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2002
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,
Deep geologic isolation in New Mexico in international perspective (abs.)
N. T. Rempe 1403 N. Country Club Circle, Carlsbad, NM, 88220, norbert.rempe@wipp.carlsbad.nm.us The United States hosts the firsts fully licensed, operating deep geologic repository in salt for intermediate-level radioactive and mixed waste from defense programs:
Taxonomy and biostratigraphic significance of the Ornithischian dinosaur Revueltosaurus from the Chinle Group (Upper Triassic), Arizona and New Mexico (abs.)
Andrew B. Heckert New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 Ornithischian dinosaur body fossils are extremely rare in Triassic rocks worldwide, and to date the
Unsafe radwaste disposal at WIPP (abs.)
D. T. Snow 9813 W. 83rd Ave, Arvada, CO, 80005 At WIPP, radioactive waste is being disposed of permanently in drums and boxes placed in rooms excavated in the Salado salt beds. Like all other
Oldest occurrence of the Cretaceous shark, Ptychodus whipplei Marcou, from the Cenomanian of central New Mexico (abs.)
Sally C. Johnson1, Spencer G. Lucas1 and Virginia Friedman2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104-1375 2Geosciences Dept., University of Texas at Dallas, 2601 N. Floyd Rd.,
Phytoremediation potential in semi-arid soils – New Mexican uranium-accumulating plans (abs.)
J. Rosen1, D. Ulmer-Scholle1 and B. J. Harrison1 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 Phytoremediation of U-contaminated soils has been extensively explored in Ohio and other temperate U.S. areas. These studies
A new late Puercan (early Paleocene) local fauna from the San Juan Basin, New Mexico – A preliminary report (abs.)
Thomas E. Williamson1 and Anne Weil2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104-1375, twilliamson@nmmnh.state.nm.us 2Dept. of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Duke University, 08 Biological Sciences
Beneath the burn – a photogeologic tour of the Cerro Grande fire (abs.)
Kirt A. Kempter 2365 Camino Pintores, Santa Fe, NM, 87505 Geologic mapping of the 7.5-min Guaje Mountain quadrangle is nearing completion. Approximately two-thirds of the area within the quadrangle was burned during the Cerro Grande
Geomorphic response of Pueblo Canyon, Los Alamos, New Mexico, to flooding after the Cerro Grande fire (abs.)
J. Lyman1, S. Reneau1, D. Malmon2, A. Lavine1, H. E. Canfield3 and D. Katzman1 1Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 2Balance Hydrologics, Berkeley, CA 3USDA Agricultural Research Center, Tuscon, AZ The Cerro Grande fire
Lower Permian marine strata in the Abo Formation of the Derry Hills and southern Caballo Mountains, south-central New Mexico (abs.)
Spencer G. Lucas1, K. Krainer2 and D. Chaney3 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 2Institute of Geology & Paleontology, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52, Innsbruck A-6020, Austria 3Department
A reassessment of New Mexico geothermal systems (abs.)
D. I. Norman Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, NMIMT, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801 New Mexico geothermal systems, with the exception of that in the Valles caldera, are considered by many to be
Ground-water geology of western Taos County (abs.)
Tony Benson1, Elsbeth Atencio1, Susan Meyers1 and Tom Carrow1 1University of New Mexico, Taos, NM, AnthonyBenson@msn.com A study for the Taos Soil and Water Conservation District has plotted most of the water wells in Taos
Monazite geochronology of the Proterozoic Ortega quartzite – documenting the extent of 1.4 Ga tectonism in the Tusas Range and beyond (abs.)
Joseph P. Kopera1, Michael L. Williams1 and Michael J. Jercinovic1 1Dept. of Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01003-5820, jkopera@geo.umass.edu Preliminary results of in-situ microbe dating of monazite from the Ortega
Lower Paleozoic isopach maps of southern New Mexico and their implications for Laramide and ancestral Rocky Mountain tectonism (abs.)
Steven M. Cather New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801, steve@gis.nmt.edu Compilation of new isopach maps in southern New Mexico for four lower Paleozoic sedimentary successions (Bliss-El Paso, Montoya,
Geology of Trigo Canyon, Valencia County, New Mexico – Uplift constraints for the southern Manzano Mountains (abs.)
Sean D. Connell1, W. C. McIntosh2 and S. Rogers3 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources-Albuquerque Office, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 2808 Central Ave., SE, Albuquerque, NM, 87106, connell@gis.nmt.edu 2New Mexico
A new genus of syncarid crustacean from the late Pennsylvanian (Missourian) Atrasado Formation of central New Mexico (abs.)
Allan J. Lerner1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque NM 87104 New Mexico’s fossil record contains two endemic
Brachiopods from the Red Tanks Formation (Madera Group) near the Pennsylvanian-Permian Boundary, Lucero Uplift, New Mexico (abs.)
Barry S. Kues Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 The Red Tanks Formation, of latest Pennsylvanian to earliest Permian age (or entirely latest Pennsylvanian by a recent proposal
Micropaleontology of the Upper Triassic (Apachean) Sloan Canyon Formation, northeastern New Mexico (abs.)
Andrew B. Heckert1, Spencer G. Lucas1 and K. K. Kietzke1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 We report here a diverse microfauna and flora
Taphonomy of the late Triassic Lamy Amphibian Quarry (Garita Creek Formation: Chinle Group), central New Mexico (abs.)
Kate E. Zeigler1 and Spencer G. Lucas2 1Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences, U. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, kaerowyn@unm.edu 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History,, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico,
Natural arsenic distribution in ground water in the Socorro, New Mexico, area of the middle Rio Grande rift
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 and San Antonio area of the Middle Rio Grande