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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
HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE COPPER-MOLYBDENUM PORPHYRY SYSTEM, WEBSTER PASS AREA, PARK AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO.
Josh Crook Dept. of Mineral Engineering, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801 Recent drilling near Webster Pass, Colorado, revealed the presence of a mineralized porphyry system.
MISSING ARC-VOLCANIC INPUT TO UPPER CRETACEOUS FORELAND BASIN DEPOSITS OF THE MEXCALA FORMATION, SOUTHERN MEXICO
Daniel F. Dehn1, Maya Elrick1 and Roberto Molina-Garza2 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, MSC03-2040, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131-0001, United States, dfdehn@unm.edu 2UNAM, Campus Juriquilla, Queretato, Mexico During the Jurassic through early
GEOMORPHIC S7ETTING OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND TIMING OF RECENT EOLIAN EVENTS ON THE PAJARITO PLATEAU, NEW MEXICO
Paul G. Drakos1 and Steven L. Reneau2 1Glorieta Geosciences, Inc., 1723 Second St., Santa Fe, NM, 87805 2Los Alamos National Laboratory, EES-9, MS D462, Los Alamos, NM, 87545 Five Coalition Period to Classic Period Ancestral
WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT ALONG GALLINAS CREEK SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATER PATHWAYS, LAS VEGAS, NEW MEXICO
Thomas Evans1, Daryl Williams1 and Jennifer Lindline1 1Environmental Geology Program, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM, 87801, United States We report preliminary results of a pilot study that compared the chemistry of surface water
HOLOCENE MILLENNIAL-SCALE CLIMATE VARIABILITY IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICA
Peter J. Fawcett1, Jake Armour1, Peter Castiglia1 and Grant Meyer1 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, MSC03-2040, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131-0001, United States, fawcett@unm.edu Several high-resolution paleoclimatic records spanning the Holocene indicate
GROUNDWATER GEOLOGY OF TAOS VALLEY
Anthony L. Benson University of New Mexico, Taos, NM, AnthonyBenson@msn.com Over 1,000 water wells have been accurately located in Taos Valley and 1:24,000 scale maps have been prepared. Over 100 cross-sections were made to show
GEOLOGIC ASSESSMENT OF ACID CONSUMPTION FROM LEACHING OF OXIDE COPPER ORES OF THE EXOTIC EL TESORO COPPER DEPOSIT, NORTHERN CHILE
Dave Burney Dept. of Mineral Engineering, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, burndw@yahoo.com Northern Chile hosts some of the world’s largest copper ore deposits, including copper oxide systems
COMPARATIVE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE DAKOTA SANDSTONE ACROSS THE PICURIS–PECOS FAULT SYSTEM SOUTH OF LAMY, NEW MEXICO: DEFINITIVE EVIDENCE OF LARAMIDE STRIKE-SLIP
Steven M. Cather1 and Spencer G. Lucas2 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, 2087, Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801, United States 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Rd.