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Geology of the Raton-Clayton Area

2019
168 pages

Frank Ramos, Matthew J. Zimmerer, Kate Zeigler, and Dana S. Ulmer-Scholle, [editors] 2019, 168 pages. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-70

$65.00

Research papers are free to download.
Roadlogs, mini-papers and some other sections are available in print.


SKU: FFC-70

About this guidebook

Welcome to the subtle landscape of the High Plains of northeastern New Mexico. Referred to as the Hi-Lo Country, this region includes a history of volcanism encompassed by the Raton-Clayton volcanic field, as well as exposures of Mesozoic and Cenozoic sedimentary rocks that not only record part of the story of past landscapes, but also hold the key to groundwater resources in this oft-forgotten corner of New Mexico. The geology of Union and Colfax Counties may look simple from the highway, but these grasslands host a richness of canyons, mesas and volcanic peaks with a fascinating geologic history.

Contents & downloads

Note — Downloads of the papers below are free.

Road logs, mini-papers, and some other sections of recent guidebooks are only available in print.

Front Matter

(includes Dedication, President’s Message, & Conference Organizer’s Message)

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Roadlogs

(each includes listed mini-papers)

Road Log Day 1 Geology of the Raton-Clayton Area: First-day Road Log from Clayton To Johnson Mesa via Capulin National Monument

Matthew J. Zimmerer, Frank C. Ramos, and Kate E. Zeigler, pp. 1-20.

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Road Log Day 2 Geology of the Dry Cimarron Valley: Second-day Road Log from Clayton to Folsom and through the Dry Cimarron Valley

Kate E. Zeigler, Matthew J. Zimmerer, and Frank C. Ramos, pp. 21-34.

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Road Log Day 3 Mid-tertiary Alkalic Igneous Activity in Northeastern New Mexico — The Eagle Rock Dike: Third-day Road Log from Capulin, US–64/NM–325 Intersection, to the I–25 Intersection of the Eagle Rock Dike

Frank C. Ramos, Matthew J. Zimmerer, and Kate E. Zeigler, pp. 35-42.

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Mini-papers

A Brief Overview of the Kiowa and Rita Blanca National Grasslands

M. Atkinson, pp. 43-46.

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Papers

Geology of Northeastern New Mexico, union and Colfax Counties, New Mexico: A Geologic Summary

Kate E. Zeigler, Frank C. Ramos, and Matthew J. Zimmerer, pp. 47-54.

Revising Palynostratigraphic Concepts in the Raton Basin a Half-century after R.H. Tschudy’s Pioneering Work: A New Pollen Proxy for the Campanian-Maastrichtian Stage Boundary and Reevaluation of the Famous K-PG Fern-Spore Spik

Keith Berry, Spencer G. Lucas, and Paul L. Sealey, pp. 67-72.

Baculites Baculus Meek and Hayden, 1861 (Earliest Maastrichtian) from the Uppermost Pierre Shale in the Raton basin of Northeastern New Mexico and its Significance

Paul L. Sealey and Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 73-80.

The Campanian-Maastrichtian Baculite Zonal Sequence in the Pierre Shale, Berwind Canyon. Las Animas County, Colorado

Paul L. Sealey, Keith Berry, and Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 81-88.

Revised Stratigraphic Relationships of the Dakota Group in the Tucumcari Basin, San Miguel County, New Mexico, USA

Anna E. Van Yperen, Lina H. Line, John M. Holbrook, Miquel Poyatos-Moré, and Ivar Midtkandal, pp. 89-100.

Proterozoic and Pre-Cenozoic History of the Sierra Grande Uplift and its margins: A Key Piece of the Ancestral Rocky Mountains

Thomas E. Ewing, pp. 117-126.

Geochemistry of Capulin-phase Flows in the Raton-Clayton Volcanic Field

Frank C. Ramos, Matthew J. Zimmerer, Kate E. Zeigler, Sidney Pinkerton, and Nick Butterfield, pp. 139-149.

Recommended citation

  1. Ramos, Frank; Zimmerer, Matthew J.; Zeigler, Kate; Ulmer-Scholle, Dana, 2019, Geology of the Raton-Clayton Area, New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook, 70th Annual Field Conference, 168 pp. ISBN: 1-58546-110-5 https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-70