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GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 18
Sunday, 25 September 2016: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Mile High Ballroom 4C (Colorado Convention Center)

T149. Mesozoic Ergs of the Colorado Plateau and Adjacent Areas: Genesis, Paleoenvironments, Paleogeography, Paleontology, and Paleoclimate

SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology); GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; Paleontological Society
Judith Totman Parrish, Stephen M. Rowland, Marjorie A. Chan and Stephen T. Hasiotis, Advocates
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
18-1
8:10 AM
ERG TERMINATION – SEQUENCES AND PROCESSES IN NAVAJO AND PAGE SANDSTONES (JURASSIC) COLORADO PLATEAU (Invited Presentation)
BLAKEY, Ron, Northern Arizona University, Geology, Box 4099, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, rblakey@cpgeosystems.com
18-2
8:25 AM
NO DISSOLUTION FAULTING NEEDED - MESOZOIC FOLD COLLAPSE OF THE CRESTS OF THE PARADOX SALT WALLS
LANGFORD, Richard P., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, GILES, Katherine A., Institute of Tectonic Studies, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968; Institute of Tectonic Studies, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, CLAIRE, Bailey, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas El Paso, 500 W. University Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968, MCFARLAND, Joshua Coleman, PB Exploration, Alaska Inc., Anchorage, AK, HENESS, Elizabeth A., Institute of Tectonic Studies, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968 and ROWAN, Mark G., Rowan Consulting Inc, Boulder, CO 80302, langford@utep.edu
18-3
8:40 AM
DEFORMATION EVENT ANALYSIS IN ANCIENT EOLIANITES: PSEUDO-BEDDING AND OTHER ARTIFACTS OF SOFT-SEDIMENT DEFORMATION IN THE NAVAJO SANDSTONE (Invited Presentation)
BRYANT, Gerald C., Colorado Plateau Field Institute, Dixie State University, 225 S 700 E, St. George, UT 84770, gbryant@dixie.edu
18-4
8:55 AM
UPWARD TERMINATION OF COMPLEX LARGE-SCALE INTERVALS OF SOFT-SEDIMENT DEFORMATION (SSD) IN THE NAVAJO SANDSTONE: DOES EROSIONAL TRUNCATION OCCUR BEFORE OR AFTER DEFORMATION?
OWEN, Geraint1, BRYANT, Gerald Craig2, FORD, Colby A.3 and FICKEN, Kath1, (1)Department of Geography, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA1 6HZ, United Kingdom, (2)Colorado Plateau Field Institute, Dixie State University, 225 S 700 E, St. George, UT 84770, (3)Department of Earth and Biological Sciences, Loma Linda University, 11065 CAMPUS STREET, Loma Linda, CA 92350, g.owen@swansea.ac.uk
Handouts
  • GSA Denver 2016-09 (Geraint Owen, T149, 0855) for upload.pdf (5.1 MB)
    • 18-5
    9:10 AM
    ARCHITECTURE OF AN INTERVAL OF COMPLEX LARGE-SCALE SOFT-SEDIMENT DEFORMATION (SSD) IN THE NAVAJO SANDSTONE NEAR KANAB, UTAH
    HALES, Emma1, BRYANT, Gerald Craig2, OWEN, Geraint3, FORD, Colby A.4 and FICKEN, Kath3, (1)Department of Geography, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, United Kingdom, (2)Colorado Plateau Field Institute, Dixie State University, 225 S 700 E, St. George, UT 84770, (3)Department of Geography, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA1 6HZ, United Kingdom, (4)Department of Earth and Biological Sciences, Loma Linda University, 11065 CAMPUS STREET, Loma Linda, CA 92350, g.owen@swansea.ac.
    18-6
    9:25 AM
    DYNAMIC ERG MARGIN ENVIRONMENTS OF THE JURASSIC NAVAJO SANDSTONE, SOUTHEAST UTAH
    CHAN, Marjorie A., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 115 S 1460 E, Room 383 FASB, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, HASIOTIS, Stephen T., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lindley Hall, rm 120, Lawrence, KS 66045 and PARRISH, Judith Totman, Dept of Geological Sciences, Univ of Idaho, 875 Perimeter Rd, Moscow, ID 83844-3022, marjorie.chan@utah.edu
     
