2024 Stratigraphic Paleobiology Field Conference

Schedule

Sunday, 30 June: Fly to Bozeman, Montana, then drive at Judson Mead field station

Monday, 1 July: Beds and bedsets in Mississippian Madison Group carbonates, Milligan Canyon

Tuesday, 2 July: Parasequences in Mississippian Madison Group carbonates, Milligan Canyon

Wednesday, 3 July: Parasequence sets, systems tracts, and sequences in Mississippian Madison Group carbonates, Milligan Canyon

Thursday, 4 July: Faunal counts in Mississippian Madison Group carbonates, Milligan Canyon

Friday, 5 July: Methods in data analysis: R and cluster analysis, Judson Mead field station

Saturday, 6 July: Correlation, Mississippian Madison Group carbonates, Sappington East

Sunday, 7 July: Day off

Monday, 8 July: Faunal counts in Mississippian Madison Group carbonates, Sappington East

Tuesday, 9 July: Methods in data analysis: ordination, Judson Mead field station

Wednesday, 10 July: Stratigraphy of mass extinction: Sappington East

Thursday, 11 July: Introduction to terrestrial systems: Cretaceous Kootenai Formation, Ziegler Gulch

Friday, 12 July: Drive to Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, overview of Cretaceous Judith River Formation with Ray Rogers and Kristi Curry Rogers

Saturday, 13 July: Fossil concentrations (leaves, bones, and shells) in the Judith River Formation

Sunday, 14 July: Return to Bozeman, visit Museum of the Rockies

Monday, 15 July: Fly home