Note — Downloads of the papers below are free.
Road logs, mini-papers, and some other sections of recent guidebooks are only available in print.
Roadlogs
(each includes listed mini-papers)
First-day road log, trip 1, from Washington Ranch to Dark Canyon, Mosley Canyon, and Queen Highway, through Indian Basin and Rocky Arroyo, to Azotea Mesa and the McKittrick Hill Caves, and return to Washington Ranch by way of Happy Valley
Lewis Land, David Love, and Victor Polyak, pp. 1-16.
Mini-papers
Geological walking tour of Washington Ranch
Lewis Land and David Love, pp. 15-16.
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Firstday road log, trip 2, from Washington Ranch to Lower Slaughter Canyon, Slaughter Canyon Cave, and Black River valley
David Love, Lewis Land, and Victor Polyak, pp. 17-24.
Mini-papers
The mouth of Slaughter Canyon
Alton Brown, pp. 22-23.
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Old bat guano in Slaughter Canyon Cave
Victor J. Polyak, Yemane Asmerom, and Jessica B. T. Rasmussen, pp. 23-24.
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First-day road-log, Trip 3, from Washington Ranch to Whites City, Walnut Canyon and Carlsbad Cavern
Peter A. Scholle and Dana S. Ulmer-Scholle, pp. 25-42.
Mini-papers
Unresolved problems with sulfate speleogenesis of Carlsbad Cavern
Alton Brown, pp. 36-38.
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The unknown crust beneath your feet: Cave pool precipitates of Lower Cave, Carlsbad Cavern, New Mexico
Leslie A. Melim, Andy Brehm, Ginny Rust, Neil Shannon, and Diana E. Northrup, pp. 38-40.
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Partnering with biologists: Better answers through collaboration
Diana E. Northrup, pp. 41-42.
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First-day road log, trip 4, from Washington Ranch to Dark Canyon, Mosley Canyon, Queen Highway (NM 137), Queen, Klondike Gap, and Cottonwood Cave
Lewis Land, David Love, and Victor Polyak, pp. 43-48.
Second-day road log, from Washington Ranch to Rader debris flow, Orla Road Castil outcrop, State Line Castile gypsum roadcut, Chosa Draw evaporite karst features, and Parks Ranch Cave
Lewis Land and David Love, pp. 49-84.
Mini-papers
Three Permian series
Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 60-61.
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Ochoa Group, not series or stage, Upper Permian of West Texas and southeastern New Mexico
Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 62-63.
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Occurrences of the Fusulinid Yabeina Texana in the basal parts of the Tansill Formation and Lamar Limestone Member in the Guadalupe Mountains area, West Texas and New Mexico
Tyrell, Willis W., Jr., Gorden L. Bell, John A. Diemer, and Merlynd K. Nestell, pp. 64-67.
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Thickness variations in the Lamar Limestone and Reef Trail members of the Bell Canyon Formation, northwestern Delaware Basin, New Mexico and West Texas
Willis W. Tyrell, John A. Diemer, Bell, Gordon L., Jr., and Richard J. Bichsel, pp. 67-70.
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Regional map of highstand phase of Lower Seven Rivers-Hegler High Frequency Sequence (HFS) in southeast New Mexico
Willis W. Tyrell, John A. Diemer, Bell, Gordon L., Jr., and Richard J. Bichsel, pp. 70-72.
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Delaware (lamar) Limestone roadcut
Alton Brown, pp. 73-74.
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The bentonite-bearing Manzanita Limestone Member, Cherry Canyon Formation, exposed in a Patterson Hills road cut, Culberson County, Texas
John A. Diemer, Willis W. Tyrell, Bell, Gordon L., Jr., and David H. Griffing, pp. 75-77.
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Halite depositional cycles in the Upper Permian Salado Formation
Robert M. Holt, Dennis W. Powers, and Tim K. Lowenstein, pp. 78-80.
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Pangean monsoon cycles in NM-Texas State-Line outcrop
Roger Y. Anderson, pp. 80-81.
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Gypsum karst of the Chosa Draw area
Kevin W. Stafford, pp. 82-83.
