Rocky Mountain Section - 75th Annual Meeting - 2025

Session No. 21
Tuesday, 20 May 2025: 8:00 AM-9:45 AM
Cascade E (Utah Valley Convention Center)

T1. The Upper Cretaceous Mancos Group on the Colorado Plateau

Utah Geological Survey

 

James I. Kirkland, Michael King and Joshua Lively, Advocates
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Start Time
8:00 AM
TYPE SECTION OF THE MANCOS SHALE REVISITED, MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK, COLORADO
LECKIE, R. Mark, Department of Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 627 N Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01003-9298, KIRKLAND, James I., Utah Geological Survey, PO Box 146100, Salt Lake City, UT 84114 and NELSON, Walter W., Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401
8:15 AM
RAISING THE MANCOS SHALE TO A GROUP: JUSTIFICATIONS AND METHODOLOGIES
KIRKLAND, James I., Utah Geological Survey, PO Box 146100, Salt Lake City, UT 84114, KING, Michael, Western Colorado University, 1 Western Way, Gunnison, CO 81231, LIVELY, Joshua, Prehistoric Museum, Utah State University Eastern, 155 E Main St, Price, UT 84501-3033, BYLUND, Kevin, 140 South 700 East, Spanish Fork, UT 84660 and KIRBY, Stefan, Utah Geological Survey, 1594 West North Temple, Suite 3110, Salt Lake City, UT 84116
8:30 AM
WHICH SIDE OF WOODSIDE: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC CONFUSION AND POTENTIAL RESOLUTION
KING, Michael, Natural and Environmental Sciences, Western Colorado University, 1 Western Way, Gunnison, CO 81230, KIRKLAND, James I., Utah Geological Survey, PO Box 146100, Salt Lake City, UT 84114, LIVELY, Joshua, Prehistoric Museum, Utah State University Eastern, 155 E Main St, Price, UT 84501-3033 and BYLUND, Kevin, Independent Researcher, 140 South 700 East, Spanish Fork, UT 84660
8:45 AM
SUBDIVISION OF MANCOS SHALE FOR GEOLOGIC MAPPING IN WESTERN COLORADO
NOE, David C., OMI, Inc., 5151 Research Drive NW, Suite A, Huntsville, AL 35805
9:00 AM
MAPPING MEMBERS OF THE MANCOS SHALE IN COLORADO
WHITE, Jonathan, Colorado Geological Survey, Colorado School of Mines, 1801 Moly Road, Golden, CO 80401 and MORGAN, Matthew, Colorado Geological Survey, Colorado School of Mines, 1801 19th St, Golden, CO 80401
9:15 AM
ORGANIC MATTER PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION DURING T-R CYCLES OF THE SMOKY HILL MBR. (MIDDLE CONIACIAN-MIDDLE SANTONIAN), MANCOS SHALE, CRETACEOUS WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY
SALACUP, Jeff1, LECKIE, R. Mark2, KIRKLAND, James I.3 and PETSCH, Steven2, (1)Department of Earth, Geographic, & Climate Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 627 N Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01003, (2)Department of Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 627 N Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01003-9298, (3)Utah Geological Survey, PO Box 146100, Salt Lake City, UT 84114
9:30 AM
PALEOGEOGRAPHIC EVOLUTION OF THE WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY OF NORTH AMERICA: QUANTIFYING GEOGRAPHIC CHANGES FROM THE CONIACIAN TO MAASTRICHTIAN
SLATTERY, Joshua1, MINOR, Keith2, LANDMAN, Neil3, COCHRAN, J. Kirk4, HASTINGS, Mitchell5, SANDNESS, Ashley L.6 and TENNEY, Zachary1, (1)Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Ave., Laramie, WY 82071, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712, (3)Division of Paleontology (Invertebrates), American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024-5192, (4)Larson Paleontology Unlimited, Hill City, SD 57745, (5)RIZZO International, Inc., 500 Penn Center Blvd., Suite 100, Pittsburgh, PA 15235, (6)Cheyenne, WY 82001
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