORD USING MOLLUSKS AND OSTRACODES FROM SNOWMASS VILLAGE, COLORADO, USA
BRIGHT, Jordon, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 E. 4th St, Tucson, AZ 86011 and SHARPE, Saxon E., Desert Rsch Institute, 2215 Raggio Pkwy, Reno, NV 89512-1095, jbright1@email.arizona.edu
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4:15 PM
LIFE HISTORY DYNAMICS OF THE TIGER SALAMANDER, AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM, IN RESPONSE TO LATE-PLEISTOCENE CLIMATE
ZHANG, Zixiang, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 371 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305 and HADLY, Elizabeth A., Department of Biology, Stanford University, 371 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, zixiangz@stanford.edu
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4:30 PM
LAST INTERGLACIAL PLANT MACROFOSSILS AND CLIMATES FROM ZIEGLER RESERVOIR, SNOWMASS VILLAGE, COLORADO
STRICKLAND, Laura E.1, BAKER, Richard G.2, THOMPSON, Robert S.1 and MILLER, Dane3, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Geoscience and Environmental Change Science Center, Box 25046, MS 980, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, (2)Department of Geoscience, Univ of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, (3)Botany, University of Wyoming, 1000 East University Ave, Laramie, WY 82072, lstrickland@usgs.gov
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