18 Latest Developments in the Paleozoic of the Great Basin and Rocky Mountains

Wednesday, 8 May 2002
1:00 PM - 5:10 PM

Presentations

• 1:10 PM
  A MIDDLE CAMBRIAN ZONED MICROBIALITE REEF, JANGLE LIMESTONE MEMBER OF THE CARRARA FORMATION, EAGLE MOUNTAIN, CALIFORNIA
  Thomas B. Anderson, Sonoma State Univ, Rohnert Park, CA
  34181 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:25 PM
  HIGH-RESOLUTION CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION WITHIN THE MIDDLE CAMBRIAN WHEELER FORMATION
  E. S. Langenburg, Utah State Univ, Logan, UT and W. D. Liddell, Utah State Univ, Logan, UT and S. T. Nelson, Brigham Young Univ, Provo, UT and C. M. Dehler, Utah State Univ, Logan, UT
  33533 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:40 PM
  CARBONATE DEPOSITIONAL HISTORY REFINED BY GAMMA RADIATION ANALYSIS: MIDDLE TO LOWER UPPER CAMBRIAN HIGHLAND PEAK FORMATION, EASTERN NEVADA
  Robyn A. Howley, Univ of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV and Russell S. Shapiro, Univ of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV and Margaret N. Rees, Univ Nevada - Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
  34247 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:55 PM
  SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF LATE CAMBRIAN CYCLIC CARBONATES AND ASTRONOMICAL FORCING
  Kevin Ray Evans, Southwest Missouri State Univ, Springfield, MO and Ross A. Black, Univ of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
  34036 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 2:10 PM
  USING DENDROLITE MORPHOLOGY TO CORRELATE UPPER CAMBRIAN FORMATIONS IN THE DELAMAR AND SPRING MOUNTAINS, SOUTHERN NEVADA
  Treasure L. Bailley, UNLV, Las Vegas, NV and Russell S. Shapiro, Univ of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
  34253 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 2:25 PM
  DEVELOPMENT OF A SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK FOR THE UPPER NOPAH FORMATION (UPPER CAMBRIAN, EASTERN CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN NEVADA)
  Melissa Hicks, Unviersity of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV and Russell Shapiro, Unviersity of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
  34262 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 2:40 PM
  CARBONATE SPONGE-ALGAL BUILDUPS IN THE FIRST SEQUENCE OF THE FILLMORE FORMATION (LOWERMOST ORDOVICIAN) OF WESTERN UTAH; A KEY TO UNRAVELLING STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCE
  Benjamin F. Dattilo, Weber State Univ, Ogden, UT
  34041 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 2:55 PM
  SEDIMENTOLOGICAL AND STRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF CAMBRIAN AND ORDOVICIAN GALLITAN FORMATION, WYOMING AND MONTANA
  Tice Lauren, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO and Paul Myrow, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO and John Taylor, Indiana Univ of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA and Robert L. Ripperdan, Univ of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Mayaguez, PR and Raymond L. Ethington, Univ of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO
  34297 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 3:15 PM
  DEVONIAN VERTEBRATE CORRELATION IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES
  David K. Elliott, Flagstaff, AZ
  34225 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 3:30 PM
  MICROVERTEBRATE CORRELATION OF LOWER DEVONIAN STRATA, CENTRAL-EASTERN IDAHO: EXTENDING BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC POTENTIAL TO MARGINAL-MARINE PALEOENVIRONMENTS
  Carol M. Dehler, Utah State Univ, Logan, UT and David K. Elliott, Flagstaff, AZ
  34379 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 3:45 PM
  LOWER AND MIDDLE DEVONIAN FISH-BEARING ESTUARINE-TO-BIOSTROMAL MARINE DEPOSITS IN THE LOST RIVER RANGE, IDAHO: AN ILLUSTRATION OF WIDESPREAD REGIONAL STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCES
  Maggie Olson, Utah State Univ, Logan, UT and George Grader, Univ of Idaho, Moscow, ID and Carol M. Dehler, Utah State Univ, Logan, UT
  34666 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 4:00 PM
  MIDDLE TO UPPER DEVONIAN BASIN-TO-SHELF CORRELATIONS ACROSS THE PROTO-ANTLER FOREBULGE, CENTRAL NEVADA
  Charles A. Sandberg, US Geol. Survey, Denver, CO and Jared R. Morrow, Univ. of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO and Forrest G. Poole, US Geol Survey, Denver, CO
  33494 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 4:15 PM
  U-PB ISOTOPIC AGE DATING OF DEVONIAN CONODONTS: A NEW METHOD FOR DATING PALEOZOIC MARINE SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS?
  Maya B. Elrick, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Steve Getty, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO and James R. Ebert, SUNY College at Oneonta, Oneonta, NY and Yemane Asmerom, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
  34070 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 4:30 PM
  DEEP-WATER DEPOSITS OF LATE DEVONIAN ALAMO IMPACT BRECCIA, NORTHERN REVEILLE AND SOUTHERN HOT CREEK RANGES, NEVADA
  Jared R. Morrow, Univ of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO and Charles A. Sandberg, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO and Forrest G. Poole, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO
  33966 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 4:35 PM
  STAGE BY STAGE DEVONIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY IN EAST-CENTRAL IDAHO WITH A FAMENNIAN FOCUS: CHALLENGES FACING REGIONAL STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION
  George Grader, Univ of Idaho, Moscow, ID
  34669 (THEME SESSIONS)