T18 Geology in the National Parks: Research, Mapping, and Resource Management I

Sunday, 27 October 2013
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room 404

Presentations

• 8:15 AM
  DISCOVERIES AND BREAKTHROUGHS FROM INTEGRATIVE ANALYSIS OF YELLOWSTONE SCIENCE REVEALING NEW TECTONIC-VOLCANIC MODELS AND A NEW ASSESSMENT OF EARTHQUAKE-VOLCANO HAZARD
  Robert B. Smith, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT and Jamie Farrell, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT and Fred Massin, University of French West Indies Seismological Data Center, French Lesser Antilles, N/A and Christine Puskas, Boulder, CO and W.L. Chang, National Central University, Jhongli City and David Shelly, Menlo Park, CA and David Shelly, Menlo Park, CA
  234134 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:30 AM
  REACTIVATION OF CONJUGATE FAULTS IN THE FOOTWALL OF BRYCE CANYON’S RUBY’S INN THRUST FAULT
  John S. MacLean, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT
  223636 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:45 AM
  AN INVENTORY OF PALEOBOTANICAL RESOURCES FROM NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AREAS
  Vincent L. Santucci, Geologic Resources Division, University Park, PA and Cassi Knight, American Geosciences Institute, Alexandria, VA
  233514 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:00 AM
  WIELAND, "WINDY CAVE", AND WASHINGTON: THE RISE AND FALL OF FOSSIL CYCAD NATIONAL MONUMENT
  John M. Ghist, Littleton, CO and Vincent L. Santucci, Geologic Resources Division, University Park, PA
  229546 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:15 AM
  USING DIGITAL GIS GEOLOGIC MAPS TO HELP TELL THE STORY AND RECONSTRUCT THE RESOURCES OF DECOMMISSIONED FOSSIL CYCAD NATIONAL MONUMENT, BLACK HILLS OF SOUTH DAKOTA
  Tim Connors, National Park Service, Denver, CO and Vincent L. Santucci, Geologic Resources Division, University Park, PA and Stephanie A. O'Meara, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
  229736 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:30 AM
  ASSESSING RISK FROM ROCKFALL AND PLACING RISK IN SOCIETAL CONTEXT
  Eric L. Bilderback, Geologic Resources Division, Lakewood, CO
  232789 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:00 AM
  PHOTOGRAPHIC MONITORING OF THE NATURAL VIEWSHED OF 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
  233873 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:15 AM
  CAVES AND KARST: UNDERSTANDING THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE'S HIDDEN RESOURCES
  Dale L. Pate, Denver, CO
  226030 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:30 AM
  CROSSING BOUNDARIES ON PUBLIC LANDS: GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS OF A POTENTIALLY EXTENSIVE CAVE SYSTEM UNDERLYING BLM AND NATIONAL PARK SERVICE UNITS
  Lewis A. Land, New Mexico Tech, Carlsbad, NM
  232793 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:45 AM
  IDENTIFYING KARST RESOURCES WITHIN A NATIONAL PARK: THE EXAMPLE OF THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK
  John Tudek, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV and Dorothy J. Vesper, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
  230853 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:00 AM
  OBSERVATIONS ON DUNE BEHAVIOR AT GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL PARK, COLORADO
  Andrew D. Valdez, National Park Service, Mosca, CO
  226278 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:15 AM
  MAPPING UNDER THE SAND: PROGRESS REPORT ON GEOPHYSICAL STUDIES IN GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL PARK, COLORADO
  Vivian Grauch, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Paul Bedrosian, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Benjamin Drenth, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Benjamin R. Bloss, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
  232971 (Technical Sessions)