17 Geological Studies in National Parks and Monuments of the Rocky Mountains Region

Wednesday, 13 May 2009
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Presentations

• 8:05 AM
  ON THE STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE PLEISTOCENE GLACIAL CLIMATE CYCLE AND STRATH TERRACES/LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION WITHIN THE FREMONT RIVER GORGE, CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK
  Thomas H. Morris, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT and William F. Christensen, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
  157803 (Theme Sessions)
• 8:25 AM
  INTERDUNE FACIES OF THE LOWER JURASSIC GLEN CANYON GROUP SANDSTONE AND THEIR PALEONTOLOGIC POTENTIAL IN AND AROUND DINOSAUR NATIONAL MONUMENT, NORTHEASTERN UTAH
  Daniel J. Chure, National Park Service, Jensen, UT and George F. Engelmann, University of Nebraska - Omaha, Omaha, NE and Brooks B. Britt, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT and Rod Scheetz, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
  157898 (Theme Sessions)
• 8:45 AM
  SPECTACULAR AND WONDROUS GEOLOGIC SIGHTS FROM DEAD HORSE POINT STATE PARK, UTAH
  Thomas C. Chidsey, Utah Geological Survey, Salt Lake City, UT and Hellmut H. Doelling, Utah Geological Survey, Salt Lake City, UT
  157902 (Theme Sessions)
• 9:25 AM
  CAPITOL REEF FIELD STATION: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
  Daniel A. Stephen, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT and Catherine L. Stephen, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT and Renee Van Buren, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT and Hau Truong, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT
  157965 (Theme Sessions)
• 9:45 AM
  NATIONAL PARK SERVICE GEOLOGIC RESOURCE INVENTORY: GEOLOGY Isn'T JUST FOR SCENERY ANYMORE
  Timothy B. Connors, National Park Service, Denver, CO
  157975 (Theme Sessions)
• 10:05 AM
  USING NIGHT-TIME, THERMAL INFRARED IMAGERY TO REMOTELY MONITOR THE HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM AT HOT SPRING BASIN, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
  Cheryl Jaworowski, Building 27, Yellowstone National Park, WY and Henry Heasler, Yellowstone Center for Natural Resources, Mammoth Hot Springs, WY and Christopher Neale, Utah State University, Logan, UT and Bayani Cardenas, University of Texas Austin, Austin, TX and Saravanan Sivarajan, Utah State University, Logan, UT
  157990 (Theme Sessions)
• 10:25 AM
  DRAINAGE DISRUPTION BY BASALTIC LAVA FIELDS ALONG THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN HOTSPOT TRACK: DETRITAL ZIRCON EVIDENCE FROM DRILLCORE CONSTRAINS THE COURSE OF THE PLIOCENE BIG LOST RIVER
  Mary K. V. Hodges, Idaho Falls, ID and Paul Karl Link, Idaho State Univ, Pocatello, ID and C. Fanning, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
  157928 (Theme Sessions)