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2007
LITHOLOGY AND TAPHONOMY OF AN EARLY PERMIAN SPHENACODON BONEBED IN CAÑON DEL COBRE, NORTH-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
L. F. Rinehart1, S. G. Lucas1 and S. K. Harris1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 A remarkable Early Permian (Seymouran, Wolfcampian) bonebed (New Mexico Museum of Natural History locality
THE 40AR/39AR GEOCHRONOLOGY AND THERMOCHRONOLOGY OF THE LATIR VOLCANIC FIELD, NEW MEXICO: IMPLICATIONS FOR SILICIC CALDERA VOLCANISM
M. J. Zimmerer1, W. C. McIntosh2 and N. W. Dunbar1 1Dept. Earth and Environmental Science, NMIMT, Socorro, NM, 87801 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology, Socorro, NM, 87801 The Questa caldera of the Latir volcanic field
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF AN EXTENSIONAL FOLD IN SAN LORENZO CANYON, NORTHERN LEMITAR MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO
C. Robinson1 and G. Axen1 1Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801, crobinso@nmt.edu The San Lorenzo Canyon area is located ~15 km north of Socorro, New
INSIGHTS FROM RECENT MAPPING IN THE OJO CALIENTE AND LA MADERA QUADRANGLES, TUSAS MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO; KINEMATICS, TIMING, AND RHEOLOGY OF PROTEROZOIC DEFORMATION AND FAULT REACTIVATION
A. C. Salem1, K. E. Karlstrom1, M. L. Williams2 and D. Koning3 1Earth & Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 2Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 01003 3NM Bureau of Mines &
LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC SUBDIVISION AND VERTEBRATE BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE REDONDA FORMATION, CHINLE GROUP, UPPER TRIASSIC OF EAST-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
J. A. Spielman1, S. G. Lucas1 and A. P. Hunt1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Rd. NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104-1375 In the San Jon Hill to the Mesa Redonda region
MIDDLE CENOMANIAN SELACHIAN ASSEMBLAGE FROM THE CLAY MESA MEMBER OF THE MANCOS SHALE, SANTA FE COUNTY, NEW MEXICO
J. A. Spielman1, S. G. Lucas1, F. J. Varriale2 and J. W. Murphy3 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Rd. NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104-1375 2Johns Hopkins University, School of
POLYGENETIC SPELEOGENESIS IN THE CASTILE FORMATION: EDDY COUNTY, NM AND CULBERSON COUNTY, TX
K. W. Stafford1, P. J. Boston2 and R. Nance3 1Cave and Karst Studies, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801, kwstafford@juno.com 2National Cave and Karst Research
PETROGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES USED TO CHARACTERIZE OF MOLYCORP ROCK PILES, QUESTA, NEW MEXICO
D. Sweeney1, E. Phillips2, V. Mclemore1, K. Donahue1, N. Dunbar1 and L. Heizler1 1NM Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801, dsweeney@nmt.edu 2Black Hills State University,
DEFLECTION OF RIO SALADO TERRACES DUE TO UPLIFT OF THE SOCORRO MAGMA BODY, SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO
L. M. Taylor1 and J. B.J. Harrison1 1New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, lisamt@nmt.edu The Socorro magma body is located in central New Mexico along the intersection of the Socorro fracture zone
WATER LEVEL RESPONSES AND PRELIMINARY SPRING CHEMISTRY RESULTS: PROGRESS REPORT ON THE HYDROGEOLOGIC STUDY IN THE SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS, NM
S. Timmons1, G. Rawling1, P. Johnson1, L. Land1 and J. Morse2 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, stacyt@gis.nmt.edu 2Department of
THE PETROLOGY OF MAFIC DIKES IN THE TURKEY MOUNTAINS, MORA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO
R. Trujillo1, C. Parson1 and J. Lindline1 1Environmental Geology Program, New Mexico Highlands University, P.O. Box 9000, Las Vegas, NM, 87701 The Turkey Mountains, a laccolith that was likely produced by a Tertiary intrusion, contains
FRACTURE EFFECTS ON SURFACE AND GROUND WATER FLOW IN THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS, SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
P. Walsh New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, pwalsh@gis.nmt.edu Fractures in the southern Sacramento Mountains, south central New Mexico, influence
PALEOCENE PALYNOMORPH ASSEMBLAGES FROM THE NACIMIENTO FORMATION, SAN JUAN BASIN, NEW MEXICO
