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1997
Tectonic geomorphology of the Sierra Nacimiento: Traditional and new techniques in assessing long-term landscape evolution of northern New Mexico
Meri Lisa Formento-Trigilio Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Among the most striking physiographic features of the southern Rocky Mountains is the remarkably linear mountain front of the
Hydrogeologic characterization and Tesuque Formation stratigraphy in the Taos Valley, New Mexico
P. Drakos1 and J. Lazarus1 1Glorieta Geoscience, Inc., P. O. Box 5727, Santa Fe, NM, 87502 Geological, geophysical, water quality, and aquifer testing data from 10-15 shallow (less than 500 ft total depth) and 6
Quaternary evolution of eolian landforms, soils, and landscapes of the Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
Amy L. Ellwein Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM Quaternary eolian deposits provide one very important type of record of landscape evolution in the Petrified Forest National Park. The
The climatic evolution of New Mexico from the Permian to Recent
P. J. Fawcett Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 The climatic evolution of New Mexico and the SW United States from the Late Permian to recent is simulated
Late Cenozoic tectonic history of the northern Santo Domingo Basin
Gary A. Smith1 and Andrika J. Kuhle1 1Department of Earth Planetary University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Geologic mapping in the northern Santo Domingo Basin, and adjacent Jemez Mountains, elucidates late Miocene to Quaternary
What are the fundamental controls on rates of landscape denudation? Applications of DEM/GIS techniques in geomorphology for the next decade
Frank J. Pazzaglia Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131-1116 Geomorphology and surficial geology has undergone a recent dramatic transformation to increased numbers of studies regarding large-scale quantitative investigation
Eolian sand sheets as controls on recharge and infiltration in semi-arid environments
E. Shearer Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 Sand sheets are a common feature on the piedmonts of the arid southwest. I am studying sand
Principal features of a new vertebrate assemblage of Virgilian age (Late Pennsylvanian) from New Mexico
J. M. Rowland1, B. S. Kues2 and J. W. Estep3 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science and Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM 2Department of Earth
The occurrence and biochronology of Didymoceras Nebrascene from the Upper Cretaceous Lewis Shale near Waterflow, San Juan County, New Mexico
Paul L. Sealey1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 The heteromorph ammonite Didymoceras nebrascense is locally abundant 285-290 m above the base of the
Stratigraphically defined piercing lines indicate minimal right slip on eastern margin of Colorado Plateau during Laramide time
Spencer G. Lucas1, Orin J. Anderson2 and Lee A. Woodward3 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Rd. NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 2New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 3Department
Contemporaneous magmatic and hydromagmatic Pliocene basalt eruptions at the site of Cochiti Dam, Sandoval County, New Mexico
Gary A. Smith1, M. C. Simmons1 and A. J. Kuhle1 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Pliocene volcanism in the Cerros del Rio volcanic field; southeast of the
Rio Grande rift barite-fluorite-galena deposits in New Mexico
Virginia T. McLemore New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 Rio Grande Rift (RGR) deposits, formerly called sedimentary-hydrothermal barite-fluorite-galena deposits (North and McLemore, 1986) or Mississippi-Valley type (MVT) deposits (Putnam et
Importance of underflow in environmental site assessment
William J. Stone New Mexico Environment Department, P.O. Box 5400, Albuquerque, NM, 87185 Underflow, the water moving in zones of saturation perched in unconsolidated material on bedrock beneath slopes or dry stream channels, can be
Uppermost Pennsylvanian-Permian stratigraphy at Placitas, Sandoval County, New Mexico
Spencer G. Lucas1, J. W. Estep1, J. M. Rowland1 and B. S. Kues2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road N.W., Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 2Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University
Dinosaur skin impressions from the Upper Cretaceous of southwestern New Mexico
Spencer G. Lucas1, B. G. Anderson2, R. E. Barrick3 and A. B. Heckert4 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road N.W., Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 2Mesa Southwest Museum, 53 North Macdonald, Mesa,
40Ar/39Ar age and origin of jarosite mineralization at the Hansonburg district, New Mexico
Virgil W. Lueth1 and M. T. Heizler1 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801, vwlueth@nmt.edu Jarosite [K2Fe63+(SO4)4(OH)12] is formed in oxidized portions of sulfide ore deposits, precipitated as a primary mineral
Further evidence for herding behavior in Ornithopod dinosaurs from the Dakota Sandstone of northeast New Mexico
J. E. Cotton1, W. D. Cotton2 and A. P. Hunt3 1Charlottesville High School, 1400 Melbourne, Rd., Charlottesville, VA, 22903 2National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 520 Edgemont Rd., Charlottesville, VA, 22903-2475 3Mesalands Museum, Mesa Technical College, 911
Significance of basal Permian Hueco conglomerate, southern Franklin Mountains, Texas
L. L. Corbitt El Paso Community College, El Paso, TX, 79915 Immediately east of the Coronado Golf course above the western boundary normal fault basal Permian Hueco conglomerate and sandstone unconformably overlies faulted and deformed
Lower Cretaceous (Albian) echinoids from southwestern New Mexico
John W. Estep1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Rd. NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 In southwestern New Mexico, the limestone-shale member of the Lower Cretaceous U-Bar Formation
Innovations in geochemical and geochronological techniques: Implications for the next 50 years of New Mexico geology
Nelia W. Dunbar New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801, nelia@mailhost.nmt.edu During the last 50 years, major advances have been made in geochemical and geochronological analytical techniques. Although the theoretical basis
Pennsylvanian vertebrate assemblage from Socorro County, central New Mexico
Jiri Zidek1 and Lucas Spencer2 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 A bioclastic packstone bed
Young undeformed source cauldron for the tuff of Turkey Springs, northern San Mateo Mountains, Socorro County, New Mexico
Glen R. Osburn1, C. A. Ferguson2 and W. C. McIntosh3 1Dept. of Earth & Planetary Science, Box 1169, Washington University, 1 Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO, 63122, osburn@levee.wustl.edu 2Arizona Geological Survey, 416 W. Congress, Tucson,
Soil, vegetation and microtopographic interactions in a small, semiarid drainage basin: Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge
Dennis R. McMahon1, J. B. J. Harrison1, Muldavin Esteban1 and Jan Hendrickx1 1New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801 Distinct contrasts in vegetation are affected by slope aspect-related microclimatic factors. The initial driving force for these
Will mineral extraction play more than a miner role in America’s future? Or what we need to know about mining but are afraid to ask
C. Roybal BHP Minerals, 300 W. Arrington, Suite 200, Farmington, NM, 87401 Basic industries, such as mining, are not understood by the majority of the American populous. Because of this lack of knowledge, mining and