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2002
A juevnile Pachycephalosaur (Dinosauria: Pachycephalosauridae) from the Fruitland formation, New Mexico (abs.)
Lucas E. Spencer1 and Thomas D. Carr2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104, twilliamson@nmmnh.state.nm.us 2Department of Palaeobiology, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto,
Turonian ammonites from the upper Cretaceous D-cross member of the Mancos Shale, Cebollita Mesa, Cibola County, New Mexico (abs.)
Paul L. Sealey1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 At CebolIita Mesa southeast of Grants in Cibola County (ToN, RlOW), the D-Cross Member of
Petrology and depositional environments of the Menefee Formation north of Regina, New Mexico (abs.)
J. F. Alberto Amarante1, Brian S. Brister2, William Peabody3 and T. H. McElvain Jr.3 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801
Type section of the Pennsylvanian Atrasado Fromation, Lucero uplift, Valencia County, New Mexico (abs.)
K. Krainer1 and Spencer G. Lucas2 1Institute for Geology and Paleontology, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52, Innsbruck A-6020, Austria 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 In 1946, Kelley
Depositional environment of a limestone and chert unit in the Miocene Popotosa formation, Cañoncito de las Cabras area, Socorro County, New Mexico (abs.)
Becky J. McGill New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Dept Earth and Environmental Sci, Socorro, NM, 87801, bmcgill@nmt.edu Several thin carbonate and chert units of unknown origin occur within fifteen to twenty meters of
Natural arsenic distribution in ground water in the Socorro, New Mexico, area of the middle Rio Grande Rift (abs.)
Lynn A. Brandvold1 and Patricia L. Frisch1 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 Arsenic occurs naturally in groundwaters in the Socorro ana. San Antonio area of the Middle Rio Grande
Fracture characterization of the Bandelier Tuff in Cañon de Valle, Los Alamos, New Mexico, for seismic hazards and flow and trasnport analysis (abs.)
R. A. Channell1, C. Lewis1, A. Lavine1, C. W. Criswell2 and K. V. Bostick 1Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 2Roy F. Weston Inc., Albuquerque, NM A seismic hazards investigation and the need to
Use of flexibile liners in unstable angled boreholes at LANL (abs.)
William J. Stone Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, u113583@pobox1663.lanl.gov A low-head weir was installed in lower Los Alamos Canyon to eliminate off-site transport of contaminant-bearing sediment by fire-enhanced runoff. Perched water occurs in
A combined GIS-HEC floodplain mapping technique fro mountainous watersheds (abs.)
Mark E. Van Eechkout1, Marcia A. Jones1 and Stephen G. McLin1 1Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, sgm@lanl.gov A combined GIS-HEC modeling application for floodplain analysis of pre-and postburned watersheds is described. The
Probability plots distinguish morphological groupings in biometric data: analysis of Coelophysis and comparison to other Diapsida (abs.)
L. F. Rinehart1, S. G. Lucas1 and A. B. Heckert1 1New Mex. Mus. Nat. Hist. (NMMNH), 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104, lrinehart@msn.com Probability plotting is a simple, powerful analytical method that
Invertebrate faunas of the lower Atrasado formation (Pennsylvanian, Missourian), Cerros de Amado, Socorro County, New Mexico (abs.)
Barry S. Kues1, Spencer G. Lucas2, Allan J. Lerner2 and Garner L. Wilde3 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road
Ground magnetic profiling of faults in the Albuquerque Basin, New Mexico: implications for fault structure in sedimentary basins (abs.)
Brant W. Cole1 and Harold Tobin1 1Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico, Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 High-resolution aeromagnetic data has recently been used to effectively map fault traces in
Mammal footprints from Pleistocene Lake Otero, Tularosa Basin, White Sands Missile Range, Doña Ana County, New Mexico (abs.)
Gary S. Morgan1, Spencer G. Lucas1, John W. Hawley2, David W. Love3 and Robert G. Myers4 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104, gmorgan@nmmnh.state.nm.us 2Hawley Geomatters, P.
Preliminary geologic map of the Guaje Mountain 7.5-min quadrangle, eastern Jemez Mountains, New Mexico (abs.)
Kirt A. Kempter1 and Shari Kelley2 1 2365 Camino Pintores, Santa Fe, NM, New Mexico, 87505 2New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM The Guaje Mountain 7.5-min quadrangle contains some of the most spectacular volcanic geology in
The diversity of New Mexico Tyranosauoidea (abs.)
Thomas D. Carr1 and T. E. Williamson2 1Department of Palaeobiology, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2C6, Canada, thomasc@rom.on.ca 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque,
Geology of the Española 7.5-minute quadrangle and implicaitons regarding middle Miocene deposition and tectonism in the Rio Grande Rift, norht-central New Mexico
Daniel J. Koning 14193 Henderson Dr., Rancho Cucamonga, NM, New Mexico, 91739, danchikoning@hotmail.com Geologic mapping and sedimentologic study of the Tesuque Formation in the Espanola 7.5-minute quadrangle elucidates middle Miocene (~11-16 Ma), rift-related deposition and
Geologic mapping of the Blue Mountain quadrangle, San Mateo Mountains, New Mexico (abs.)
Scott D. Lynch Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801, lynch@nmt.edu Geologic mapping and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology in the west-central San Mateo Mountains of southwestern New Mexico
Geology and structure of the Pajarito fault system at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico (abs.)
Alexis Lavine1, Jamie N. Gardner1, Claudia J. Lewis1, Steve L. Reneau1, Giday WoldeGabriel1, Don J. Krier1 and Dave T. Vaniman1 1Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, alavine@lanl.gov The Los
Crust and upper mantle structure in the southwestern United States from teleseismic receiver functions (abs.)
David Wilson1, Richard Aster1, James Ni2, John Schlue1, Steve Grand3, Scott Baldridge4, Mike West2, Rengin Gok2, Steve Semken5 and Wei Gao3 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, New Mexico,
The nature of resurgence in the Valles Caldera, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico (abs.)
Erin H. Phillips1, Phillip Kyle1, William C. McIntosh1 and Matt Heizler1 1Dept. Earth & Environmental Science and NM Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, NM Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801 Preliminary 40Ar/39Ar dates from rhyolite lavas
Major element geochemistry of the Neoproterozoic Chuar Group, Grand Canyon (abs.)
Crystal L. Dodson1, Laura J. Crossey2, John D. Bloch1 and Carol M. Dehler3 1Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Univ. of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, lotus@unm.edu 2Dept. of Earth & Plantary Sciences,
Geochemical observations of the Victorio Mountains Mining District, Luna County, New Mexico (abs.)
Kelly M. Donahue1, Virginia T. McLemore2 and Andrew R. Campbell1 1E&ES Dept. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Geology, Socorro, NM, 87801 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, NMIMT, Socorro, NM, 87801 The
Electron microprobe ages of detrital (?), metamorphic, and igneous monazite from the Burro Mountains, southwest New Mexico (abs.)
Amos S. Sanders1 and Jeffrey M. Amato1 1Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM The Burro Mountains of southwestern New Mexico consist of Precambrian metasedimentary rocks intruded by Proterozoic diabase and
Genetic evolution of the magmatic hydrothermal breccia and stockwork veinlets of the Goat Hill orebody, Questa porphyry molybdenum system, New Mexico (abs.)
A. Rowe1, V. T. McLemore2, B. M. Walker3 and David Norman1 1Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, NMIMT, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, NMIMT,