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1989
Nature of a major Proterozoic tectonic boundary in the Pecos Wilderness, northern New Mexico
Christine A. White1 and J. A. Grambling1 1Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 A major tectonic boundary separates two Proterozoic crustal blocks in northern New Mexico. The boundary is a zone
Pennsylvanian stratigraphy and paleontology at the Kinney Brick Company clay pit, Manzano Mountains, Bernalillo County, New Mexico
Phillip Huber1, Spencer G. Lucas1 and Steven N. Hayden1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 7010, Albuquerque, NM, 87194 More than 28 m of the Upper Pennsylvanian (early Virgilian) Pine Shadow Member of
Stratigraphy and depositional environments of the lower part of the Ringbone Formation, Little Hatchet Mountains, southwestern New Mexico
D. A. Wilson Department of Earth Science, New University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003 Approximately 1800 meters of the Ringbone Formation is exposed in the Little Hatchet Mountains in southwest New Mexico. The Ringbone Formation is
Aptian-Albian cephalopod assemblage of the U-Bar Formation, Big Hatchet Mountains, southwestern New Mexico
Michael H. Sandidge Department of Geological sciences, University of Texas, El Paso, TX, 79968 The U-Bar Formation is divided into five members which are, in ascending order: Brown Limestone, Oyster Limestone, Limestone-Shale, Reef Limestone, and
Cretaceous Mancos Formation and Dakota Group in southwestern New Mexico
Spencer G. Lucas New Mexico Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 7010, Albuquerque, NM, 87194 Upper cretaceous marine strata in southwestern New Mexico have long been referred to as Colorado Shale (Formation), even though the
Hypotheses for the origin of low-angle faults east of the Rio Grande rift, Socorro County, New Mexico–A discussion
Robert M., Jr. Colpitts Department of Geosciences, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 The region east of the Rio Grande rift at Socorro is characterized by high- and low-angle faults as
Mid-Tertiary volcanism, extension, and mineralization in New Mexico: What have we learned these past 40 years?
Wolfgang E. Elston Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Forty years ago, mid-Tertiary volcanic rocks were regarded as mere overburden on Laramide ore deposits. Beginning in 1950, the NMBM&MR sponsored systematic
Stratigraphy of the Peralta Tuff–Implications for the volcanic and structural evolution of the southeastern Jemez volcanic field
Gary A. Smith1 and R. J. Abitz1 1Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Late Miocene tuffs and sediments of the Peralta Tuff Member of the Bearhead Rhyolite provide a partial record
Cretaceous stratigraphy near Virden, Hidalgo County, New Mexico
Spencer G. Lucas1, Thomas E. Williamson1 and Adrian P. Hunt1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 7010, Albuquerque, NM, 87194 Approximately 625 m of Cretaceous strata are expose NE of Virden in secs.
A laboratory and field evaluation of several fluorinated benzoic acids for use as soil groundwater tracers
Joseph Gibbens1 and Robert Bowman1 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 In groundwater investigations involving multiple sources of water, or in cases where measurements are repeated over time, several unique tracers
Hydrothermal modeling, Steeple Rock district, New Mexico
Paul I. Eimon1 and Khosrow Bazrafshan1 1Geoscience Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 The Steeple Rock Silver/Gold Mining District lies in southwestern New Mexico 15 miles east of the town
Catenary soil development and slope degradation on three Late Quaternary fault scarps in New Mexico
Paul Drake1, P. Eberly1, C. Renault1, T. Royek1 and T. Skirvin1 1Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Single-rupture fault scarps reflect erosional, depositional and pedogenic processes that have acted, through time
Paleontology of the Lower Shale Member of the Chinle Formation (Upper Triassic), San Miguel County, New Mexico
Paul L. Sealey1, Adrian P. Hunt1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 7010, Albuquerque, NM, 87194 We report here the first fossil vertebrates known from the shale member of
Using regional heat-flow data to delineate vertical ground-water flow patterns in southeastern New Mexico
David L. Jordan1 and Marshall Reiter1 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources and Geoscience Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 In this study, we examine the variation of
Fossil resin biogeochemistry: Stratigraphy and sequence
Donald L. Wolberg1, D. M. Bellis1, G. S. Austin1 and P. Domski1 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 variation of several paleoenvironmental and geochemical parameters have been determined on samples
Monitoring rock mass behavior during langbeinite pillar recovery
Kevin M. O’Connor Assistant Professor of Geological Engineering, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 A mining company in southeastern New Mexico has just completed a prototype pillar recovery operation in the
Tectonic and climatic influences on mountain front landform evolution along a segmented range-front fault, Sangre de Cristo Mountains, north-central New Mexico
Frank J. Pazzaglia Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Morphologic characteristics of drainage basins, alluvial fans and stream terraces along a tectonically active mountain front may be influenced by both the