T. E. Williamson1 and D. Nichols2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104-1375, thomas.williamson@state.nm.us 2Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Boulevard, Denver, CO, 80205 Two
HOT SPRINGS REVISITED: A REVIEW OF DATA FROM THE C. V. THEIS STUDY “THERMAL WATERS OF THE HOT SPRINGS ARTESIAN BASIN”
C. Winters Civil Engineering Department, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, craigwin@rmi.net In 1939 Charles V. Theis, George C. Taylor, Jr., and C. Richard Murray investigated the thermal waters of the Hot Springs,
GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: NATURE OF OCCURRENCE, CURRENT AND FUTURE USES
J. C. Witcher Witcher and Associates, PO Box 3142, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, jimwitcher@zianet.com The physiographic diversity of New Mexico is accompanied by different thermal regimes, hydrology, and structures that are conducive to practically the
LARAMIDE AND OLDER STRUCTURES AS POSSIBLE PRIMARY CONTROLS ON THE OCCURRENCE OF CONVECTIVE GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS IN THE RIO GRANDE RIFT AND ADJACENT AREAS
J. C. Witcher Witcher and Associates, PO Box 3142, Las Cruces, NM, New Mexico, 88003, jimwitcher@zianet.com Most convective geothermal systems in the Rio Grande rift have fractured Precambrian, Paleozoic, or lower Mesozoic reservoir hosts and
MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE LOWER CHINLE GROUP (LATE TRIASSIC: CARNIAN – EARLY NORIAN), NORTH-CENTRAL AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
K. E. Zeigler1 and J. W. Geissman1 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, bludragon@gmail.com The Chama Basin of north-central New Mexico and the Zuni Mountains of central New
INFERENCES REGARDING TECTONIC ACTIVITY ALONG RIO GRANDE RIFT, INTRABASINAL FAULTS NEAR CLARA PEAK AND ON LOBATO MESA, NORTHERN JEMEZ MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO
D. L.J Koning1 and K. Kempter2 1N.M. Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, dkoning@nmt.edu 2 2623 Via Caballero, Santa Fe, NM, 87505 We investigate the tectonic history of faults
CENOZOIC UPLIFT, MAGMATISM, AND MANTLE TO SURFACE FLUID INTERCONNECTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ASPEN ANOMALY OF CENTRAL COLORADO: THE CREST EXPERIMENT (COLORADO ROCKIES EXPERIMENT AND SEISMIC TRANSECTS)
K. Karlstrom1, K. Dueker2, R. Aster3, J. Maccarthy3 and L. Crossey1 1University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 2University of Wyoming 3New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801 Teleseismic studies indicate that the upper mantle
FISHES FROM THE UPPER PENNSYLVANIAN (MISSOURIAN) ATRASADO FORMATION OF SOCORRO COUNTY, CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
A. J. Lerner1, S. G. Lucas1 and A. O. Ivanov2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 2Department of Paleontology, St. Petersburg University, 16 Liniya 29, St. Petersburg, 199178,
PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUND SPRINGS 7.5 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, LINCOLN, SIERRA, SOCORRO, AND OTERO COUNTIES, NEW MEXICO
D. W. Love1, B. D. Allen1 and R. G. Myers2 1NM Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, NM Tech, Socorro, NM, 87108, dave@gis.nmt.edu 2U.S. Army, IMSW-WSMPW-E-ES, White Sands Missile Range, NM, 88002 The Mound Springs
TEMNOSPONDYL? BONE FROM THE MIDDLE PENNSYLVANIAN SANDIA FORMATION—NEW MEXICO’S OLDEST TETRAPOD FOSSIL
S. G. Lucas1, L. Rinehart1, J. A. Spielman1 and K. Krainer2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 2Institute of Geology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, AUSTRIA North
THE NEW WELL PEAK SECTION OF THE PENNSYLVANIAN-PERMIAN HORQUILLA FORMATION, BIG HATCHET MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO
S. G. Lucas1, K. Krainer2, J. Barrick3, S. Ritter4 and J. A. Spielman1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 2Institute of Geology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, AUSTRIA 3Department
MEASUREMENT OF RIO GRANDE RIFT EXTENSION IN NEW MEXICO AND COLORADO USING A GPS NETWORK
A. L. Luther1, M. Roy1, A. R. Lowry2 and S. Nerem3 1University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 2Utah State University, Logan, UT 3University of Colorado at Boulder, CO The Rio Grande rift is the easternmost