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Late Quaternary paleoseismicity of the Alamogordo fault adjacent to the Sacramento Mountains
D. J. Koning1 and F. J. Pazzaglia1 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131-1116 The Alamogordo fault is a major Rio Grande rift structLJre in southern New Mexico along
Earthquake chronology established by calibrating a fault-scarp diffusion model with a Cosmogenic nuclide: Preliminary results from the Socorro Canyon Fault
John P. Ayarbe1, Fred M. Phillips1, J. B. J. Harrison1, David Elmore2 and Pankaj Sharma2 1Earth and Environmental Sciences Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology,, Socorro, NM, 87801 2PRlME Lab, Purdue University, West
Hydrogeologic characterization of a large displacement normal fault in poorly lithified sediments
Geoffrey C. Rawling1 and Laurel B. Goodwin1 1Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801 An understanding of the impact of fault zones on subsurface fluid flow is of importance in
Hydrogeology of the Upper Santa Fe Group adjacent to the Sand Hill fault, Albuquerque Basin, New Mexico
D. G. Smyth1 and S. Connell2 1Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 2New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, 2808 Central Avenue SE, Albuquerque,
Effects of shallow basaltic intrusion into silicic tephra, Grants Ridge, New Mexico [abs]
Giday WoldeGabriel1, Gordon N. Keating1 and Greg A. Valentine1 1Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, wgiday@lanl.gov A shallow basaltic intrusion into chemically homogenous silicic tephra at depths of
Seasonal geochemical response of a shallow alluvial aquifer associated with a first order montane stream in northern New Mexico
Richard M. Ortiz1, Armand Groffman1 and Laura J. Crossey1 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Rio Calaveras, located in the Jemez Mountains ofnorthern New Mexico, is a first
The Lobo Hill alkalic complex, Torrance County, New Mexico: Cambrian magmatism in the New Mexico aulacogen
Nancy J. McMillan1 and V. T. McLemore2 1Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, nmcmilla@nmsu.edu 2New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 New analyses of alkalic
The spatial distribution of entisols on a riparian forest floodplain as a function of vegetation and sediment texture: Implications for short term pedogenesis
Nicole M. Bailey1 and Laura Hagan1 1Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, nbailey@unm.edu In the past, active floodplain soils were considered much too young to contain any significant amount of
Origin of the syenitic rocks of the Red Hills, southern Caballo Mountains, New Mexico, in the light of field, petrographic, and geochemical studies accompanied by the comparison with two petrogenetic models
S. Pandurang1, N. J. McMillan2 and V. T. McLemore3 1Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, spandura@nmsu.edu 2Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003 3New
Carbon dioxide soil gas studies in the Sevilleta
L. J. Wardell1 and B. Harrison1 1Earth and Environmental Science Department, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801 Previous work on two opposing slopes at a Sevilleta field site inferred different paleoclimate conditions and vegetative patterns
Arc abandonment as a cause for passive rifting: Comparison of the Jurassic Mexican Borderland rift and the Cenozoic Rio Grande rift
Timothy F. Lawton1 and Nancy J. McMillan1 1Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003 Two rift systems, the Late Mesozoic Borderland rift that includes the Bisbee and McCoy basins and
Available moisture controls on the distribution of calcium carbonate within soils of a first order drainage basin, Sevilleta Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico
D. Mcmahon1, J. B. J. Harrison2 and Jan M. H. Hendrickx2 1Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV 2Earth and Environmental Sciences Dept, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801 A small first order drainage basin developed in
Development of a major rift transfer zone (Embudo fault): Insights into the evolution of the northern Rio Grande rift in New Mexico
Paul W. Bauer1, Keith I. Kelson2 and Peggy S. Johnson1 1NM Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 2William Lettis & Assoc., 1777 Botelho, Walnut Creek, CA, 94596 Three major fault systems intersect
Mountain-front geology of the Tesuque quadrangle, Santa Fe County, New Mexico
Claudia I. Borchert1 and Gary Smith1 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northrop Hall, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, cloudya@unm.edu Our research in the Tesuque quadrangle, Santa Fe County, New Mexico has produced
The Oligocene-Early Miocene Abiquiu Formation, northern New Mexico: Evidence for Rio Grande rift initiation synchronous with deposition
Jessica D. Moore1 and Gary A. Smith1 1Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, moss@unm.edu Previous work on the western margin of the Rio Grande rift, in the area
Tectonics and volcanism of the Late Miocene Bearhead magmatic episode in the southeastern Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
Gary A. Smith Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131-1116 Relationships between Neogene volcanism and faulting in the Jemez Mountains have been only poorly defmed. Recent mapping indicates, however,
Industrial mineral production and potential in New Mexico
James M. Barker1 and George S. Austin 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801 Industrial minerals, rocks and materials are nonmetallic commodities (IM hereafter). Some produced in New
The application of jarosite geochronology and stable isotope geochemistry to ore deposit genesis and weathering–Some examples from the Rio Grande rift
Virgil W. Lueth1, Robert O. Rye2 and Lisa Peters1 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 2United States Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Denver,
Copper oxide development in arid environments
Chadwick J. Spencer1 and William X., Jr. Chavez1 1Dept. of Mineral Engineering, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Pl., Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801, cspencer@nmt.edu Copper oxides are presently a topic of
Sampling protocol for mine waste rock pile characterization in the Hillsboro mining district, Sierra County, New Mexico
Erik A. Munroe1, Virginia T. McLemore2 and Philip. Kyle 1Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 2New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM,
Mine waste rock pile mineralogy and geochemistry in select areas of the Hillsboro mining district, Sierra County, New Mexico: Insights into metal mobility
Erik A. Munroe1, Virginia T. McLemore2 and Nelia Dunbar1 1Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 2New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM,
Quartz-kyanite pods in Proterozoic rocks in northern New Mexico: Shear zone formation along an older hydrothermal alteration horizon
Mary Catherine Simmons Department of Earth & Planetary Science, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Large quartz-kyanite schist pods of unusual bulk composition enclosed by shells of sericite schist occur within the 1.7 Ga
Origin of spheroidal and ellipsoidal flow? Structures in the Bearwallow Mountain Andesite, Mogollon-Datil volcanic field, New Mexico
James C. Ratte U.S. Geological Survey, P.O.Box 25046, MS 905, Denver, CO, Colorado, 80225 Enigmatic structures in the Bearwallow Mountain Andesite, or Bearwallow Mountain Formation, are here interpreted to be flow features. The Bearwallow Mountain
Characteristics and origin of melted xenoliths at Vulcan cone at the Albuquerque Volcanoes
Katherine E. McLeroy1 and Gary Smith1 1Geology Dept., University of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Melted xenoliths are present at Vulcan cone, highest ofthe middle Pleistocene Albuquerque volcanoes. The inclusions at vulcan cone