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Session No. 401
Wednesday, 30 October 2013: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Room 505 (Colorado Convention Center)

T187. Tectonics and Paleoenvironments of Western Pangaea—New Perspectives on the Greater Ancestral Rocky Mountains

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

 

Chuck Kluth and Dustin Sweet, Advocates
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1:00 PM
REVISION OF THE PALEOGEOGRAPHY OF THE ANCESTRAL ROCKY MOUNTAINS
KLUTH, Charles F., Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 5378 Hawthorn Trail, Littleton, CO 89125, ckluth@mines.edu
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1:20 PM
LATE PALEOZOIC FUSULINIDS OF SOUTHWESTERN LAURENTIA: DEPOSITIONAL SETTINGS, BIOGEOGRAPHIC AFFINITIES, AND PALEOTECTONIC SIGNIFICANCE
STEVENS, Calvin H., San José State University, San José, CA 95192, POOLE, Forrest G., U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO 80225 and AMAYA-MARTÍNEZ, Ricardo, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, SON, 83000, Mexico, bpoole@usgs.gov
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1:35 PM
STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK AND CONTROLS ON PENNSYLVANNIAN GRANITE WASH PRODUCTION, ANADARKO BASIN, TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
LOCRICCHIO, Edward J., 5152 W. Wagon Trail Rd, Littleton, CO 80123, elocricchio@comcast.net
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1:50 PM
EVIDENCE FOR GREATER ANCESTRAL ROCKY MOUNTAIN FAULT ZONES FROM THE CUERVO BASIN, EASTERN NEW MEXICO
KELLER, Katy1, YODER, Gary1, KLUTH, Charles F.2 and WOOLLEY, Jonathan A.3, (1)Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX 77079, (2)Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 5378 Hawthorn Trail, Littleton, CO 89125, (3)BHP Billiton, 1360 Post Oak Blvd, Houston, TX 77056, ckluth@mines.edu
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2:05 PM
EARLY PENNSYLVANIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF THE TAOS TROUGH, NEW MEXICO
WATTERS, Aaron J. and SWEET, D.E., Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Science Building Rm. 125, Lubbock, TX 79409, aaron.watters@ttu.edu
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2:20 PM
THE MISSISSIPPIAN AND PENNSYLVANIAN ROCKS OF THE DENVER BASIN
TEDESCO, Steven A., Running Foxes Petroleum Inc, 6855 S,. Havana St., Ste 400, Centennial, CO 80112, s.a.tedesco14@runningfoxes.com
 
2:35 PM
Break
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2:50 PM
PATTERNS OF BASIN FILL IN THE UPPER PALEOZOIC OF THE DENVER EMBAYMENT, SOUTHEAST COLORADO, USA
WEBB, John C., Consulting Geologist, Clastic and Carbonate Systems, 1372 Marigold Ct, Lafayette, CO 80026 and RALL, Elizabeth P., Consulting Geologist, Polydactyl Exploration, 450 Shady Croft Dr, Litttleton, CO 80120, johnwebb20@comcast.net
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3:05 PM
ARMO REACTIVATION OF CAMBRIAN OR OLDER STRUCTURES: DETRITAL ZIRCON EVIDENCE FROM "STRUCTURELESS" SANDSTONES OF THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE IN COLORADO SPRINGS
SIDDOWAY, Christine1, SHATFORD, Sally1 and CONTRERAS, Ashley A.2, (1)Department of Geology, Colorado College, 14 East Cache La Poudre, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, (2)Department of Geology, Colorado College, 14 E. Cache La Poudre, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, csiddoway@coloradocollege.edu
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3:20 PM
PROPOSING AN ENTIRELY PENNSYLVANIAN AGE FOR THE FOUNTAIN FORMATION EXPOSED ALONG THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO
SWEET, D.E.1, CARSRUD, Corbin T.2 and WATTERS, Aaron J.1, (1)Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Science Building Rm. 125, Lubbock, TX 79409, (2)Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Science Building Rm. 125, Lubbock, TX 79411, dustin.sweet@ttu.edu
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3:35 PM
CORRELATION OF THE UPPER MINTURN AND LOWER MAROON FORMATIONS FROM MINTURN TO SOUTH PARK, COLORADO: IMPLICATIONS FOR PENNSYLVANIAN FAULT MOVEMENT AND EVAPORITE DEPOSITION ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ANCESTRAL FRONT RANGE
HOUCK, Karen J., Dinosaur Tracks Museum, University of Colorado Denver, Campus Box 172, P. O. Box 173364, Denver, CO 80217-3364, karen.houck@ucdenver.edu
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3:50 PM
THE EAGLE BASIN: A COMPARTMENTALIZED EVAPORITE BASIN AND A HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION FRONTIER
KNIGHT, Connie Dodge, 1800 Washington Avenue, Golden, CO 80401 and BARTLESON, Bruce, Department of Geology (retired), Western State Colorado University, Gunnison, CO 81231, cnknight@comcast.net
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4:05 PM
PROVENANCE OF THE CASTLE VALLEY EOLIANITE, PARADOX BASIN, UTAH: A MIX OF NEARBY AND DISTANT DETRITAL SOURCES
LAWTON, Timothy F., Centro de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Blvd. Juriquilla No. 3001, Querétaro, 76230, Mexico and PARR, Todd R., Apache Corporation, 303 Veterans Airpark Ln, Midland, TX 79705-4561, tlawton@geociencias.unam.mx
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4:20 PM
SEQUENTIAL HISTORY OF SALT STRUCTURES AND RELATED FEATURES IN THE PARADOX BASIN, USA
RASMUSSEN, Donald L., Paradox Basin Data, 1450 Kay Street, Longmont, CO 80501, paradoxdata@comcast.net
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4:35 PM
HOW FAR WEST DOES THE ANCESTRAL ROCKY MOUNTAINS OROGEN EXTEND? TECTONIC ANALYSIS OF THE LATE PALEOZOIC ELY-BIRD SPRING BASIN OF NEVADA AND UTAH
STURMER, Daniel M., TREXLER Jr, James H., CASHMAN, Patricia H. and POULSON, Simon R., Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, MS 172, 1664 N Virginia St, Reno, NV 89557, sturmer.dan@gmail.com
 
4:50 PM
Concluding Remarks
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