Session: Tectonics and Paleoenvironments of Western Pangaea—New Perspectives on the Greater Ancestral Rocky Mountains (2013 GSA Annual Meeting in Denver: 125th Anniversary of GSA (27-30 October 2013))

REVISION OF THE PALEOGEOGRAPHY OF THE ANCESTRAL ROCKY MOUNTAINS
Abstract ID#: 231469

KLUTH, Charles F., Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 5378 Hawthorn Trail, Littleton, CO 89125, ckluth@mines.edu

LATE PALEOZOIC FUSULINIDS OF SOUTHWESTERN LAURENTIA: DEPOSITIONAL SETTINGS, BIOGEOGRAPHIC AFFINITIES, AND PALEOTECTONIC SIGNIFICANCE
Abstract ID#: 230204

STEVENS, Calvin H., San José State University, San José, CA 95192, POOLE, Forrest G., U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO 80225, bpoole@usgs.gov, and AMAYA-MARTÍNEZ, Ricardo, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, SON, 83000, Mexico

STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK AND CONTROLS ON PENNSYLVANNIAN GRANITE WASH PRODUCTION, ANADARKO BASIN, TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
Abstract ID#: 230990

LOCRICCHIO, Edward J., 5152 W. Wagon Trail Rd, Littleton, CO 80123, elocricchio@comcast.net

EVIDENCE FOR GREATER ANCESTRAL ROCKY MOUNTAIN FAULT ZONES FROM THE CUERVO BASIN, EASTERN NEW MEXICO
Abstract ID#: 233945

KELLER, Katy¹, YODER, Gary¹, KLUTH, Charles F.², and WOOLLEY, Jonathan A.³, (1) Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX 77079, (2) Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 5378 Hawthorn Trail, Littleton, CO 89125, ckluth@mines.edu, (3) BHP Billiton, 1360 Post Oak Blvd, Houston, TX 77056

EARLY PENNSYLVANIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF THE TAOS TROUGH, NEW MEXICO
Abstract ID#: 231420

WATTERS, Aaron J. and SWEET, D.E., Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Science Building Rm. 125, Lubbock, TX 79409, aaron.watters@ttu.edu

THE MISSISSIPPIAN AND PENNSYLVANIAN ROCKS OF THE DENVER BASIN
Abstract ID#: 232023

TEDESCO, Steven A., Running Foxes Petroleum Inc, 6855 S,. Havana St., Ste 400, Centennial, CO 80112, s.a.tedesco14@runningfoxes.com

PATTERNS OF BASIN FILL IN THE UPPER PALEOZOIC OF THE DENVER EMBAYMENT, SOUTHEAST COLORADO, USA
Abstract ID#: 234048

WEBB, John C., Consulting Geologist, Clastic and Carbonate Systems, 1372 Marigold Ct, Lafayette, CO 80026, johnwebb20@comcast.net and RALL, Elizabeth P., Consulting Geologist, Polydactyl Exploration, 450 Shady Croft Dr, Litttleton, CO 80120

ARMO REACTIVATION OF CAMBRIAN OR OLDER STRUCTURES: DETRITAL ZIRCON EVIDENCE FROM "STRUCTURELESS" SANDSTONES OF THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE IN COLORADO SPRINGS
Abstract ID#: 226741

SIDDOWAY, Christine, Department of Geology, Colorado College, 14 E. Cache La Poudre St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, csiddoway@coloradocollege.edu, SHATFORD, Sally, Department of Geology, Colorado College, 14 East Cache La Poudre, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, and CONTRERAS, Ashley A., Department of Geology, Colorado College, 14 E. Cache La Poudre, Colorado Springs, CO 80903

PROPOSING AN ENTIRELY PENNSYLVANIAN AGE FOR THE FOUNTAIN FORMATION EXPOSED ALONG THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO
Abstract ID#: 222198

SWEET, D.E.¹, CARSRUD, Corbin T.², and WATTERS, Aaron J.¹, (1) Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Science Building Rm. 125, Lubbock, TX 79409, dustin.sweet@ttu.edu, (2) Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Science Building Rm. 125, Lubbock, TX 79411

