GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

T149. Mesozoic Ergs of the Colorado Plateau and Adjacent Areas: Genesis, Paleoenvironments, Paleogeography, Paleontology, and Paleoclimate

Session No. 18
Sunday, 25 September 2016: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Mile High Ballroom 4C (Colorado Convention Center)
 
Introductory Remarks
Abstract ID#: 288568
ERG TERMINATION – SEQUENCES AND PROCESSES IN NAVAJO AND PAGE SANDSTONES (JURASSIC) COLORADO PLATEAU
Abstract ID#: 280464
BLAKEY, Ron, Northern Arizona University, Geology, Box 4099, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, rblakey@cpgeosystems.com
NO DISSOLUTION FAULTING NEEDED - MESOZOIC FOLD COLLAPSE OF THE CRESTS OF THE PARADOX SALT WALLS
Abstract ID#: 286418
LANGFORD, Richard P., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, GILES, Katherine A., Institute of Tectonic Studies, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968; Institute of Tectonic Studies, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, CLAIRE, Bailey, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas El Paso, 500 W. University Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968, MCFARLAND, Joshua Coleman, PB Exploration, Alaska Inc., Anchorage, AK, HENESS, Elizabeth A., Institute of Tectonic Studies, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968 and ROWAN, Mark G., Rowan Consulting Inc, Boulder, CO 80302, langford@utep.edu
DEFORMATION EVENT ANALYSIS IN ANCIENT EOLIANITES: PSEUDO-BEDDING AND OTHER ARTIFACTS OF SOFT-SEDIMENT DEFORMATION IN THE NAVAJO SANDSTONE
Abstract ID#: 287892
BRYANT, Gerald C., Colorado Plateau Field Institute, Dixie State University, 225 S 700 E, St. George, UT 84770, gbryant@dixie.edu
UPWARD TERMINATION OF COMPLEX LARGE-SCALE INTERVALS OF SOFT-SEDIMENT DEFORMATION (SSD) IN THE NAVAJO SANDSTONE: DOES EROSIONAL TRUNCATION OCCUR BEFORE OR AFTER DEFORMATION?
Abstract ID#: 284007
OWEN, Geraint1, BRYANT, Gerald Craig2, FORD, Colby A.3 and FICKEN, Kath1, (1)Department of Geography, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA1 6HZ, United Kingdom, (2)Colorado Plateau Field Institute, Dixie State University, 225 S 700 E, St. George, UT 84770, (3)Department of Earth and Biological Sciences, Loma Linda University, 11065 CAMPUS STREET, Loma Linda, CA 92350, g.owen@swansea.ac.uk
ARCHITECTURE OF AN INTERVAL OF COMPLEX LARGE-SCALE SOFT-SEDIMENT DEFORMATION (SSD) IN THE NAVAJO SANDSTONE NEAR KANAB, UTAH
Abstract ID#: 284073
HALES, Emma1, BRYANT, Gerald Craig2, OWEN, Geraint3, FORD, Colby A.4 and FICKEN, Kath3, (1)Department of Geography, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, United Kingdom, (2)Colorado Plateau Field Institute, Dixie State University, 225 S 700 E, St. George, UT 84770, (3)Department of Geography, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA1 6HZ, United Kingdom, (4)Department of Earth and Biological Sciences, Loma Linda University, 11065 CAMPUS STREET, Loma Linda, CA 92350, g.owen@swansea.ac.
DYNAMIC ERG MARGIN ENVIRONMENTS OF THE JURASSIC NAVAJO SANDSTONE, SOUTHEAST UTAH
Abstract ID#: 281134
CHAN, Marjorie A., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 115 S 1460 E, Room 383 FASB, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, HASIOTIS, Stephen T., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lindley Hall, rm 120, Lawrence, KS 66045 and PARRISH, Judith Totman, Dept of Geological Sciences, Univ of Idaho, 875 Perimeter Rd, Moscow, ID 83844-3022, marjorie.chan@utah.edu
 
