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Spring Meeting Abstracts

Explore research presented at the NMGS Annual Spring Meeting. Browse abstracts from 1983 onward, choose a meeting year, or open an abstract to read the full text.

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2001

Along-strike variations on the Pajarito Fault system, Los Alamos, New Mexico

Alexis Lavine1, Jamie N. Gardner1, Steven L. Reneau1, Giday Woldegabriel1 and Claudia J. Lewis1 1Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, alavine@lanl.gov We have developed a method of geologic

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Stable isotopic investigation of cave pools in Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico

B. Talon Newton1, Andrew R. Campbell1, H. J. Turin2, F. M. Phillips3 and M. A. Plummer3 1Earth and Environmental Science Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, tnewton@nmt.edu 2Los Alamos Laboratory, Los

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Vadose-zone infiltration velocities inferred from radioisotopes in cave pools, Lechuguilla Cave, New Mexico

M. A. Plummer1, H. J. Turin2, M. L. Thompson3 and F. M. Phillips3 1New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801, mplummer@nmt.edu 2Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545 3New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801 Quantifying

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Hydrologic impacts of the Cerro Grande wildfire

Stephen G. McLin Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, sgm@lanl.gov The Cerro Grande Wildfire burned about 47,650 acres (19,280 ha) onPajarito Plateau near Los Alamos, New Mexico, in May 2000. Topographically, this burned area

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A comparison of sediment production on chemically treated and untreated sagebrush rangeland in the Rio Puerco headwaters near Cuba, New Mexico

Regina G. Rone1, Tim J. Ward2, D. W. Love3 and J. B. J. Harrison4 1Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801, gismo@nmt.edu 2Dept. of Civil Engineering, Univ. of New Mexico,

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The origin of turquoise at the Iron Mask mine, Orogrande mining district, Otero County, New Mexico

Joseph C. Crook Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 Turquoise, Cu2+AI6(PO4)4(OH)8, occurs in a shale unit of the Gobbler Fm. at the Iron Mask Mine

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