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Third-day road log, from Living Desert State Park turnoff at US 285, north to Brantley Dam and Lake McMillan, through Artesia, Lake Arthur, Hagerman, Dexter and ending at Bottomless Lakes State Park
Lewis Land and David Love, pp. 85-96.
Mini-papers
Bottomless Lakes State Park
Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 93-94.
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Hydrogeology of Bottomless Lakes State Park
Lewis Land, pp. 95-96.
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Third-day supplemental road log 1
Lewis Land, pp. 97-99.
Third-day supplemental road log 2
Lewis Land, pp. 101-106.
Papers
Geological studies of the Guadalupe Mountains area, New Mexico and West Texas, to 1928
Barry S. Kues, pp. 127-144.
Geology of the Guadalupe Mountains: An overview of recent ideas
Carol A. Hill, pp. 145-150.
Trail guide to and discussion of the geology of Carlsbad Cavern: Main Corridor and Big Room
J. Michael Queen and Louise D. Hose, pp. 151-160.
Ferromanganese deposits in the caves of the Guadalupe Mountains
Michael N. Spilde, Diana E. Northrup, and Penelope J. Boston, pp. 161-165.
Biothems: Biologically influenced speleothems in the caves of the Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico, USA
J. Michael Queen and Leslie A. Melim, pp. 167-173.
Got moonmilk? The characterization of moonmilk in Spider Cave, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico
Morgan Perrone-Vogt and Katherine Giles, pp. 175-184.
Observations from active sulfuric karst systems: Is the present the key to understanding Guadalupe Mountain speleogenesis?
Louise D. Hose and Jennifer L. Macaladt, pp. 185-194.
Support for a sulfuric acid origin for caves in the Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico
Arthur N. Palmer, pp. 195-202.
Alunite and natroalunite tell a story-the age and origin of Carlsbad Cavern, Lechuguilla Cave, and other sulfuric-acid type caves of the Guadalupe Mountains
Victor J. Polyak, W. C. McIntosh, Paula P. Provencio, and Necip Guven, pp. 203-209.
Tectonic influences on speleogenesis in the Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico and Texas
Harvey R. DuChene and Kimberley I. Cunningham, pp. 211-217.
Recently discovered passages in Fort Stanton Cave, New Mexico, and implications for speleogenesis and regional geomorphic processes in the northern Sacramento Mountains
Donald G. Davis and Lewis Land, pp. 219-226.
Electrical resistivity surveys of karst features near Fort Stanton, Lincoln County, New Mexico
John McLean and Barbara Luke, pp. 227-231.
Intrastratal karst at the WIPP site, southeastern New Mexico
Carol A. Hill, pp. 233-242.
Assessment of the geological evidence for karst in the Rustler Formation at the WIPP site
John C. Lorenz, pp. 243-251.
Evaporite karst features and processes at Nash Draw, Eddy County, New Mexico
Dennis W. Powers, Richard L. Beauheim, Robert M. Holt, and David L. Hughes, pp. 253-265.
Advances in depositional models of the Permian Rustler Formation, southeastern New Mexico
Dennis W. Powers, Robert M. Holt, Richard L. Beauheim, and Ron G. Richardson, pp. 267-276.
Overview of the WIPP groundwater monitoring programs with inferences about karst in the WIPP vicinity
Michael B. Hillesheim, Richard L. Beauheim, and Ron G. Richardson, pp. 277-286.
Hydrogeology of Hale Spring and evaluation of declining spring discharge, Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico
Jim Riesterer, Paul Drakos, Jay Lazarus, and Mustafa Chudnoff, pp. 287-295.
Geomorphology, stratigraphy, and luminscence age of the Mescalero Sands, southeastern New Mexico
Stephen A. Hall and Ronald J. Goble, pp. 297-310.
Surficial geology in the vicinity of Washington Ranch
David Love and Lewis Land, pp. 311-316.
Pleistocene vertebrates from southeastern New Mexico
Gary S. Morgan and Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 317-335.
Mineral deposits in Eddy County, New Mexico, and their relationship to karst processes
Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 337-344.
