The Tertiary stratigraphy and its bearing on oil and gas possibilities in the Jackson Hole area, northwestern Wyoming

10.3133/oc27 ◽  
1947 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Hole Area ◽  
Jackson Hole

scholarly journals The Geochronology and Stratigraphic Evolution of Neogene Sedimentary Rocks in Jackson Hole, Wyoming

1984 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 33-37
Author(s):  
Douglas Burbank
Keyword(s):  
Fission Track ◽  
Sedimentary Rocks ◽  
Magnetic Polarity ◽  
Unique Sequence ◽  
Fluvial Sediments ◽  
Fission Track Dating ◽  
Hole Area ◽  
Terrestrial Sediments ◽  
Jackson Hole ◽  
Stratigraphic Evolution

The Miocene sediments of the Jackson Hole area constitute a unique sequence of terrestrial sediments. While much of the surrounding terrain was undergoing denudation during the Miocene, over 4000 m of volcaniclastic, lacustrine, and fluvial sediments accumulated in the vicinity of Jackson Hole. Recently completed paleontological and palynological studies have served to delineate complex biostratigraphic and climatic histories. The present research project has several goals. Chronologies are being developed for the Miocene sediments through the use of magnetic-polarity stratigraphies and fission-track dating. Sedimentation histories are being studied by combining lithologic data with chronologic information.

scholarly journals Parasites of Ungulates in the Jackson Hole Area: Scarabaeoid Beetles Acting on Lungworm, Dictyocaulus hadweni, Larvae in Elk Feces 1979

1979 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 21-26
Author(s):  
Robert Bergstrom
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Physiological Condition ◽  
Serum Proteins ◽  
Early Spring ◽  
Hole Area ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Jackson Hole

The lungworm of elk, Dictyocaulus hadweni (syn: D. viviparus) has been noted in elk since the early 1900's. It is interesting to note that a high percentage of the elk in Teton National Park are positive for lungworm in the spring. Fewer elk are infected as the summer and fall vegetation is usually sufficiently good to allow the elk an abundance of food and a resultant physiological condition that is excellent. Perhaps elk serum proteins are somewhat low in the April-May period when the physiological "low" is reached by the elk . The lack of immunoglobulins may, in part, explain the high prevalence of lungworm infections in elk of the Tetons during early spring months.

scholarly journals Parasites of Ruminants in the Jackson Hole Area: Scarabaeoid Beetles Acting on Lungworm, Dictyocaulus hadweni, Larvae in Elk and Cattle Feces

1984 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 29-32
Author(s):  
Robert Bergstrom
Keyword(s):  
Epidemiological Studies ◽  
Forest Service ◽  
Service Personnel ◽  
Wild Ruminants ◽  
Cattle Feces ◽  
Domestic Ruminants ◽  
Hole Area ◽  
Current Prevalence ◽  
Jackson Hole ◽  
Cross Transmission

A knowledge of current prevalence and intensity of lungworm infections in elk and domestic ruminants sharing the same range would be useful to wildlife managers, ranchers, forest service personnel and others. Limited epidemiological studies of the interaction of hosts and their parasites and the possibilities of cross-transmission from wild to domestic ruminants or from domestic to wild ruminants have been conducted in Georgia (Davidson, et aL, 1981) and on a similar scale in some other states but not in Wyoming.

scholarly journals GPS Deformation Monitoring of the Teton Fault, Grand Teton National Park and Surrounding Area, Wyoming, for 2010

2011 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 131-132
Author(s):  
Christine Puskas ◽  
Robert Smith ◽  
Wu-Lung Chan
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Ground Deformation ◽  
Deformation Monitoring ◽  
Earthquake Activity ◽  
Grand Teton National Park ◽  
University Of Utah ◽  
Spatial Deformation ◽  
Hole Area ◽  
Jackson Hole ◽  
The University

Recent earthquake activity in the Jackson Hole area, particularly the 2010 Gros Ventre sequence, has focused on possible regional ground deformation that may be related to the earthquakes (Farrell et al., 2010). The University of Utah has an established network of field GPS benchmarks that was last surveyed in 2003 and has now been resurveyed in 2010 (Figure 1). The campaign GPS measurements supplement the permanent regional GPS network and provide detailed information on temporal and spatial deformation in and around Grand Teton National Park.

scholarly journals Parasites of Ungulates in the Jackson Hole Area: Scarabaeoid Beetles Acting on Lungworm, Distyocaulus hadweni, Larvae in Elk Feces 1981

