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UPPER CRETACEOUS MARINE STRATA AND FOSSILS, LITTLE HATCHET MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO
Spencer G. Lucas1 and Timothy F. Lawton2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 2Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003 Upper
GRAVITY MODELING AND LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE BENEATH THE JEMEZ LINEAMENT, ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO
Jonathan MacCarthy1 and Mousumi Roy1 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, MSC03-2040, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131-0001 The Jemez lineament is a NE-SW alignment of late Tertiary volcanic rocks, stretching from southwest Arizona
DEFLECTION OF RIO SALADO TERRACE SURFACES DUE TO UPLIFT OF THE SOCORRO MAGMA BODY, SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO
Lisa Majkowski1, J. Bruce J. Harrison1 and David Love2 1Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral
MAP OF SURFICIAL GEOLOGIC MATERIALS OF NEW MEXICO NEARS COMPLETION
David J. McCraw New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, djmc@nmt.edu John W. Hawley, along with colleagues, has been working on
MAPPING FAULTS IN THE LIGHTNING DOCK KNOWN GEOTHERMAL AREA, ANIMAS VALLEY, NEW MEXICO USING SOIL CO2 FLUX MEASUREMENTS
Kristie McLin1, David Norman1 and Philip Kyle1 1Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801, kritter@nmt.edu When geothermal fluids rise, they commonly boil giving off their dissolved
QUANTIFYING THE INFLUENCE OF CALCIUM CARBONATE ACCUMULATION ON THE HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES OF SEMI ARID SOILS: SEVILLETA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, NEW MEXICO
Ryan McLin Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Pl., Socorro, NM, 87801 Soil properties such as texture, bulk density and porosity have a major influence on
AN ALTERNATIVE MODEL FOR LARAMIDE MAGMATISM IN THE SW US: IMPORTANCE OF LATE JURASSIC CONTINENTAL RIFTING
Nancy J. McMillan1, Timothy F. Lawton1 and C. Cowee1 1Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003 The cause of Laramide magmatism in Arizona, New Mexico, Trans-Pecos Texas, and northern Mexico
GEOLOGY OF THE SODA DAM TRAVERTINE DEPOSITS, SANDOVAL COUNTY, NEW MEXICO
William P. Moats 8409 Fairmount Dr., NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87120, gemstone@flash.net Soda Dam is an active travertine mound located in the Jemez Mountains, Sandoval County, New Mexico. Associated with it are several thermal springs and
LATE PLIOCENE (LATE BLANCAN) AND EARLY PLEISTOCENE (EARLY IRVINGTONIAN) VERTEBRATE FAUNAS FROM THE CAMP RICE FORMATION, MESILLA BASIN, SOUTHERNMOST NEW MEXICO
Gary S. Morgan New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Rd. NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 Three stratigraphically superposed Plio-Pleistocene vertebrate faunas are known from the Camp Rice Fm in the Mesilla Basin,
THE KRZYZANOWSKI BONEBED: AN UPPER TRIASSIC (ADAMANIAN: LATEST CARNIAN) VERTEBRATE FAUNA, AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR MICROVERTEBRATE STUDIES
A. B. Heckert1, S. E. Krzyzanowski1, S. G. Lucas1 and S. K. Harris1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Rd. NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104, aheckert@nmmnh.state.nm.us The Krzyzanowski bonebed (NMMNH
THE MICROVERTEBRATE FAUNA OF THE UPPER TRIASSIC SNYDER QUARRY, FROM THE PAINTED DESERT MEMBER OF THE PETRIFIED FOREST FORMATION (REVUELTIAN), NORTH-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
A. B. Heckert1, H. S. Jenkins2, S. G. Lucas3 and R. J. Mutter4 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104-1375, aheckert@nmmnh.state.nm.us 2Wellesley College, Munger Hall, 106 Central
THE VERTEBRATE FAUNA OF THE UPPER CRETACEOUS (EARLY CAMPANIAN) MENEFEE FORMATION, NORTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO
