Rocky Mountain (66th Annual) and Cordilleran (110th Annual) Joint Meeting (19–21 May 2014)

Session No. 14
Tuesday, 20 May 2014: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Procrastinator Theater (Montana State University)

T12. Mesozoic Paleogeography of the North American Cordillera

 

Joshua W. Bonde, Sean P. Long and James G. Schmitt, Advocates
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8:00 AM
TRIASSIC–JURASSIC STRATA OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS REGION AND ASSOCIATED PALYNOFLORA
DANGLES, Lauren N.1, MYROW, Paul M.2, CHEN, Jitao3, BAGHAI-RIDING, Nina L.4, HOTTON, Carol L.5, SCHUMACHER, Bruce A.6 and HAGER, Alex1, (1)Geology, Colorado College, 14 E. Cache La Poudre, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, (2)Department of Geology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, (3)Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, China, (4)Biological and Environmental Sciences, Delta State Univ, PO Box 3262 DSU, Cleveland, MS 38733, (5)Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013, (6)USDA Forest Service, 1420 E. 3rd Street, La Junta, CO 81050, lauren.dangles@coloradocollege.edu, lauren.dangles@coloradocollege.edu
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8:20 AM
GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EARLY JURASSIC LIGHTS CREEK AND MCKENZIE MEADOWS STOCKS, TAYLORSVILLE, CALIFORNIA; EVIDENCE OF SUBDUCTION-RELATED, CORDILLERAN ARC ACTIVITY IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA
CHRISTE, Geoff, Department of Environmental Quality, 629 East Main Street, 5th Floor, Richmond, VA 23219 and DILLES, John H., College of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, CEOAS Admin 104, Corvallis, OR 97331-5503, geoff.christe@deq.virginia.gov, geoff.christe@deq.virginia.gov
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8:40 AM
DETRITAL ZIRCON INVESTIGATION OF SEDIMENTARY LINKAGES BETWEEN MESOZOIC SEDIMENTS OF THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIAN CORDILLERA AND SOUTHWESTERN LAURENTIA
CLEMENS-KNOTT, Diane, Department of Geological Sciences, California State University, Fullerton, CA 92834, dclemensknott@fullerton.edu, dclemensknott@fullerton.edu
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9:00 AM
PALEOGEOGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS OF SHALLOW MARINE TO SUBAERIAL, LOWER CRETACEOUS ROCKS IN THE EASTERN MESOZOIC BELT OF NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA NEAR TAYLORSVILLE
CHRISTE, Geoff, Department of Environmental Quality, 629 East Main Street, 5th Floor, Richmond, VA 23219, geoff.christe@deq.virginia.gov, geoff.christe@deq.virginia.gov
 
9:20 AM
Break
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9:40 AM
THE OCHOCO BASIN, CENTRAL OREGON: ANOTHER PIECE OF THE LATE CRETACEOUS CORDILLERAN FOREARC SYSTEM
SURPLESS, Kathleen DeGraaff, Geosciences, Trinity University, One Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212, ksurples@trinity.edu, ksurples@trinity.edu
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10:00 AM
THE ROBISON BONEBED: A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE MOST DIVERSE VERTEBRATE FOSSIL SITE KNOWN FROM THE MID-CRETACEOUS WAYAN FORMATION OF IDAHO
KRUMENACKER, L.J., Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59715, VARRICCHIO, David J., Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, WILSON, Gregory P., Department of Biology, University of Washington, 24 Kincaid Hall, Box 351800, Seattle, WA 98195-1800 and ROBISON, Steve, USDA Forest Service, Caribou/Targhee National Forest, 1405 Hollipark Dr, Idaho Falls, ID 83401, ljkrumenacker@gmail.com, ljkrumenacker@gmail.com
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10:20 AM
HIERARCHICAL SEDIMENTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF FLUVIAL SEDIMENTARY PATTERNS IN THE UPPER CRETACEOUS BILLMAN CREEK FORMATION, LIVINGSTON, MT
ATWOOD, Nicholas J., CORBIN, Nathan A., HILLIER, Ryan A., THOMAS, Lauren and QUEIROLO, Rosalba, Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University-Bozeman, 226 Traphagen Hall, Bozeman, MT 59717, nicholas.atwood@msu.montana.edu, nicholas.atwood@msu.montana.edu
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10:40 AM
PALEOGEOGRAPHY AND UPLIFT HISTORY OF THE SEVIER RETROARC HINTERLAND: WHAT SAY THE CRITTERS?
BONDE, Joshua W., Geoscience Department, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 89154, DRUSCHKE, Peter A., Exploration, ExxonMobil, Houston, TX 77002 and HILTON, Richard P., Earth Science, Sierra College, 5000 Rocklin Road, Rocklin, CA 95677, joshua.bonde@unlv.edu, joshua.bonde@unlv.edu
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11:00 AM
A REFINED MODEL FOR TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE SEVIER AND LARAMIDE BELTS
YONKEE, Adolph, Department of Geosciences, Weber State University, 2507 University Circle, Ogden, UT 84408, WEIL, Arlo Brandon, Department of Geology, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 and WELLS, Michael L., Dept. of Geoscience, Univ of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 South Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, ayonkee@weber.edu, ayonkee@weber.edu
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