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2006
Localized lithologic controls on slope forming processes along the Sandia Mountain front
J. D. Frechette1, J. New1, L. Burnette2, L. Persico1, C. Domrose1 and L. D. McFadden1 1Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, jdfrech@unm.edu 2Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545
Color aerial-photographic section of a lava delta, Carrizozo lava flow, New Mexico
Robert G. Myers U.S. Army, IMSW-WSM-PW-E-ES, White Sands Missile Range, NM, 88002, robert.g.myers@us.army.mil Color aerial photographs were obtained by White Sands Missile Range of the San Andres National Wildlife Refuge, White Sands National Monument, the
Geologic map of the Luna 7.5-minute quadrangle, west-central New Mexico
T. L. Finnell1 and J. C. Ratte1 1U.S. Geological Survey, P.O. Box 25046, Federal Center, MS-973, Denver, CO, 80225 The northeast trending Luna graben cuts diagonally across the center of the Luna quadrangle, is 3-5
Preliminary geologic map of the Holt Mountain 7.5-minute quadrangle, Mogollon-Datil volcanic field, Catron County, New Mexico
J. C. Ratte1, S. D. Lynch2 and W. C. McIntosh2 1U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center M.S. 962, Denver, CO, 80225, jratte@juno.com 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining
Late Quaternary gypsic and clastic landforms and facies of the northern Tularosa Basin, New Mexico, respond to climate change
D. W. Love1, B. D. Allen1 and R. G. Myers2 1NM Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, NM Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801, dave@gis.nmt.edu 2U.S. Army, IMSW-WSM-PW-E-ES, White Sands Missile Range, NM, 88002 Two hydrologic systems
Interdisciplinary determination of active magmatic processes of the Socorro Magma body, central New Mexico
J. J. Morton1, S. L. Bilek1, R. Aster1, C. A. Rowe2 and A. V. Newman3 1Dept. of Earth & Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801, jmorton@nmt.edu 2Los Alamos National
Necessary variations in hydrometer tests
T. Munson1, K. Donahue2, L. Gutierrez1, H. Shannon1 and V. T. McLemore2 1Earth & Environmental Science Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, tmunson@nmt.edu 2New Mexico Bureau of
Characterization of the October microearthquake swarm in the Socorro region
J. Stankova1 and S. Bilek1 1Earth & Environmental Science Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, janas@nmt.edu Socorro, New Mexico lies in a region of increased seismicity caused
Preliminary age of mammal footprints in Pleistocene lake-margin sediments of the Tularosa Basin, south-central New Mexico
B. D. Allen1, D. W. Love1 and R. G. Myers2 1NM Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, NM Tech, Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801, allenb@gis.nmt.edu 2U.S. Army, IMSW-WSM-PW-E-ES, White Sands Missile Range, NM, 88002 Fossil
First record of the arthropod trace fossil Cruziana Problemtica from the Lower Permian Abo Formation, Cerros de Amado, Socorro County, New Mexico
A. J. Lerner1 and S. G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, hanallaine@aol.com In recent years there has been considerable interest in the Early Permian tetrapod ichnofauna
The furcula of Coelophysis Bauri, a Late Triassic (Apachean) dinosaur (Therapoda:Ceratosauria) from New Mexico
L. F. Rinehart1, S. G. Lucas1 and A. P. Hunt1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, larry.rinehart@state.nm.us Furculae were known only in birds throughout much of the history
Turonian ammonites from the type area of the Juana Lopez Member of the Mancos Shale, Santa Fe County, New Mexico
P. L. Sealey1 and S. G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, ammonoidea@comcast.net At the type section of the Juana Lopez Member of the Mancos Shale at
Middle Turonian selachian faunas and paleoecology, central New Mexico
Sally C. Williams1 and Spencer G. Lucas2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, stripepike@mac.com 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 Middle
Transfer of UALP San Juan Vertebrate Collection to the NMMNH
T. E. Williamson1, P. M. Hester2 and S. P. Bednarski1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, thomas.williamson@state.nm.us 2US Bureau of Land Management, 435 Montano, NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87107
Stratigraphy and structure of the southern Espanola Basin, New Mexico
D. J. Koning1, P. S. Johnson1, A. S. Read1, V. J. S. Grauch2 and S. A. Minor2 1N.M. Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, dkoning@nmt.edu 2U. S. Geological Survey,
U-Pb SHRIMP dating to determine the age of zircons from crustal exnoliths of the Elephant Butte volcanic field-implications for the timing of rifting in southern New Mexico
C. C. Athens1 and J. M. Amato1 1Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, cathens@nmsu.edu Three large xenolith samples were collected from the Elephant Butte volcanic field in the Spring of 2005.
Constraints on Laramide shortening and Rio Grande rift extension in the Franklin Mountains, West Texas and southern New Mexico
M. R. Scharman1, C. L. Andronicos2, G. R. Keller1, J. M., Jr. Hurtado1 and A. A. Velasco1 1Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University Avenue, El Paso, TX, 79968,
Proterozoic deformation of the San Andres Mountains, south-central New Mexico
A. Serna1, J. M. Amato1 and G. Gehrels2 1Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, antserna@nmsu.edu 2Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ The Proterozoic history of the San Andres Mountains has been investigated
Rock watching along the Canyon Trail, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge-A pictorial guide to Neogene landscape evolution in central New Mexico
R. M. Chamberlin1, D. W. Love1 and L. Peters1 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, richard@gis.nmt.edu Recent geologic mapping and paleocurrent observations indicate that interbedded volcanic-rich conglomerates
Distribution of intermediate volcanic rocks on the Pajarito Plateau, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
K. E. Samuels1, D. E. Broxton1, D. T. Vaniman1, G. WoldeGabriel1, J. A. Wolff2, D. D. Hickmott1, E. C. Kluk1 and M. M. Fittipaldo1 1EES-6, Hydrology, Geochemistry, and Geology, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS T003,
Hydrogeologic characterization of a rift-basin aquifer system-comparison of methods
Elizabeth H. Keating1, Stephen G. McLin2 and David E. Broxton1 1Los Alamos National Laboratory, PO Box 1663 MS-T003, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, ekeating@lanl.gov 2Los Alamos National Laboratory, PO Box 1663 MS-K497, Los Alamos, NM, 87545
Lacustrine depositional environments of the Pliocene-Pleistocene Mangas Basin, southwest New Mexico
D. M. Stout Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, dsfunk@yahoo.com The Mangas Basin in SW New Mexico, USA, is a Pliocene-Early Pleistocene extensional basin. During this time an axial fluvial system
Estimating a runoff coefficient based on adjacent watersheds
J. F. Kennedy1, J. W. Hawley2, G. R. Keller3 and R. P. Langford3 1Caelum-Unitec, P.O. Box 366, Bldg. 163, Room 102, WSMR, NM, 88002, jfk2004@comcast.net 2Hawley Geomatters, P.O. Box 4370, Albuquerque, NM, 87196 3Department of
An envirnmental magnetism investigation of the Pleistocene lacustrine sediments from the Valle Grande, New Mexico
L. L. Donohoo-Hurley1, J. W. Geissman1, P. J. Fawcett1, T. F. Wawrzyniec1 and F. Goff2 1Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, ldonohoo@unm.edu 2Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545