T136 Geology in the National Parks: Research, Mapping, and Education II

Monday, 19 October 2009
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
C123

Presentations

• 1:35 PM
  USGS-NPS JOINT EFFORT TO CREATE DIGITAL GEOLOGIC DATA FOR ALASKA NATIONAL PARKS
  Frederic Wilson, U.S. Geological Survey, Anchorage, AK and Nancy Norvell, U.S. Geological Survey, Anchorage, AK and James R. Chappell, Colorado State Univ/National Park Service, Fort Collins, CA
  160806 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:55 PM
  NEW GEOLOGIC MAP AND GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK REGION, VIRGINIA
  Scott Southworth, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Charles N. Naeser, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Nancy Naeser, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Joseph Smoot, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Richard P. Tollo, George Washington University, Washington, DC and John N. Aleinikoff, U.S. Geological Survey Retired, Denver, CO and Christopher Bailey, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA and William C. Burton, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Ernest Crider, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Paul C. Hackley, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Michael J. Kunk, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Roland Mundil, Berkeley Geochronology Ctr, Berkeley, CA
  165233 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:10 PM
  DYNAMIC DIGITAL MAPS: AN OUTREACH TOOL FOR GEOSCIENCE RESEARCH, MAPPING AND EDUCATION IN NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ADMINISTERED LANDS
  Christopher D. Condit, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA and Stephan A. Nathan, Univ. Massachusetts, Amherst, MA and Stephen B. Mabee, Univ. Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
  166833 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:25 PM
  INVERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN NATIONAL PARKS OF ALASKA
  Robert B. Blodgett, Geological Consultant, Anchorage, AK and David M. Rohr, Sul Ross State University, Alpine, TX
  161388 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  CONNECTING NATIONAL PARK SERVICE VISITORS TO PALEONTOLOGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH THE PALEOECOSYSTEMS OF THE CENOZOIC FOSSIL PARKS
  Jason P. Kenworthy, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR and Robert J. Lillie, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
  165031 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  AN INVENTORY OF PALEONTOLOGICAL RESOURCES FROM NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AREAS IN THE SOUTHERN COLORADO PLATEAU
  Justin S. Tweet, National Park Service (through GeoCorps of America), Cottage Grove, MN and Jason P. Kenworthy, National Park Service, Denver, CO and Vincent L. Santucci, McLean, VA
  165308 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  LONG-TERM IN SITU PALEONTOLOGICAL RESOURCE MONITORING STRATEGIES FOR THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
  Vincent L. Santucci, McLean, VA and Jason Kenworthy, National Park ServiceGeologic Resources Division, Denver, CO and Alison L. Mims, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and Curecanti National Recreation Area, Gunnison, CO
  166305 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  TECTONICS OF NORTH AMERICA'S GREATEST MOUNTAIN RANGE: RESULTS OF THE ST. ELIAS EROSION AND TECTONICS PROJECT (STEEP) AND ITS IMPORTANCE TO WRANGELL-ST. ELIAS, KLUANE, AND GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARKS
  Terry Pavlis, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX and Gary Pavlis, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN and Eva Enkelmann, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA and Sean S.P. Gulick, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Peter Koons, University of Maine, Orono, ME and Research Group Steep, U.Utah,U.Wash,U.Alaska,VirgTech,+above, nine institutions, N/A
  164540 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  STRUCTURAL GEOLOGIC FEATURES OF THE LOWER CANYONS, RIO GRANDE WILD AND SCENIC RIVER, TEXAS
  Kevin Urbanczyk, Sul Ross State University, Alpine, TX and Jeffery Bennett, National Park Service, Big Bend National Park, TX and Billie Brauch, National Park Service, Big Bend National Park, TX and Jonathan Dyess, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN and Benjamin Schwartz, Texas State University- San Marcos, San Marcos, TX
  166342 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:15 PM
  VOLCANIC AND MAGMATIC EVOLUTION OF A SMALL TRACHYTIC VENT COMPLEX, NORTH BURRO MESA, BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TEXAS
  Lisa Morgan, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and W.C. Pat Shanks, Denver, CO
  166501 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  REGIONAL JOINT ANALYSIS FOR THE BUFFALO NATIONAL RIVER AREA OF NORTHERN ARKANSAS: IMPLICATIONS FOR TECTONIC HISTORY AND LANDSCAPE INFLUENCE
  Mark Hudson, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Kenzie J. Turner, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO and Charles C. Trexler, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO
  165303 (Technical Sessions)