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Principal Investigators

Christine Turner (cturner@sedproc.cr.usgs.gov)
USGS-Denver

sedimentology, framework geology
Fred Peterson (fpeterson@usgs.gov)
USGS-Denver

stratigraphy, framework geology
Timothy Demko (tmdemko@concentric.net)
EXXON

paleosols, fluvial sedimentology, plant taphonomy, paleoclimatology
Daniel Chure (dan_chure@nps.gov)
Dinosaur National Monument

vertebrate biodiversity, resource management
Thure Cerling (tcerling@mines.utah.edu)
University of Utah

isotope geochemistry
George Engelmann (engelman@cwis.unomaha.edu)
University of Nebraska-Omaha

paleontology assessments

Associate Researchers

Sid Ash (sidash@cc.weber.edu)
Weber State University

fossil plant taxonomy
Alan Deino
University of California, Berkeley

isotopic dating
Stan P. Dunagan (sdunagan@utk.edu)
University of Tennessee

lacustrine carbonate petrology and diagenesis
Douglas Ekart (ddekart@mines.utah.edu)
University of Utah

isotope geochemistry, paleoclimate
Emmett Evanoff
University of Colorado

gastropod mollusc paleoecology
Frank Ethridge (fredpet@cnr.colostate.edu)
Colorado State University

fluvial sedimentology
Rick Forester
USGS-Denver

charophyte and ostracode paleoecology
Steve Good (SGOOD@wcupa.edu)
West Chester University

bivalve mollusc paleoecology
Steve Hasiotis (hasiotis@ucsu.colorado.edu)
USGS-Denver/University of Colorado

continental trace fossils
Ami Henrici
Carnegie Museum

amphibian paleoecology
John Hubert (jhubert@eclogite.geo.umass.edu)
University of Massachusetts

sedimentology, taphonomy of dinosaurs
Bart Kowallis (BJK@geology.byu.edu)
BYU

isotopic dating
Ron Litwin
USGS-Reston

palynology, plant biostratigraphy, paleoclimate
John S. McIntosh
Wesleyan University

dinosaur communities
Dennis Newell (dennisn@cnr.colostate.edu)
Colorado State University

sedimentology, geochemistry
Michael E. Schudack (GMO12@mluggeos1.geologie.uni-halle.de)
Martin Luther University, Halle (Saale), Germany

charophyte and ostracode biostratigraphy and paleoecology
Gary Skipp (gskipp@sedproc.cr.usgs.gov)
USGS-Denver/Colorado School of Mines

calcrete petrology
Sally Sutton (sallys@cnr.colostate.edu)
Colorado State University

sedimenty geochemistry, petrology
William D. Tidwell
Brigham Young University

fossil plant taxonomy

National Park Service Contact

Robert Schiller
Grand Teton National Park