GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 303
Wednesday, 25 October 2017: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 611 (Washington State Convention Center)

T48. The Timing and Causes of Jurassic–Cretaceous Biological, Climatic, and Tectonic Transitions in North America

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; Paleontological Research Institution
Brady Z. Foreman and Michael D. D'Emic, Advocates
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:15 AM
CARBON ISOTOPE CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE TERRIGENOUS HENSEL FORMATION, CENTRAL TEXAS
SUAREZ, Marina B.1, KNIGHT II, John A.1, MALIK, Aisha1 and REINHARD, Hannah2, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249, (2)Northwest Vista College, San Antonio, TX 78249, marina.suarez@utsa.edu
8:30 AM
DIAGENESIS OF VERTEBRATE SKELETAL REMAINS OF THE CRETACEOUS KAIPAROWITS FORMATION AND THEIR USE AS PALEOHYDROLOGIC PROXIES: A COMPLEX HYDROLOGIC SETTING
YAMAMURA, Daigo, Department of Geoscience, University of Arkansas, 216 Ozark Hall, Fayetteville, AR 72701 and SUAREZ, Celina, Geosciences, University of Arkansas, 216 Ozark Hall, Fayetteville, AR 72701, dyamamur@uark.edu
8:45 AM
A δ13CORG STACK AND CLAY MINERALOGICAL PROXY RECORD OF CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH THE LATE JURASSIC–EARLY CRETACEOUS OF NORTH-WESTERN EUROPE: AN INTEGRATED INTER-REGIONAL CORRELATION
TURNER, Holly E., School of Earth and Enviornmental Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Burnaby Building, Burnaby Road, Portsmouth, PO1 3QL, United Kingdom, GALE, Andrew S., School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Burnaby Building, Burnaby Road, Portsmouth, DC PO1 3QL, United Kingdom, GRADSTEIN, Felix M., Geology Museum, University of Oslo, Sarsgate 1, Oslo, N0318, Norway and BATENBURG, Sietske J., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3AN, United Kingdom, holly.turner@port.ac.uk
9:00 AM
USING OXYGEN, CARBON AND STRONTIUM ISOTOPE RATIOS OF TOOTH ENAMEL FROM DINOSAURS TO INFER PATTERNS OF MOVEMENT OVER THE LATE JURASSIC LANDSCAPE OF CO, UT AND WY
BRONZO, Kayla Marie, Department of Geology, Colorado College, 14 E. Cache La Poudre, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, FRICKE, Henry, Department of Geology, Colorado College, 14 East Cache La Poudre St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, HOERNER, Marie Elizebeth, Red Rocks Community College, Lakewood, CO 80228, FOSTER, John R., Museum of Moab, 118 East Center Street, Moab, UT 84532 and LUNDSTROM, Craig, Department of Geology, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, 245 Natural History Bldg, 1301 W. Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801, kayla.bronzo@coloradocollege.edu
9:15 AM
THE VERTEBRATE FAUNA FROM THE LOWER CRETACEOUS HOLLY CREEK FORMATION. THE FIRST MULTI-TAXA VERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGE FROM THE MESOZOIC OF ARKANSAS, USA
SUAREZ, Celina1, FREDERICKSON, Joseph2, CIFELLI, Richard L.3, NYDAM, Randall L.4, PITTMANN, Jeff5, MORGAN, Kirsty1, FRUCCI, Mason N.1 and HUNT-FOSTER, ReBecca6, (1)Geosciences, University of Arkansas, 216 Ozark Hall, Fayetteville, AR 72701, (2)Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73071, (3)Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua Drive, Norman, OK 73072, (4)Anatomy, Midwestern University, 19555 N. 59th Ave, Glendale, AZ 85308, (5)Ouachita Mountains Biological Station, 281 Polk Rd 615, Mena, AR 71953, (6)Canyon Country District Office, Bureau of Land Management, 82 East Dogwood, Moab, UT 84532, casuarez@uark.edu
9:30 AM
FOSSIL LEAVES REVEAL THE DIVERSIFICATION AND SPREAD OF FLOWERING PLANTS IN THE CLOVERLY FORMATION (CRETACEOUS, WESTERN INTERIOR, USA) (Invited Presentation)
JUD, Nathan A., School of Integrative Plant Science, Plant Biology Section, Cornell University, L.H. Bailey Hortorium, Ithaca, NY 14853, nathan.jud@cornell.edu
 
9:50 AM
Break
10:05 AM
COMPARISON OF U-PB DETRITAL ZIRCON PROVENANCE BETWEEN UPPER JURASSIC MORRISON FORMATION AND LOWER CRETACEOUS CLOVERLY FORMATION (BIGHORN BASIN, NORTHWEST WYOMING, USA)
FOREMAN, Brady Z., Geology, Western Washington University, 516 High St, Bellingham, WA 98225, D'EMIC, Michael D., Department of Biology, Adelphi University, 1 South Ave, Science Building 103, Garden City, NY 11530, MALONE, David H., Geography-Geology, Illinois State University, Campus Box 4400, Normal, IL 61790-4400 and CRADDOCK, John P., Geology, Macalester College, 1600 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105, brady.foreman@wwu.edu
10:20 AM
DETRITAL ZIRCON MICROTEXTURES AND U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY OF UPPER JURASSIC TO PALEOCENE STRATA IN THE DISTAL NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA FORELAND BASIN
FINZEL, Emily S., Earth & Environmental Science Department, University of Iowa, Trowbridge Hall, North Capitol Street, Iowa City, IA 52242, emily-finzel@uiowa.edu
10:35 AM
EARLY CRETACEOUS FLUVIAL SYSTEMS WITHIN THE SEVIER FORELAND BASIN, WYOMING, AND THE EFFECTS OF TECTONISM ON DEPOSITION
ZALEHA, Michael J., Department of Geology, Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH 45501-0720, mzaleha@wittenberg.edu
10:50 AM
URANIUM-LEAD AGES OF CRETACEOUS (ALBIAN-CENOMANIAN) STRATA FROM THE ROSE CREEK ESCARPMENT OF THE CRATONIC MARGIN OF THE WESTERN INTERIOR BASIN
LUDVIGSON, Greg1, MÖLLER, Andreas2, JOECKEL, Robert3, BLUM, Mike D.2 and MCLEAN, Noah4, (1)Kansas Geological Survey, The University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047-3726, (2)Department of Geology, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, (3)School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583, (4)Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, gludvigson@kgs.ku.edu
11:05 AM
REVISED AGE OF THE CLOVERLY FORMATION (CRETACEOUS, WESTERN INTERIOR, USA)
D'EMIC, Michael D., Department of Biology, Adelphi University, 1 South Ave, Science Building 103, Garden City, NY 11530, FOREMAN, Brady Z., Geology, Western Washington University, 516 High St, Bellingham, WA 98225, JUD, Nathan A., School of Integrative Plant Science, Plant Biology Section, Cornell University, L.H. Bailey Hortorium, Ithaca, NY 14853, BRITT, Brooks B., Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, S-389 ESC, Provo, UT 84602, CROWLEY, James, Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725 and SCHMITZ, Mark, Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725, mdemic@adelphi.edu
 
11:20 AM
Concluding Remarks
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