Session No. 396
Wednesday, 30 October 2013: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Room 603 (Colorado Convention Center)

T148. The Colorado Scientific Society & 150 Years of Geologic Research in Colorado: Development of Geological Concepts and Studies in Colorado Geology

GSA History and Philosophy of Geology Division; Colorado Scientific Society; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division

 

Lisa Rae Fisher and Libby Prueher, Advocates
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1:00 PM
Welcome and Introduction to the Colorado Scientific Society. Matthew Sares, CSS President, Colorado Geological Survey
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1:15 PM
MAPPING THE OHIO CREEK CONGLOMERATE AT THE K-T BOUNDARY IN NORTHWEST COLORADO NEAR MEEKER, COLORADO
WHITE, Jonathan L., Colorado Geological Survey, The Moly Building, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, jwhite@mines.edu
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1:30 PM
COLORADO’S LYKINS FORMATION: AN OVERLOOKED SUCCESSION OF CRINKLED LIMESTONE, MINIATURE MOLLUSCS, AND PERMIAN-TRIASSIC MASS EXTINCTION
HAGADORN, James W. and WHITELEY, Karen R., Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, jwhagadorn@dmns.org
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1:45 PM
VOLCANIC ROCK GEOCHEMISTRY AND THE VOLCANO-PLUTON CONNECTION AT THE NEVER SUMMER IGNEOUS COMPLEX, NORTH-CENTRAL COLORADO
JACOB, Kristin H., Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Campus Box 399, Boulder, CO 80309, FARMER, G. Lang, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 and COSCA, Michael A., USGS, Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225-0046, halbergk@cs.com
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2:00 PM
PROVENANCE OF VOLCANIC ASH AT FLORISSANT FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT
PRUEHER, Libby, Academics-science, Ecotech Institute, Lakewood, CO 80226, lprueher@umich.edu
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2:15 PM
TRAVELLING THROUGH TIME TO UNDERSTAND COLORADO'S THERMAL SPRINGS
MORGAN, Paul, Colorado Geological Survey, 1095 Rosemary St, Denver, CO 80230-7090 and SIMMONS, Beth, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Metropolitan State College of Denver, 1420 S. Reed St, Lakewood, CO 80232, morgan@mines.edu
 
2:30 PM
Special Presentation: Geologic Mapping Efforts in Colorado with an Emphasis on the STATEMAP Program, Peter Barkman and David Noe, Colorado Geological Survey
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2:45 PM
WHITHER THE RIO GRANDE RIFT?
MATTHEWS III, Vincent, Leadville Geology LLC, Leadville, CO 80461, leadvillegeology@gmail.com
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3:00 PM
AN OVERVIEW OF THE VARIETY OF STRUCTURAL INTERPRETATIONS PROPOSED FOR THE EASTERN FLANK OF THE COLORADO FRONT RANGE
STERNE, Edward J., Sterne Exploration, LLC, 1981 W. Briarwood Ave, Littleton, CO 80120, nedsterne@aol.com
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3:15 PM
COLORADO’S ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN 4D THRUST TECTONICS  
ERSLEV, Eric A., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Ave, Dept. 3006, Laramie, WY 82071, erslev@warnercnr.colostate.edu
 
3:45 PM
150 Years: Concluding Remarks, Libby Prueher, CSS Past Secretary, and Lisa Fisher, CSS Past President
 
4:00 PM
Colorado Scientific Society Members Forum: See Announcement in CSS Newsletter. Non-Members are Very Welcome!!
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