7 Time of Transition: Cretaceous Climate, Tectonics, and Evolutionary History (Posters)

Monday, 19 May 2025
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Ballroom A&B

Participants

• Chair Marina Suarez
• Chair Kate Andrzejewski
• Chair Landon Burgener
• Chair Greg Ludvigson
• Chair Andreas Möller

Presentations

• 8:00 AM
  GREENHOUSE PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICA: CONSTRAINING THE INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE AND GEOGRAPHY ON PLANT PROVINCIALITY THROUGH TIME
  Caden Schmidt, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT and Carina Kentish, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT and Terry A. Gates, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC and Landon Burgener, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
  409606 (Theme Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  USING PALEOSOL GEOCHEMISTRY TO RECONSTRUCT REGIONAL CLIMATE PATTERNS IN LATE CRETACEOUS MONTANA
  Justin Petersen, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT and Landon Burgener, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT and Raymond Rogers, Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN and Jakobi Baumann, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
  409744 (Theme Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  THE ROLE OF LARAMIDE UPLIFTS IN SHAPING LATE CRETACEOUS TERRESTRIAL BIODIVERSITY: A CASE STUDY IN MAMMALS FROM THE HEWETT’S FORESIGHT LOCAL FAUNA (LANCE FORMATION, BIGHORN BASIN, WYOMING)
  Rory Sweedler, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI and Lucas N. Weaver, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  409780 (Theme Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  RE-EVALUATING THE RADIOMETRIC AGE AND STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION OF CRETACEOUS BENTONITES WITHIN THE GRANEROS SHALE AND GREENHORN LIMESTONE IN CENTRAL KANSAS
  Megan Jenkins, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and Kate Andrzejewski, Kansas Geological Survey, Lawrence, KS and Andreas Möller, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and Noah M. McLean, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and Joseph Andrew, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and Jay Kalbas, Kansas Geological Survey, Lawrence, KS
  409814 (Theme Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  ORDER IN CHAOS: QUANTIFYING FLUVIAL CHANNEL DISTRIBUTION IN THE LATE CRETACEOUS CASTLEGATE SANDSTONE
  Olivia Tatum, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT and Samuel Hudson, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT and Barry R. Bickmore, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT and Julie Robinson, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT and Cassidy Grover, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
  409930 (Theme Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  BIOMARKER ANALYSES OF WYOMING’S MOWRY SHALE: ASSESSING DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS DURING A RESTRICTED ANOXIC EVENT
  Amber Rivera, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY and Jamie McFarlin, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY and Lily Jackson, School of Energy Resources, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
  410245 (Theme Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY KIOWA-SKULL CREEK DELTAIC SHORELINE: INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF SEA LEVEL CHANGE AND AUTOGENIC PROCESSES
  Alexandra Arimes, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and Michael D. Blum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
  410295 (Theme Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  CRETACEOUS LAKE DEPOSITS IN THE EARLY AND LATE FORELAND BASIN DURING NON-MARINE PERIODS IN WEST-CENTRAL ALBERTA, CANADA
  Ember Varga, Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB and Jennifer J. Scott, Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB
  410301 (Theme Sessions)