Andrew B. Heckert1, Caleb Lucas1, Spencer G. Lucas1, A. P. Hunt1, J. H. Hutchison2 and Jennifer C. Cabot3 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104-1375, aheckert@nmmnh.state.nm.us 2University
DISTRIBUTION OF THE ENIGMATIC REPTILE TRILOPHOSAURUS, AN UNUSUAL ARCHOSAUROMORPH FROM THE UPPER TRIASSIC CHINLE GROUP, SOUTHWESTERN USA
A. B. Heckert1, S. G. Lucas1, L. F. Rinehart1, J. A. Spielmann1, A. P. Hunt1 and R. Kahle1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104-1375, aheckert@nmmnh.state.nm.us Two
40,000 FOSSILS ONLINE: THE NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE’S DIGITAL DATABASE AS A TOOL FOR GEOSCIENTISTS AND EDUCATORS
A. B. Heckert1, P. hester2, Rene Berkhoudt3 and W. S. Mathias4 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104-1375, aheckert@nmmnh.state.nm.us 2U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 435 Montano NE,
EXPLOITATION OF PRECAMBRIAN FAULT NETWORKS BY YOUNGER OROGENESIS: A TEST USING AR-AR ANALYSES OF K-FELDSPARS
Matthew T. Heizler1, Karl E. Karlstrom2, Michael J. Timmons2 and Robert E. Sanders3 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place 2087, Socorro, NM, 87801, matt@nmt.edu 2Department of Earth and Planetary Science,
GEOARCHAEOLOGY AND PALEOENVIRONMENTS OF THE FIRST PEOPLING OF THE LLANO ESTACADO
Vance T. Holliday Department of Anthropology & Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, vthollid@email.arizona.edu The Llano Estacado (or Southern High Plains) of northwestern Texas and eastern New Mexico has one of the highest concentrations
A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF THE TENDENCY OF SALINE GROUND WATER FROM SELECTED AQUIFERS IN NEW MEXICO TO FORM SCALE DEPOSITS DURING REVERSE OSMOSIS DESALINATION
G. F. Huff U.S. Geological Survey, New Mexico State University, Dept. 3ARP, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, gfhuff@usgs.gov The Holocene climate of the southwestern United States is characterized by periods of moderate to severe drought. Maintaining
BIRD FOOTRPINTS FROM THE MIOCENE “ABIQUIU” FORMATION OF NORTH-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO WITH A REVIEW OF CENOZOIC TETRAPOD TRACKS OF NEW MEXICO
Adrian P. Hunt1, Shari A. Kelley2 and Spencer G. Lucas3 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104-1375 2Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of
OVERVIEW OF GEOLOGY OF WINE-PRODUCING AREAS IN NEW MEXICO
Adrian P. Hunt1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104-1375 The first grapevines in New Mexico were planted in 1629 at Senecu, a
A NEW FLORA FROM THE CREVASSE CANYON FORMATION IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
Karen Jacobs New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801 This research documents a moderately well preserved, previously undescribed fossil leaf assemblage from the Crevasse Canyon Formation near Carthage, New
CAMPANIAN (LATE CRETACEOUS) SELACHIAN FAUNA FROM THE CLIFF HOUSE SANDSTONE NEAR CUBA, NEW MEXICO
Sally C. Johnson New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 Prominent outcrops of the Campanian Cliff House Sandstone in the San Pablo Quadrangle near Cuba, New Mexico, include a
INCISION AND AGGRADATION IN THE RIO GRANDE RIFT: UPS AND DOWNS OF AN AXIAL RIVER
Sean D. Connell New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 2808 Central Ave. SE, Albuquerque, NM, 87106, United States, connell@gis.nmt.edu A summary review of previous and ongoing
STRATIGRAPHY AND TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS OF OLIGO-MIOCENE ROCKS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN JEMEZ MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO
Shari A. Kelley1 and Sean D. Connell2 1Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, Albuquerque, NM, 87106 Little
PROBING THE SECRETS OF RODINIA: PIECES OF THE SUPERCONTINENT PUZZLE EXTRACTED FROM 40AR/39AR GEOCHRONOLOGY OF DETRITAL MUSCOVITES
Kathryn Fletcher1 and Matthew T. Heizler2 1Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Pl., Socorro, NM, 87801, kathrynf@nmt.edu 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801