Rocky Mountain Section - 67th Annual Meeting (21-23 May)

Session No. 16
Saturday, 23 May 2015: 8:00 AM-10:55 AM
South Ballroom (Best Western Ramkota Hotel)

The Continental Triassic: Sedimentary and Paleobiologic Records throughout the Rocky Mountain Region

 

David M. Lovelace, Michelle R. Stocker and Scott Hartman, Conveners
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:10 AM
THE “HIDDEN” BIODIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY OF EARLY TRIASSIC ORGANISMS REVEALED BY TRACE FOSSILS FROM THE MOENKOPI FORMATION OF CENTRAL UTAH
THOMSON, Tracy J., Department of Earth and Physical Sciences, University of California, Davis, 2119 Earth and Physical Sciences Building, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, tjthomson@ucdavis.edu, tjthomson@ucdavis.edu
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8:30 AM
PALEONTOLOGY, PALEOECOLOGY, AND STRATIGRAPHY OF THE MIDDLE PORTION OF THE CHUGWATER GROUP, CENTRAL WYOMING
LOVELACE, David M., Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2363 N. 65th, Wauwatosa, WI 53213 and STOCKER, Michelle R., Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24060, dlovelace@wisc.edu, dlovelace@wisc.edu
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8:50 AM
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS OF EARLY DIAGENETIC SIDERITE IN THE SHINARUMP MEMBER OF THE CHINLE FORMATION, CHOCOLATE CLIFFS, UTAH AND ARIZONA
LOOPE, David B. and KETTLER, Richard M., Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, dloope1@unl.edu, dloope1@unl.edu
 
9:10 AM
Break
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9:30 AM
PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF PALYNOLOGICAL STUDIES OF THE CHUGWATER GROUP (TRIASSIC), WYOMING
HABIB, Margaret M., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI 53706, KIM, Soo Hyun, Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin Madison, 430, Madison, WI 53706, LOVELACE, David M., Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2363 N. 65th, Wauwatosa, WI 53213 and HOTCHKISS, Sara C., Botany Department, University of Wisconsin, 430 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI 53706, mhabib@wisc.edu, mhabib@wisc.edu
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9:50 AM
STRATIGRAPHIC AND CHRONOLOGIC RELATIONSHIPS OF THE POPO AGIE FORMATION, UPPER CHUGWATER GROUP
HARTMAN, Scott1, LOVELACE, David M.1 and STOCKER, Michelle R.2, (1)Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2363 N. 65th, Wauwatosa, WI 53213, (2)Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24060, dlovelace@wisc.edu, dlovelace@wisc.edu
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10:10 AM
UPPER TRIASSIC STRATA OF THE SOUTHERN UINTA MOUNTAINS, NORTHEASTERN UTAH: A LINK BETWEEN SEDIMENTARY RECORDS OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU AND WYOMING
IRMIS, Randall B.1, CHURE, Daniel J.2, ENGELMANN, George F.3, LINDSTRÖM, Sofie4 and WIERSMA, Jelle P.1, (1)Natural History Museum of Utah and Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Utah, 301 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108-1214, (2)Dinosaur National Monument, National Park Service, Box 128, Jensen, UT 84035, (3)Department of Geography & Geology, University of Nebraska - Omaha, 60th And Dodge St, Omaha, NE 68182, (4)Stratigraphy Department, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Øster Voldgade 10, Copenhagen, DK-1350, Denmark, irmis@umnh.utah.edu, irmis@umnh.utah.edu
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10:30 AM
MAPPING THE UPPER TRIASSIC BELL SPRINGS FORMATION ALONG THE SOUTH FLANK OF THE UINTA MOUNTAINS, UTAH
KOWALLIS, Bart J.1, MAY, Skyler B.1, SPRINKEL, Douglas A.2, JENSEN, Paul H.1, MORRIS, Thomas H.1 and BRITT, Brooks B.1, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, (2)Utah Geological Survey, 1594 W. North Temple, Suite 3110, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, bkowallis@byu.edu, bkowallis@byu.edu
 
10:50 AM
Concluding Remarks
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