    9:40 AM
    Break
    18-7
    9:55 AM
    VERTEBRATE FAUNA OF THE TRIASSIC-JURASSIC ERG:  INSIGHTS FROM AN EOLIAN LAGERSTATTEN (Invited Presentation)
    ENGELMANN, George F., Department of Geography & Geology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 60th And Dodge St, Omaha, NE 68182, CHURE, Daniel J., Dinosaur National Monument, P.O. Box 128, Jensen, UT 84035, BRITT, Brooks B., Geology, Brigham Young University, S387 ESC, Provo, UT 84602 and SHUMWAY, Jesse Dean Scott, Department of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, S389 ESC, Provo, UT 84601, gengelmann@unomaha.edu
    18-8
    10:10 AM
    TRACE FOSSILS OF THE AZTEC SANDSTONE IN SOUTHERN NEVADA INCLUDING AN UNDESCRIBED MAMMALOID ICHNOTAXON
    ROWLAND, Stephen M. and HAIGHT, Gordon, Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, steve.rowland@unlv.edu
    18-9
    10:25 AM
    DIVERSE ARRAY OF SOFT-SEDIMENT FOSSIL VERTEBRATE TRACKS FROM THE LAKES OF WORLD’S LARGEST GYPSUM DUNE FIELD
    BUSTOS Sr., David, National Park Service, White Sands National Monument, PO Box 1086, Holloman AFB, NM 88330, LOVE, David W., Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, ALLEN, Bruce D., New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, Albuquerque, NM 87106, SANTUCCI, Vincent L., National Park Service, Geologic Resources Division, The Pennsylvania State University, 801 Ford Building (Room 813), University Park, PA 16802 and KNAPP, Jonathan P., National Park Service, White Sands National Monument, 19955 Highway 70 West, Alamogordo, NM 88310, david_bustos@nps.gov
    18-10
    10:40 AM
    ARE CONTINENTAL TREPTICHNUS FEEDING BURROWS?
    GETTY, Patrick R., Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, 354 Mansfield Road U-1045, Storrs, CT 06269 and BUSH, Andrew M., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology & Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, 75 N. Eagleville Road, Unit 3043, Storrs, CT 06269, patrick.getty@uconn.edu
    18-11
    10:55 AM
    PALEOECOLOGY OF THE LOWER JURASSIC NAVAJO ERG MARGIN—MICRO- TO MACROSCOPIC BIOTIC EVIDENCE FOR UNDERSTANDING SURFACES, HYDROLOGY, AND RELATIVE TIME IN AN EOLIAN LANDSCAPE
    HASIOTIS, Stephen T., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lindley Hall, rm 120, Lawrence, KS 66045, CHAN, Marjorie A., Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Utah, 115 S. 1460 E, Rm. 383, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0102 and PARRISH, Judith Totman, Dept of Geological Sciences, Univ of Idaho, 875 Perimeter Rd, Moscow, ID 83844-3022, hasiotis@ku.edu
    18-12
    11:10 AM
    USING TEXTURAL TRENDS TO INTERPRET CROSS-BED DEPOSITIONAL PROCESSES IN THE COCONINO SANDSTONE (PERMIAN), ARIZONA
    MAITHEL, Sarah A.1, BRAND, Leonard R.1 and WHITMORE, John H.2, (1)Department of Earth and Biological Sciences, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350, (2)Department of Science and Mathematics, Cedarville University, 251 N. Main St, Cedarville, OH 45314, smaithel@llu.edu
    18-13
    11:25 AM
    MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF CARBONATE MOUND-LIKE STRUCTURES IN THE JURASSIC NAVAJO SANDSTONE, SOUTHEASTERN UTAH
    PARRISH, Judith Totman, Dept of Geological Sciences, Univ of Idaho, 875 Perimeter Rd, Moscow, ID 83844-3022, HASIOTIS, Stephen T., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lindley Hall, rm 120, Lawrence, KS 66045 and CHAN, Marjorie A., Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 115 South 1460 East, Room 383 FASB, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, jparrish@uidaho.edu
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