1981 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 49-53
Author(s):  
Robert Bergstrom
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Red Deer ◽  
Physiological Condition ◽  
Serum Proteins ◽  
Early Spring ◽  
Hole Area ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Internal Parasites ◽  
Jackson Hole

Lungworm of elk, Dictyocaulus hadweni (syn: D. viviparus) was first designated as Strongylus filaria in elk and red deer, (Blair, 1903) and lungworm was then and in 1905 reported to cause bronchopneumonia in elk. (Blair 1905). Records of lungworm in elk in Yellowstone and the Tetons were rather incomplete until Rush (1932), Mills (1936), Alderson (1951) and others listed internal parasites found in elk. It is surprising that Mills did not find D. hadweni in 100 elk taken from the Yellowstone herd. It is interesting to note that a high percentage of the elk in Teton National Park are positive for lungworm in the spring. Fewer elk are infected as the summer and fall vegetation is usually sufficiently good to allow the elk an abundance of food and a resultant physiological condition that is excellent. Perhaps elk serum proteins are somewhat low in the April-May period when the physiological "low" is reached by the elk. The lack of immunoglobulins may, in part, explain the high prevalence of lungworm infections in elk of the Tetons during early spring months.

scholarly journals Late-Quaternary Vegetation History of Jackson Hole, Wyoming

1982 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 35-36
Author(s):  
Cathy Barnosky
Keyword(s):  
Environmental History ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Rocky Mountains ◽  
Vegetation History ◽  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Sediment Cores ◽  
Northern Rocky Mountains ◽  
Hole Area ◽  
Jackson Hole ◽  
History Of

During the late Quaternary, the Jackson Hole area has reen repeatedly glaciated-the most recent and least extensive ice advance occurred during the Pinedale Glaciation (ca. 25,000-9,000 yr B.P.; Love and Reed, 1971). The objective of this research is to study the vegetation history of Jackson Hole since Pinedale time, as a means of interpreting the development and stability of modern plant communities. The research is based on an examination of pollen and plant-macrofossiil records contained in lake-sediment cores collected near the former ice margin. The environmental history of this region is poorly known and the paleoecological information provided by this study should help fill a gap in our understanding of the vegetation, climate, and glacial history of the Northern Rocky Mountains.

scholarly journals Chronology of Neogene Sedimentary Rocks in Jackson Hole, Wyoming

1983 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 43-44
Author(s):  
Douglas Burbank
Keyword(s):  
Climatic Change ◽  
Fission Track ◽  
Sedimentary Rocks ◽  
Unique Sequence ◽  
Pollen Record ◽  
Fluvial Sediments ◽  
Fission Track Dating ◽  
Hole Area ◽  
Terrestrial Sediments ◽  
Jackson Hole

The Miocene sediments of the Jackson Hole area constitute a unique sequence of terrestrial sediments. While much of the surrounding terrain was undergoing denudation during the Miocene, over 4000 m of volcaniclastic, lacustrine, and fluvial sediments accumulated in the vicinity of Jackson Hole. Recently completed paleontological and palynological studies have served to delineate complex biostratigraphic and climatic histories. The present research project is using magnetostratigraphy, fission-track dating, and K-Ar dating to develop a chronology for the Miocene sediments. This chronology will permit the paleontological data to be examined in a precise temporal framework. Similarly, the rates and timing of climatic change as inferred from the pollen record will be constrained through these magnetostratigraphy studies.

scholarly journals The Ecological Role of Fire in the Jackson Hole area, Northwestern Wyoming

1973 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 425-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lloyd L. Loope ◽  
George E. Gruell
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
Fire History ◽  
Prescribed Burning ◽  
Lodgepole Pine ◽  
Major Effect ◽  
Subalpine Fir ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Hole Area ◽  
Jackson Hole ◽  
Forest Plans

AbstractFire-history investigations in the Jackson Hole area of northwestern Wyoming reveal that most current stands of aspen and lodgepole pine regenerated following extensive fires between 1840 and 1890 and that widespread fires occurred in the 1600s and 1700s. White man's major effect on the fire incidence has been the successful suppression during the past 30–80 yr. Successional changes in the absence of fire include the deterioration of aspen stands, massive invasions of subalpine fir in lodgepole pine stands, great increase in conifer cover, heavy fuel buildups in lodgepole pine and Douglas fir stands, and increase in sagebrush and other shrubs. Steps are being taken, starting in 1972, to allow fire to play a more natural role in Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks. Teton National Forest plans experimental prescribed burning to determine whether fire can stimulate successful aspen regeneration in the presence of large numbers of wintering elk.

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