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2005
Near surace geophysics for the structural analysis of a mine rock pile, northern New Mexico, (poster)
R. L. Van Dam1, L. A. Guteierrez2, V. T. Mclemore3, G. W. Wilson4, J. M. H. Hendrickx1 and B. M. Walker5 1Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM,
Clay mineralogy of alteration scars and rock piles, Questa area, New Mexico, (poster)
K. M. Donahue1, P. L. Hauff2, N. D. Dunbar1, V. W. Lueth1, V. T. Mclemore1 and L. Heizler1 1NM Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801 2Spectral International, Arvada, CO
Constraints on Ancestral Rocky Mountain and Laramide dextral-oblique deformation in north-central New Mexico using regoinal aeromagnetic patterns and structural balancing considerations, (poster)
S. M. Cather1 and K. E. Karlstrom2 1NM Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, steve@gis.nmt.edu 2Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131
Timing and style of deformation of the Southern Mazatzal Province, San Andres Mountains, New Mexico, (poster)
A. Serna1 and J. M. Amato1 1Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, NM The Proterozoic deformational history in the San Andres Mountains is being determined through field mapping and ongoing geochronology. The oldest
Geologic map of eastern Grand Canyon, Arizona: Documenting multi-phase Late Proterozoic deformation in the southwestern United States, (poster)
Michael J. Timmons1, Karl E. Karlstrom2, Joel Pederson3 and Matt Anders3 1NM Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801 2Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of
Constraints on timing of magmatism and deformation in Proterozoic plutons of the Burro Mountains, southwestern New Mexico, (poster)
Andre Boullion1, Jeffrey M. Amato1, George Gehrels2, Matthew Heizer3 and Richard Esser3 1Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 2Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 3NM Bureau of Geology
Geology of Cerro del Grant Quadrangle, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, (poster)
J. R. Lawrence1, S. Kelley2 and M. Rampey3 1 2321 Elizabeth St. NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87112 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 3Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 425 EPS
Opportunity for direct dating of ~1.65 GA quartzite-rhyolite sucession: were there two quartzite-rhyolite ” events” during crustal assembly of the Southwestern United States? (poster)
Amy Luther1 and Karl Karlstrom1 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Paleoproterozoic quartzite-rhyolite assemblages remain an enigmatic and poorly dated tectonic feature of the 1.70-1.65 Ga crustal assembly
Hueco Group statigraphy in the Dona Ana Mountains, New Mexico, and the Early Permian paleo geography of the Robledo shelf
Spencer G. Lucas1 and Karl Krainer2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 2Institute of Geology and Paleontology, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52, Innsbruck, A-6020, AUSTRIA Strata of the
The Late Triassic Archosauromorph Trilophosaurus as an arboreal climber
Justin A. Spielmann1, Andrew B. Heckert2 and Spencer G. Lucas2 1Dartmouth College, Hinman Box 4571, Hanover, NH, 03755, Justin.A.Spielmann@dartmouth.edu 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 Two species of
The Microvertebrate fauna of the Upper Triassic Trilophosaurus quarry , Colorado City fFrmation (Otischalkian: Carnian) West Texas
Andrew B. Heckert1, S. G. Lucas1 and S. P. Bednarski1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104-1375, aheckert@nmmnh.state.nm.us The Colorado City Formation of West Texas preserves the
An unusual Pentaceratops from New Mexico
J. A. Smith1 and T. E. Willamson1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 Pentaceratops sternbergi is a large chasmosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur found only in the Upper
New Pachycephalosaur specimens from the Late Cretaceous of New Mexico
T. E. Willamson1 and T. D. Carr2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, twilliamson@nmmnh.state.nm.us 2Dept of Biology, Carthage College, 2001 Alford Park Drive, Kenosha, WI, 53140 Pachycephalosaurs are
The use of the Late Cretaceous Selachians Ptychodus and Squalicorax as biostratigraphic indicators in New Mexico
Sally C. Willams1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 A comprehensive biostratigraphy using selachians can be constructed for the Cretaceous Interior Seaway. There are
Pliocene (Blancan) vertebrate faunas from Palomas Formation near Elephant Butte Lake, Sierra County, south-central New Mexico
G. S. Morgan1 and S. G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, gmorgan@nmmnh.state.nm.us Pliocene (Blancan) vertebrate fossils are common in the Palomas Formation near Elephant Butte Lake
Comparing the thermal regimes and the seismogenic layers along the San Andres Fault near Parkfield, California, and along the Coyote Fault near Socorro, New Mexico
Marshall Reiter New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, mreiter@nmt.edu The subsurface temperature regime, along with a number of other parameters,
Partial melting, fractionation, contamination, and eruption of the Carrizozo lava flow, south-cental New Mexico,
J. Z. Williams1, C. W. Davis1 and N. J. McMillan1 1Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003-8001 The 75 km long Carrizozo basalt is one of the longest subaerial lava
Infuence of Elephant Butte resevoir on the Pacific decadal oscillation signal seen in chloride concentration in the Rio Grande at El Paso, Texas
H. Lacey1 and F. M. Phillips1 1Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801, hlacey@nmt.edu Fasong Yuan and Seiichi Miyamoto (2004) published a paper that demonstrated a
Mapping the interior of a mine rock pile: trenches in Goat Hill North, Molycorp Mine, Questa, New Mexico,
P. Walsh1, V. T. Mclemore1, K. M. Donahue1, S. Tachie-Menson1, L. A. F. Gutierrez1, H. R. Shannon1 and G. E. Jones1 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801
Quaternary incision history of the upper reaches of the Jemez River
C. Cox1, S. Kelly2, K. Karlstrom1, L. Crossey1, M. Dillon1 and D. Newell1 1Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM The Jemez
Variations of temperature and pore oxygen and carbon dioxide in rock piles at the Molycorp Questa Mine, New Mexico
S. Tachie-Menson1, T. White1, V. T. Mclemore2, V. W. Lueth2 and B. M. Walker3 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801 2NM Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New
Assessing mountain-block recharge in Jemez Mountains via high-resolution hillslope hydrologic modeling
Huade Guan1 and John L. Wilson1 1Department of Earth & Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 In arid and semiarid regions, mountains provide most of the freshwater to the
Soil petrography of a sample traverse from a part of the Goathill North rock pile, Questa Mine, New Mexico
E. H. Phillips1, V. Lueth1, A. Cambell2, V. Mclemore1, B. Walker3 and S. Tachie-Menson1 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801,
Assessing ground-water recharge through the Pajarito fault zone, Upper Pajarito Canyon, Los Alamos, New Mexico
M. Dale1, F. Goff2, K. Granzow1, P. Longmire3 and D. Counce3 1NMED DOE Oversight Bureau, 134 Sate Road 4, Suit A, White Rock, NM, 87544, mdale@lanl.gov 2Earth & Planetary Sciences Dept., University of New Mexico,