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Early Paleozoic Karsting of the Franklin Mountains, West Texas and New Mexico
David V. Lemone Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas, EI Paso, TX, 79968 The outstanding, primarily carbonate Franklin Mountains exposures of the Tobosa basin-related sediments (Ordovician-Devonian) reveal spectacular karsts that are analogous to synchronous
The Carbonate Hill Formation (Middle Cretaceous), central Peloncillo Mountains, Hidalogo County, New Mexico
David V. LeMone1, M. H. Sandidge1 and A. Altemeemi2 1Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas, El Paso, TX, 79968 2Department of Geology, University of Kuwait, Kuwait, Kuwait Carbonate Hill sequences in the Peloncillo Mountains
DIAGENESIS AND POROSITY ORIGIN OF THE FENGCHENG FORMATION (MIDDLE AND LATE CARBONIFEROUS), NORTHWESTERN MARGIN, ZUNGER BASIN, WESTERN CHINA
Ming Luo1, D. V. Lemone1, Zhetna Luo2 and Xiunkang Deng2 1Geological Sciences, University of Texas, EI Paso, TX, 79968 2Petroleum Department, Chengdu College of Geology, Chengdu, China The Fengcheng Formation consists primarily of dolomitized, tuffaceous
HIgh-frequency-cycle geometry and transgressive faices in the Upper Cretaceous Point Lookout Sandstone, New Mexico and Colorado
Danny R. Katzman Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 The Upper Cretaceous Point Lookout Sandstone in the Four Corners area of the San Juan Basin, New Mexico and Colorado is composed
OPTIMIZATION OF THE QUICK ANALYSIS OF HUMIC AND FULVIC ACIDS IN HUMATES
Jeanne Verploegh1 and Lynn A. Brandvold1 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 To have a better understanding of the amounts and types of humate present in New Mexico, a reliable
Coal-bearing Ramah Member of the Crevasse Canyon Formation–A new stratigraphic unit in the Zuni Basin, west-central New Mexico
Orin J. Anderson1 and Gary D. Stricker2 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 2U.S. Geological Survey, Branch of Coal Geology, P.O.Box 25046, Denver, CO, Colorado, 80225 Nonmarine deposition following a
Recent Investigation of the Menefee coals, Monero coal field, Rio Arriba county, New Mexico
G. K. Hoffman New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 The Monero coal field is in north-central New Mexico, on the northeastern side of the San Juan Basin. The field is
Structural data from the Joyita Hills, Socorro County, New Mexico–Evidence for multiple episodes and orientations of normal-fault systems
William C. Beck Department of Geosciences, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 Detailed geologic mapping and structural analysis define the Joyita Hills (Los Canoncitos) as a north-northeast trending, west-tilted fault block
ECHINODERMS, OSTRACODS, AND OTHER MICROFOSSILS FROM THE FLECHADO FORMATION (PENNSYLVANIAN, DESMOINESIAN) OF NORTHERN NEW MEXICO.
Kenneth K. Kietzke New Mexico Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 7010, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87194 Recent work on an extensive marine microfossil assemblage from the Pennsylvanian Flechado Formation in Taos County, New Mexico
DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE CARBONATE MEMBERS OF THE MIDDLE PROTEROZOIC MESCAL LIMESTONE, APACHE GROUP, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARIZONA
Augustus K. Armstrong1 and Chester T. Wrucke2 1United States Geological Survey, New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 2MS-901, United States Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd., Menlo Park, CA, 94025 The
Late Pennsylvanian sedimentation and paleogeography of the Robledo shelf, Sierra County, New Mexico
David S. Singleton1 and Timothy F. Lawton1 1Department of Earth Sciences, New Mexico State University, Box 3AB, Las Cruces, NM, 88003 Deposited on the inactive margin of Pray’s (1959) Orogrande basin, the Robledo shelf (Meyer,
Triassic-Jurassic stratigraphy, Palo Duro Canyon, Sevilleta Grant, Socorro County, New Mexico
Steven N. Hayden1, S. G. Lucas2, A. P. Hunt2 and William C. Beck3 1Department of Geology, university of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 7010, Albuquerque, NM, 87194
Triassic stratigraphy, Colfax and Mora Counties, northeastern New Mexico
Adrian P. Hunt1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 7010, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87194 Along the Sangre de Cristo front range in Colfax and Mora Counties, Triassic strata
Jointing caused by superficial processes from Upper Cretaceous and Eocene rocks, San Juan and Rio Arriba Counties, San Juan Basin, New Mexico–Implications for inferring subsurface fracture patterns
Neil H., III Whitehead New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, socorro, NM, 87801 Joints caused by relief of in situ stresses associated with the present-day topography are the dominant fracture type in moderately
Mineralogy and use of Cretaceous marine sediments for ceramic products, Anapra, Dona Ana County, New Mexico
M. Nitsymanyana1 and K. F. Clark1 1Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas, EI Paso, TX, 79968 The Cerro Cristo Rey uplift straddles the international border between the State of Chihuahua, Republic of Mexico, and
Relations between heat flow and fluid flow in the Earth’s crust–Examples from New Mexico
Marshall Reiter1, Margaret W. Barroll1, G. Clarkson2, J. Minier3 and D. L. Jordan4 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 2Geology Dept., Western Michigan
Upper Triassic Owl Rock and Rock Point Members, Chinle Formation, Petaca Pinta, Cibola County, New Mexico
Spencer G. Lucas1 and Adrian P. Hunt1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 7010, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87194 Outcrops of the Owl Rock and Rock Point Members around Petaca Pinta (SW1/4 T6N,
Tectonic disruption of Tijeras Canyon drainage
J. F. Gibbons Applied Research Technical Services, Inc., Albuquerque, NM Examination of remote imagery of Tijeras Canyon drainage and reflection seismic profiles imply disturbance of drainage from Tijeras Canyon. During the deposition of late Tertiary