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Underdeveloped of old fields–Upper Pennsylvanian and Lower Wolfcampian of southeast New Mexico
Ronald F. Broadhead New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801 Carbonate reservoirs in the Cisco and Canyon (Upper Pennsylvanian) and lower Wolfcampian (Permian) sections in the Permian Basin of
Constraints of Mesozoic piercing lines on magnitude of northward Laramide translation of Colorado Plateau in north-central New Mexico
Steven M. Cather New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 Isopach patterns, pinch-outs, and regional lithologic data for rocks of Jurassic and Cretaceous age are either permissive of, or supportive of,
Geochemical and Physical Aspects of Diamonds from the Akwatia and Tarkwa Diamondfields in Southern Ghana, West Africa.
Jane R. Ward New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM Ghana has been a major world producer of diamonds for several decades. With the recent discovery of a highly altered kimberlite in the
IMPLICATIONS OF ALLOCHTHOGENIC IGNEOUS, META-VOLCANIC AND CARBONATE BLOCKS IN THE PAPALOTE EVAPORITE DIAPIR, LA POPA BASIN, NUEVO LEON, MEXICO
Jennifer M. Garrison1 and Nancy J. McMillan1 1Dept of Geol. Sci., New Mexico State Univ., Box 3AB, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, jegarris@nmsu.edu The Papalote diapir is one of several evaporite diapirs exposed in the La
Boundaries of the Albuquerque geohydrologic basin, north-central New Mexico
John W. Hawley1 and P. R. Grant2 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, 2808 Central Ave. SE., Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87106, rcase@admin.nmt.edu 2Consulting Geologist, 9720-0 Candelaria Rd., NE, Albuquerque,
Environments of formation, controls on the spatial distribution, and geochemistry of calcite cements in the Sierra Ladrones Formation (Plio-Pleistocene), New Mexico
John S. Hall, P. S. Mozley, J. M. Davis and N. A. Delude Heterogeneous calcite cements occur in the alluvial Sierra Ladrones Formation (Upper Santa Fe Group). The cement preferentially occurs in coarser-grained sediments of
A reassessment of the gait of Sphenacodontid Pelycosaurs based on trackways from the early Permian of New Mexico
Adrian P. Hunt1, S. G. Lucas2 and Martin G. Lockley3 1Mesalands Dinosaur Museum and Natural Science Laboratories, Mesa Technical College, 911 South Tenth Street, Tucumcari, NM, New Mexico, 88401 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History
Theropod dinosaurs from the latest Triassic Redonda Formation of east-central New Mexico
Adrian P. Hunt1, Phillip Huber2, B. Reid3, J. E. Frost3, William D. Cotton4 and Jennifer E. Cotton5 1Mesalands Dinosaur Museum and Natural Science Laboratories, Mesa Technical College, 911 South Tenth Street, Tucumcari, NM, 88401 2
Jurassic strata of the Little Hatchet Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico
Timothy F. Lawton1 and P. J. Harrigan2 1Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003 2New Mexico Environment Department, Las Cruces, NM, 88001 More than 1000 m of marine, deltaic, and
An unusual Aetosaur (Archosauria: Crurotarsi) osteoderm from the Bull Canyon Formation (Upper Triassic: Norian) of east-central New Mexico and the biochronology of Paratypothorax
Adrian P. Hunt1 and H. J. Beuhler2 1Mesalands Dinosaur Museum and Natural Science Laboratories, Mesa Technical College, 911 South Tenth Street, Tucumcari, NM, 88401 2San Jon School, 7th and Elm, San Jon, NM, 88434 The
N.M.G.S.’s first fifty years of geology in New Mexico
Frank E. Kottlowski NMBM&MR Emeritus Our goal since day one, April 12, 1947, has been to promote the science of geology and related subjects. This began 50 years and 6 days ago. Results have been
When will “responsible mining” stop being an oxymoron? A challenge for geoscientists and geoengineers, from one who is neither
Abram R. Jacobson Mining Issues Chair, Rio Grande Chapter of the Sierra Club, 315 Valle del Sol, Los Alamos, NM, 87544 Hard-rock mining in the American West has collided head-on with profound, long-term changes in
Stratigraphy and distribution of Cerro Toledo tephras and volcaniclastic sediments beneath the Pajarito Plateau, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
Alexis Lavine1, Grant Heiken1 and J. Stix2 1EES-1, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545 2Department of Geology, University of Montreal, Canada The Cerro Toledo interval (Broxton and Renau, 1995) consists of high-silica rhyolite
Effects of surface and ground-water mixing on iron solubility in a shallow aquifer system, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
E. B. Bridgford1, J. Morrice1, A. R. Groffman1 and L. J. Crossey1 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Understanding the linkages between dissolved redox-sensitive species and solid reactive
Marine faunas of the uppermost Madera Formation at Placitas, southeastern Sandoval County, New Mexico
Barry S. Kues1, Spencer G. Lucas2, J. M. Rowland2, J. W. Estep2, S. Harris2 and G. L. Wilde3 1Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 2New Mexico Museum of
Parallel Jurassic-Paleogene tectonic evolution of Magdalena Basin and Cordillera Oriental, Colombia, and borderland rift Laramide basin systems, southwest New Mexico and southeast Arizona
German Bayona1 and Timothy F. Lawton1 1Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003 The Jurassic to Paleogene stratigraphic succession of the Magdalena basin, encompassing the upper Magdalena Valley and Cordillera
A catena study of soils along the profile of a fault scarp, Deadman Canyon alluviual fan, Tularosa Basin, New Mexico
Daniel J. Koning1 and J. L. Pederson1 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 A catena study of soils associated with a prominent (8.5 m high) fault scarp was
Lakes, caves, and lithofacies-resolving Triassic stratigraphic problems in west-central New Mexico using detailed lithostratigrapy
Andrew B. Heckert1 and Lucas G. Spencer2 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131-1116 2 1801 Mountain Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 Several historically problematic ?Permian to
Global trends are revitializing petroleum geoscience in New Mexico
Bruce S. Hart New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801, hart@nmt.edu Petroleum geoscience (including geology and geophysics) is quietly emerging as one of the exciting research fields in the geosciences, and
The TR-3 unconformity on the Colorado Plateau
Andrew B. Heckert1 and Spencer G. Lucas2 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131-1116 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Alb., NM, New
Antiquity of Prosauropod dinosaurs in the Upper Triassic of the western United States
S. K. Harris1, S. G. Lucas1 and A. P. Hunt2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Alb., NM, New Mexico, 87104 2Mesa Technical College, 911 South Tenth Street, Tucumcari,
Frontiers in ground-water resource exploration (mining) in basins of the Rio Grande rift: Prediction science from the perspective of 6,000 years of recorded human history
John W. Hawley New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, 2808 Central Ave. SE., Albuquerque, NM, 87106, rcase@admin.nmt.edu “The 21st Century will force many communities to [implement] alternative water-resource management strategies;
Detailed aeromagnetic surveys in the middle Rio Grande Basin: Preliminary results
V. J. S. Grauch1 and D. A. Sawyer1 1U. S. Geological Survey, MS 964, Denver, CO, Colorado, 80225, tien@usgs.gov Detailed aeromagnetic surveys were conducted in November and December, 1996 over two areas within the Middle
Past, present, and future of engineering geology
William C. Haneberg New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, 2808 Central Avenue SE, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87801, haneberg@nmt.edu Engineering geology has been defined as the application of geologic principles and techniques to