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MOAB HAPPENINGS Volume 22 Number 7 OCTOBER 2010 FREE COPY Table Of Contents Art Walk 6B Astrology 15A Events Calendar 4-5A Health: Body, Mind, Spirit 3B Hiking Happenings 2B Historic Happenings 11B Lodging Guide 8-9B Mileage Chart 7B Mountain Biking 12-14A Nature Happenings 6A Non-Profi t Happenings 14B Pet Happenings 15B Restaurant Guide 7-10A Shopping Guide 4-5B Sky Happenings 10B Southeast Utah Map 12B Trail Mix 13A F==<IM8C@;=FI(=I<<:FCC<:KFIJLK8?G?FKF8C9LDD8;<=IFDI<8CC@:<EJ< GC8K<D8K<I@8CJ%?FC;J-'+O-ÉGI@EKJ %F==<ID8PEFK9<:FD9@E<;N@K?FK?<I www.moabhappenings.com F==<IJ%C@D@KFE<G<IG8IKP%8;DLJK9<GI<J<EK<;8KK?<K@D<F=9FFB@E>% 2A • October 2010 • Moab Happenings www.moabhappenings.com MOAB HAPPENINGS MOAB #* $#$ ((%$ ## ) ! )!%)*#+%$#$# © Alert 9-1-1 -Dispatch T 9- ER 1- )*#+ L 1 HAPPENINGS emergency responders A to your location. , '-,.// CK Check in -Let contacts HE IN C 00 & "Moab Happenings" is published by know where you are and that you are okay. 1 Canyonlands Advertising Inc. of Moab, Utah and is provided free throughout the Moab area as a OR H F E Help -Request help from K L S P * %$ &#'%$ & #' $9#(! !# !# visitor information guide. friends and family at A Articles and photos of area tourist attractions or your exact location. 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The race finish takes place Cherell Jordin of Sandy, Utah will also be back to amidst the fall foliage at Sorrel River Ranch Resort. defend her title. The event starts at 8:30 AM. State Highway 128 For more information visit www. will be closed to traffic from MP 17 to MP 31 from moabhalfmarathon.org or phone 435.259.4525. 7-11:30 AM. ETHEL Race amenities for all participants include a long sleeve technical race shirt, a unique finisher medal, lots of yummy food, and fresh beer from the Moab Brewery. Participants will be shuttled from Moab and a parking lot 1 mile west of the finish area at MM 16 on Highway 128. Spectators will also park in this lot. Dogs are not allowed at the finish area or on the course. ! 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    Research Paper GEOSPHERE Pollen evidence of floristic turnover forced by cool aridity during the Oligocene in Colorado GEOSPHERE; v. 15, no. 1 Estella B. Leopold and Stephanie Zaborac-Reed University of Washington, Department of Biology, Box 351800, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA https://doi.org/10.1130/GES01689.1 7 figures; 6 plates; 11 tables; ABSTRACT Manchester, 1997). In Colorado, the EOT is associated with a period of cooling 1 set of supplemental files and severe aridity lasting most of the Oligocene. One of our strongest contri- New pollen data from four Oligocene floras in volcanic landscapes of Colo­ butions is the addition of the pollen record from four Oligocene floras, which CORRESPONDENCE: eleopold@ uw.edu rado record important climatic shifts that reshaped the local flora and promoted had not been reported previously. This pollen record is an important aspect the development of sub­arid vegetation types. We combined new pollen data of this paper for assessing the total flora. The emphasis of this study is on the CITATION: Leopold, E.B., and Zaborac-Reed, S., 2019, Pollen evidence of floristic turnover forced by with previous megafossil evidence to assess vegetation changes during the evolutionary and climatic significance of the floristic changes during the EOT. cool aridity during the Oligocene in Colorado: Geo- Eocene–Oligocene Transition (EOT). Pollen data are the basis for updating Five Colorado floras of late Eocene through Oligocene age lie within the sphere, v. 15, no. 1, p. 254–294, https:// doi .org /10 the list of flora identified at Creede. Local extinctions in response to lower sum­ geographic mix of caldera and volcanic settings in the central Colorado vol- .1130 /GES01689.1.