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The lower part of theGardenValley Formation yields two distinct conodont faunas. One of lateAsselian age dominated by Mesogondolella and Streptognathodus and one of Artinskian age dominated by Sweetognathus with Mesogondolella. The Asselian fauna contains the same species as those found in the type area of the Asselian in the southern Urals including Mesogondolella dentiseparata, described for the first time outside of the Urals. Apparatuses for Sweetognathus whitei, Diplognathodus stevensi, and Idioprioniodus sp. are described. The Garden Valley Formation represents a marine pro-delta basin and platform, and marine and shore fan delta complex deposition. The fan-delta complex was most likely deposited from late Artinskian to lateWordian. The Garden Valley Formation records tremendous swings in depositional setting from shallow-water to basin to shore. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents algorithm for solving large-scale polynomial (nonlinear) zero-one programming problems. The procedure incorporates a mixture of pseudo-Boolean concepts and time-proven implicit enumeration procedures. Significant savings in the time required to obtain optimal solutions results from the use of a minimum cover to analyze the future effect of a particular implicit enumeration iteration. Additional improvement is obtained through the use of a term ranking strategy to control the arborization of the implicit enumeration process. Computational experience demonstrates that this algorithm can reduce the magnitude of the computer solution time for large problems from several minutes to a matter of a few seconds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]