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1991
Geological structure and hydrologic properties in a heterogeneous vadose zone
Paula Arnet1, Robert S. Bowman1 and Daniel B. Stephens1 1Department of Geoscience,New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 Geologic controls on water and solute transport in a heterogeneous vadose zone were investigated
Lead-contamination studies at abandoned Billing smelter site
George S. Austin1, Lynn A. Brandvold1, John W. Hawley1 and Jacques Renault1 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 Billing smelter slag and the nearby soil have been examined by the
Characterization of lead contamination near the Graphic smelter (“Cuba Road” smelter), Socorro, New Mexico
Tanya G. Brickell Geoscience Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 The Graphic Smelter (now referred to as Cuba Smelter) is located on the southeast side of Socorro and lies between
NEW MEXICO STATE GEOLOGIC MAP PROJECT: A SUMMARY OF WORK 1987-1990, AND A DISCUSSION OF MAP UNITS, THEIR CORRELATION AND THE MOST RECENT REGIONAL CORRELATION CONCEPTS
Orin J. Anderson1, Glen E. Jones1, John W. Hawley2 and Augustus K. Armstrong2 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, NM 2U.S. Geological Survey The database for the new state geologic map consists for
Mercury–History and contamination at the Cuba Smelter site and Torrance Stamp mill, Socorro, New Mexico
John S. Hall Department of Geoscience, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 The metal mercury has been known since prehistoric times. The Romans discovered the amalgamation properties of mercury around 100
The first tetrapod faunas from the Trujillo Formation (Late Triassic) of east-central New Mexico and their biochronological and paleoecological significance
Adrian P. Hunt New Mexico Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 7010, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87194-7010 The Trujillo Formation is as much as 68 m of sandstone. mudstone. conglomerate and minor mudrock which crops
Two phytosaur (Reptilia: Archosauria) skeletons from the Bull Canyon Formation (Late Triassic) of east-central New Mexico with preserved stomach contents
Adrian P. Hunt New Mexico Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 7010, Albuquerque, NM, 87194-7010 Phytosaur specimens represent more than 60% of all fossil tetrapods from Upper Triassic strata in the western United States. However,
Preliminary observations relating geothermal anomalies and ground-water flow in the Bosque del Apache area, Socorro County, New Mexico
Margaret W. Barroll1 and Marshall Reiter1 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 The Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge is in the Rio Grande river valley, within the Rio Grand rift.
Vertical distribution of sulfur in a coal seam of the Lee Ranch mine, McKinely County, New Mexico
Abraham Araya1 and F. J. Kuellmer1 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 The Lee Ranch Mine is located in the southeasterly part of the San Juan basin (approximately 30 miles northeast
Jurassic Todilto Limestone–Facies, diagenesis and mineralogy, Grants district, McKinley and Cibola Counties, New Mexico
Augustus K. Armstrong U.S. Geological Survey, New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 The Todilto limestone unit of the Wanakah Formation is 1-30 ft (0.3-9.1 m) thick in the Grants district
Depositional and stratigraphic setting of a lower Permian limestone in the southern Mimbres Basin, southwestern New Mexico
Brenda J. Buck1 and Russell E. Clemons1 1New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003 A small limestone outcrop 5 km northwest of the Tres Hermanas Mountains in southwestern New Mexico was studied as part
Basement structures and influence on Phanerozoic deformation–Structural data from the Joyita Hills, Socorro County, New Mexico
William C. Beck New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 Exposures of Proterozoic rocks within the core of the Joyita Hills display a multitude of planar fabrics, including ductile mylonite zones,
Artificial recharge–An alternative to proposed dams on the Gila River, Grant County, New Mexico
Frederick D. Trauger Geohydrology Associates, Inc., 4015 Carlisle, NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87107 Controversy over the past 40 years has prevented construction on the Gila River of either the first proposed and congressionally authorized Hooker Darn
Fusulininid biostratigraphy of the Bar B Formation (Desmoinesian-Wolfcampian), southern Caballo Mountains, New Mexico
Alan D. Thompson1, William E. King1, Timothy E. Lawton1 and Greg H. Mack1 1Department of Earth Sciences, New Mexico State University, Box 3AB, Las Cruces, NM, 88003 Thirty-five limestone beds of the Bar B Formation
Reptile footprints from the Middle Triassic Moenkopi Formation, 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 Numerous reptile footprints are preserved as raised casts on a single bedding plane of
Alteration and mineralization in the Carlisle-Center and East Camp area of the Steeple Rock mining district, Grant County, New Mexico–Preliminary observations
Virginia T. McLemore Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas, EI Paso, TX, 79968 The Steeple Rock district is in the Summit Mountains in southwestern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona. An estimated $10 million worth
Mechanics of single-layer drape folding–Some simple models with practical applications
William C. Haneberg New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 Theoretical displacement, finite strain, and stress fields, along with calculated fold geometry, were compared
Rapid at-a-station adjustments of the Rio Puerco, New Mexico, to decadal and centenary mega events
David W. Love1, Richard P. Lozinsky1 and Ellen M. Limburg1 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 Schumm (1985) proposed that the perceived magnitude of a given geomorphic event decreased when
Geochemistry of Miocene to Early Pliocene lavas of southwest New Mexico
David M. Haag1 and Nancy J. McMillan1 1Department of Earth Sciences, New Mexico State University, Box 3AB, Las Cruces, NM, 88003 Extension in the southern Rio Grande rift began 32-29 Ma ago, followed by the
Ostracods and other microfossils from marginal marine molluscan community in the Laborcita Formation (Permian, Wolfcampian) near Alamogordo, New Mexico
Kenneth K. Kietzke New Mexico Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 7010, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87194 A low diversity/high abundance ostracod fauna has been recovered from a gastropod/ bivalve community in the Laborcita Formation
Hypocenter and velocity model estimation near Socorro, New Mexico using direct and reflected arrival times
Hans E. Hartse1, Allan R. Sanford1 and John S. Knapp2 1Geophysical Research Center and Geoscience Dept., New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801 2Physical Science Dept., Missouri Southern State College, Joplin, MO, 64801 Local microearthquake seismograms
Triassic nonmarine “Spirorbis” –Gastropods not worms
Kenneth K. Kietzke1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 7010, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87194 Calcareous microfossils identified as polychaete worm tubes and assigned to the genus Spirorbis have
Depositional environments of the Panther Seep (Virgilian?-Wolfcampian)-Lower Hueco (Wolfcampian) Formations in the Dona Ana Mountains, New Mexico
Lorena L. Goerger1 and Russell E. Clemons1 1New Mexico State university, Las Cruces, NM, 88003 Upper Pennsylvanian and Lower Permian rocks in the Dona Ana Mountains, consist of (in ascending order) the Panther Seep (which
Neotectonic analysis of rift-margin faults in the Abiquiu embayment of the Rio Grande rift, northern New Mexico
Mark A. Gonzalez Dept. of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Neotectonic analysis in the Abiquiu embayment of the Rio Grande rift, northern New Mexico, was conducted to determine the kinematics, timing, magnitude,