CORRELATION OF THE UPPER MINTURN AND LOWER MAROON FORMATIONS FROM MINTURN TO SOUTH PARK, COLORADO: IMPLICATIONS FOR PENNSYLVANIAN FAULT MOVEMENT AND EVAPORITE DEPOSITION ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ANCESTRAL FRONT RANGE
Abstract ID#: 231844

HOUCK, Karen J., Dinosaur Tracks Museum, University of Colorado Denver, Campus Box 172, P. O. Box 173364, Denver, CO 80217-3364, karen.houck@ucdenver.edu

THE EAGLE BASIN: A COMPARTMENTALIZED EVAPORITE BASIN AND A HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION FRONTIER
Abstract ID#: 234023

KNIGHT, Connie Dodge, 1800 Washington Avenue, Golden, CO 80401, cnknight@comcast.net and BARTLESON, Bruce, Department of Geology (retired), Western State Colorado University, Gunnison, CO 81231

PROVENANCE OF THE CASTLE VALLEY EOLIANITE, PARADOX BASIN, UTAH: A MIX OF NEARBY AND DISTANT DETRITAL SOURCES
Abstract ID#: 232326

LAWTON, Timothy F., Centro de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Blvd. Juriquilla No. 3001, Querétaro, 76230, Mexico, tlawton@geociencias.unam.mx and PARR, Todd R., Apache Corporation, 303 Veterans Airpark Ln, Midland, TX 79705-4561

SEQUENTIAL HISTORY OF SALT STRUCTURES AND RELATED FEATURES IN THE PARADOX BASIN, USA
Abstract ID#: 233283

RASMUSSEN, Donald L., Paradox Basin Data, 1450 Kay Street, Longmont, CO 80501, paradoxdata@comcast.net

HOW FAR WEST DOES THE ANCESTRAL ROCKY MOUNTAINS OROGEN EXTEND? TECTONIC ANALYSIS OF THE LATE PALEOZOIC ELY-BIRD SPRING BASIN OF NEVADA AND UTAH
Abstract ID#: 224619

STURMER, Daniel M., TREXLER, James H. Jr, CASHMAN, Patricia H., and POULSON, Simon R., Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, MS 172, 1664 N Virginia St, Reno, NV 89557, sturmer.dan@gmail.com

DETRITAL ZIRCON PROVENANCE AND PALEOGEOGRAPHIC TRENDS FOR PENNSYLVANIAN AND TRIASSIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS IN SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING AND NORTHERN UTAH-COLORADO
Abstract ID#: 233411

MAHON, Robert C.¹, CAMPBELL-STONE, Erin¹, LYNDS, Ranie², SPAETH, Lynsey J.¹, and RHODES, Rebekah¹, (1) Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Dept. 3006, 1000 E. University Ave, Laramie, WY 82071-2000, rmahon1@uwyo.edu, (2) Wyoming State Geological Survey, PO Box 1347, Laramie, WY 82073

COMPOUND AND CUMULATIVE PALEOSOLS IN CORE FROM THE LOWER PERMIAN (ASSELIAN–SAKMARIAN) COUNCIL GROVE GROUP OF WESTERN KANSAS: IMPLICATIONS OF ICHNOFOSSIL-RICH PALEOSOLS DEVELOPED ON LOESS
Abstract ID#: 232890

COUNTS, John W., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 120 Lindley Hall, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, jwcounts@gmail.com and HASIOTIS, Stephen T., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613

SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY AND FACIES OF THE MISSISSIPPIAN LEADVILLE LIMESTONE, SOUTHWESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO
Abstract ID#: 231448

KLINK, Alex T.¹, KUHN, Kiefer A.¹, COWAN, Phil L.¹, JOHNSON, Elizabeth A.², and GIANNINY, Gary L.¹, (1) Department of Geosciences, Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Drive, Durango, CO 81301, atklink@fortlewis.edu, (2) Department of Geosciences, Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Dr, Durango, CO 81301

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