Break
Abstract ID#: 288613
VERTEBRATE FAUNA OF THE TRIASSIC-JURASSIC ERG:  INSIGHTS FROM AN EOLIAN LAGERSTATTEN
Abstract ID#: 282313
ENGELMANN, George F., Department of Geography & Geology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 60th And Dodge St, Omaha, NE 68182, CHURE, Daniel J., Dinosaur National Monument, P.O. Box 128, Jensen, UT 84035, BRITT, Brooks B., Geology, Brigham Young University, S387 ESC, Provo, UT 84602 and SHUMWAY, Jesse Dean Scott, Department of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, S389 ESC, Provo, UT 84601, gengelmann@unomaha.edu
TRACE FOSSILS OF THE AZTEC SANDSTONE IN SOUTHERN NEVADA INCLUDING AN UNDESCRIBED MAMMALOID ICHNOTAXON
Abstract ID#: 285774
ROWLAND, Stephen M. and HAIGHT, Gordon, Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, steve.rowland@unlv.edu
DIVERSE ARRAY OF SOFT-SEDIMENT FOSSIL VERTEBRATE TRACKS FROM THE LAKES OF WORLD’S LARGEST GYPSUM DUNE FIELD
Abstract ID#: 287403
BUSTOS Sr., David, National Park Service, White Sands National Monument, PO Box 1086, Holloman AFB, NM 88330, LOVE, David W., Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, ALLEN, Bruce D., New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, Albuquerque, NM 87106, SANTUCCI, Vincent L., National Park Service, Geologic Resources Division, The Pennsylvania State University, 801 Ford Building (Room 813), University Park, PA 16802 and KNAPP, Jonathan P., National Park Service, White Sands National Monument, 19955 Highway 70 West, Alamogordo, NM 88310, david_bustos@nps.gov
ARE CONTINENTAL TREPTICHNUS FEEDING BURROWS?
Abstract ID#: 283653
GETTY, Patrick R., Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, 354 Mansfield Road U-1045, Storrs, CT 06269 and BUSH, Andrew M., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology & Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, 75 N. Eagleville Road, Unit 3043, Storrs, CT 06269, patrick.getty@uconn.edu
PALEOECOLOGY OF THE LOWER JURASSIC NAVAJO ERG MARGIN—MICRO- TO MACROSCOPIC BIOTIC EVIDENCE FOR UNDERSTANDING SURFACES, HYDROLOGY, AND RELATIVE TIME IN AN EOLIAN LANDSCAPE
Abstract ID#: 287476
HASIOTIS, Stephen T., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lindley Hall, rm 120, Lawrence, KS 66045, CHAN, Marjorie A., Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Utah, 115 S. 1460 E, Rm. 383, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0102 and PARRISH, Judith Totman, Dept of Geological Sciences, Univ of Idaho, 875 Perimeter Rd, Moscow, ID 83844-3022, hasiotis@ku.edu
USING TEXTURAL TRENDS TO INTERPRET CROSS-BED DEPOSITIONAL PROCESSES IN THE COCONINO SANDSTONE (PERMIAN), ARIZONA
Abstract ID#: 286508
MAITHEL, Sarah A.1, BRAND, Leonard R.1 and WHITMORE, John H.2, (1)Department of Earth and Biological Sciences, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350, (2)Department of Science and Mathematics, Cedarville University, 251 N. Main St, Cedarville, OH 45314, smaithel@llu.edu
MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF CARBONATE MOUND-LIKE STRUCTURES IN THE JURASSIC NAVAJO SANDSTONE, SOUTHEASTERN UTAH
Abstract ID#: 281444
PARRISH, Judith Totman, Dept of Geological Sciences, Univ of Idaho, 875 Perimeter Rd, Moscow, ID 83844-3022, HASIOTIS, Stephen T., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lindley Hall, rm 120, Lawrence, KS 66045 and CHAN, Marjorie A., Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 115 South 1460 East, Room 383 FASB, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, jparrish@uidaho.edu
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