T263 Geology in the National Parks: Research, Mapping, and Resource Management

Wednesday, 7 November 2012
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
209AB

Presentations

• 1:45 PM
  DETERMINING TOPOGRAPHY CHANGE OVER 50 YEARS IN TWO ALASKAN NATIONAL PARKS USING REMOTE SENSING
  Denny Capps, National Park Service, Denali National Park, AK and Regan Sarwas, National Park Service Alaska Regional Office, Anchorage, AK
  210528 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  RETRACING U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIST STEPHEN R. CAPPS' 1916 AND 1919 EXPLORATIONS IN DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, ALASKA
  Ronald D. Karpilo, Colorado State University/National Park Service, Fort Collins, CO and Lacy N. Karpilo, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK and Deanna C. Greco, National Park Service, Grand Canyon, AZ and Jane K. Bryant, Denali Park, AK and Robert A. Burrows, Denali Park, AK and David S. Tomeo, Murie Science and Learning Center, Denali Park, AK
  212116 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:20 PM
  A 1:100,000-SCALE MAP OF SURFICIAL DEPOSITS IN GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, SOUTHEAST ALASKA
  Richard A. Becker, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI and Gregory P. Streveler, Icy Strait Environmental Consulting, Gustavus, AK and David M. Mickelson, UW-Madison, Madison, WI
  206328 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:35 PM
  MESOPROTEROZOIC TO LATE PALEOZOIC GEOLOGY ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY FROM JAMES RIVER TO BEARWALLOW GAP, CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  Mark W. Carter, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and John N. Aleinikoff, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Scott Southworth, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
  207314 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:10 PM
  GEOLOGY FIELD CAMP IN SOUTHERN UTAH'S NATIONAL PARKS
  John S. MacLean, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT
  205823 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:40 PM
  STRATIGRAPHIC REVISION OF THE NEOGENE ROCKS OF THE ISLAND OF SAIPAN, COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
  David J. Weary, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Jean M. Self-Trail, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and William Burton, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, Reston, VA
  211104 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:55 PM
  INVESTIGATING VADOSE-ZONE HYDROLOGY AND AQUEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY IN ALPINE KARST AQUIFERS AT TIMPANOGOS CAVE NATIONAL MONUMENT, UTAH
  Chelsie R. Dugan, Ball State University, Muncie, IN and Lee J. Florea, Ball State University, Muncie, IN and Cami Mckinney, National Park Service, American Fork, UT
  212858 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:10 PM
  AN INVENTORY OF PROTECTED VOLCANIC PROPERTIES MANAGED BY THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
  Laura C. Walkup, Mount Rainier National Park, Ashford, WA and Vincent L. Santucci, Geologic Resources Division, University Park, PA and Jim F. Wood, Geologic Resources Division, Denver, CO and Timothy B. Connors, National Park Service, Denver, CO and Tom Casadevall, Denver, CO
  212553 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:25 PM
  INITIAL RESULTS OF A PALEONTOLOGICAL INVENTORY AT GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK, NEVADA
  Gorden L. Bell, National Park Service, Baker, NV and Linda L. Lassiter, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ and Spencer T. Holmes, California State University - Chico, Chico, CA
  212649 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:40 PM
  MANAGING AND MONITORING FOSSIL RESOURCES: RESULTS OF THE FIRST PALEONTOLOGIC RESOURCE SURVEYS IN CHESAPEAKE & OHIO CANAL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, DC, MD, WV
  Katharine M. Loughney, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI and Vincent L. Santucci, Geologic Resources Division, University Park, PA and Michelle Carter, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Hagerstown, MD
  211407 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:55 PM
  FUSULINID AND CONODONT ANALYSIS OF AN ATYPICAL CARBONATE-DOMINATED SECTION IN THE DELAWARE MOUNTAIN GROUP, PATTERSON HILLS, GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK
  Brandon R. Christie, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX and Mary A. Hughes, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX and Lance L. Lambert, Univ of Texas At San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
  213171 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:10 PM
  DYNAMIC LIQUEFACTION OF JURASSIC SAND DUNES AT WHITE POCKET, VERMILION CLIFFS NATIONAL MONUMENT, ARIZONA: PROCESSES, ORIGINS, AND IMPLICATIONS
  Marjorie Chan, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT and Ronald L. Bruhn, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
  207302 (Technical Sessions)