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Petrographic analysis of the Seven Rivers Formation carbonate reservoir, Fren Pool, Eddy County, New Mexico
Dana Ulmer-Scholle1 and Brian S. Brister2 1Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, dulmer@nmt.edu 2NMBM&MR, New Mexico Tech Fren (Seven Rivers) pool is areally and volumetrically the largest oil field producing from the
Evidence for long-lived Cenozoic deformation along the margin of the Colorado Plateau and Rio Grande rift in northern New Mexico
Jessica D. Moore Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, moss@unm.edu Geologic mapping astride Rio Grande rift-bounding normal faults near Abiquiu, NM, reveals evidence for structural deformation persisting from
Quantative strain analysis of Laramide deformation in the Little Hatchet Mountains, southwest New Mexico
Michael S. Cleary1 and Jeffrey M. Amato1 1Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88001, mcleary@nmsu.edu The Laramide orogeny was a major mountain-building event in the western United States that occurred from latest
Origin and development of the caves at the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, southwestern New Mexico
James C. Ratte U.S. Geological Survey, P.O.Box 25046, MS 905, Denver, CO, 80225 The Gila Cliff Dwellings were constructed by the Mogollon people, in seven natural caves or alcoves, in Gila conglomerate about 800 years
Where the water might be: Prospecting for water in the pre-Tesuque Tertiary sediments south of Santa Fe, New Mexico
Catherine D. Ratcliff1, Paul G. Drakos1 and Jay Lazarus1 1Glorieta Geoscience, Inc., P. O. Box 5727, Santa Fe, NM, 87502, ratcliff@glorieta.com An increasing number of domestic wells are being drilled in and around the Galisteo
Stratigraphy of Rio Grande terrace deposits between San Felipe Pueblo and Los Lunas, Albuquerque Basin, New Mexico
Sean D. Connell1 and D. W. Love1 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801 We present stratigraphic and geomorphic evidence to
Hydrogeologic framework for regional ground-water flow model of the Eldorado area, Santa Fe County, New Mexico
Stephen T., Jr. Finch1 and Sharman L. Carpenter1 1John Shomaker & Associates, Inc., 2703-D Broadbent Parkway NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87107 In recent years many researchers have worked on sorting out the geologic setting of the
Estimates of CaCO3 accumulation rates from correlated fluvial terraces, Socorro Basin, New Mexico
H. L. Goldstein1, J. B. J. Harrison1, D. Love2 and P. Mozley1 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 2New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 The Rio
Diversity and paleoecology of the Pennsylvanian fish fauna at Kinney Brick quarry, central New Mexico
Sally C. Johnson1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 The Kinney Brick quarry is a lagerstatte developed in the Pennsylvanian Pine Shadow
Alluvial aquifer metal precipitates within a mineralized region, northern New Mexico
Joan M. Otahal1, Laura B. Hagan1, Laura J. Crossey1 and Bruce D. Allen2 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, jotahal@unm.edi 2New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources,
Invertebrate fauna of the Bursum Formation (Lower Wolfcampian) at its type section, Hansonburg Hills, Socorro County, New Mexico
Barry S. Kues1, Spencer G. Lucas2, G. L. Wilde3 and K. Krainer4 1Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 3GLW
Hydrogeology of the ground water flow system near Los Alamos, New Mexico
Stephen G. McLin LANL, P.O. Box 1663, MS-K497, Los Alamos, NM, New Mexico, 87544, mclins@lanl.gov The regional aquifer located below Pajarito Plateau is the only sustainable water source for municipal use. This aquifer is separated
Early Permian tetrapod ichnofauna at Abo Pass, central New Mexico
Allan J. Lerner1, Sally C. Johnson and Spencer G. Lucas 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 A new tracksite in the Abo Formation, New Mexico Museum
Early Permian flora from the Abo Formation, Placitas, Sandoval County, New Mexico
M. J. Knaus1, S. G. Lucas2 and M. J. Rowland2 1Department of Biology, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, 78666 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 New fossil sites near Placitas,
The Aetosaur Desmatosuchus from the Upper Triassic Snyder Quarry, northern New Mexico, and its biochronological significance
Kate E. Zeigler1, Andrew B. Heckert1 and Spencer G. Lucas2 1Dept. of Earth & Planet. Sci., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, kaerowyn@unm.edu 2New Mexico Mus. of Nat. Hist. & Sci., 1801 Mountain Rd
Additions to the fauna of the Upper Triassic Snyder quarry, Petrified Forest Member (Revueltian:Early-Mid Norian), north-central New Mexico
Andrew B. Heckert1, Jerald D. Harris2, Spencer G. Lucas2 and Kate E. Zeigler1 1Dept. Earth &Plan. Sci., UNM, Albuquerque, NM, 87131-1116, heckerta@unm.edu 2NMMNH, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 Intensive excavations totaling
A juvenile Pantolambda Bathmodon (Mammalia:Pantodonta) from the Early Paleocene (Torrejonian) Nacimiento Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico
Thomas E. Williamson1 and Paul L. Sealey1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 A partial skull and skeleton (NMMNH P-27844) from the Mixodectes pungens Zone of
A Late Quaternary climate record from Alpine catchments in the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains of northern New Mexico
Jake Armour1 and Peter J. Fawcett1 1E&PS, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, jarmour@unm.edu The southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains of northern New Mexico contain evidence of Quaternary glaciation, including a distinctive set of
Estimating hydraulic parameters from water-level fluctuations (abs)
Stephen G. McLin LANL, P.O. Box 1663, MS-K497, Los Alamos, NM, 87544, mclins@lanl.gov In October 1992, the Los Alamos National Laboratory began recording hourly water levels in numerous test wells that are completed into the
Subsurface geology of the Santa Fe embayment, New Mexico
Philip R., Jr. Grant Grant Enterprises, Inc., 9720-0 Candelaria Rd., NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87112, zorroplata@aol.com The Santa Fe embayment is a structural element of the Rio Grande rift-related Espanola basin. Until the advent of rifting
Patterns of Cenozoic denudation of the southern High Plains
Marta J. Hemmerich1 and Shari A. Kelley1 1Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 Spatial and temporal patterns of denudation on the southern High Plains of
Latest Eocene felsic volcanic rocks from the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico
E. A. Melis1, C. J. Harpel1, S. A. Kelley1 and Paul W. Bauer2 1Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801, eamelis@nmt.edu 2New Mexico Bureau of Mines
Proterozoic evolution of the Zuni Mountains, New Mexico: Peridotites, tonalites, rhyolites, shear zones, and a reactivation history through the present
Diana Strickland1, Karl E. Karlstrom2 and Jane Selverstone2 1Geology Dept., Univ. of New Mexico, 8807 Sandstone, Houston, TX, 77036, ariel23@unm.edu 2Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 The Zuni Mountains offer a rare Precambrian exposure
Oligocene onset of Santa Fe Group sedimentation, near Santa Fe, New Mexico
Gary A. Smith Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, gsmith@unm.edu STATEMAP geologic mapping northeast of Santa Fe elucidates stratigraphic and structural relationships recording extensional foundering of the local