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GEOPHYSICAL STUDIES RELATING TO REGIONAL GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES IN NEW MEXICO
M. Reiter New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801, mreiter@nmt.edu Heat flow and subsurface temperature gradient data are considered along with seismic and gravity
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
PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ABEYTAS QUADRANGLE, SOCORRO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO
D. J. McCraw1, D. W. Love1 and S. D. Connell1 1NM Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, djmc@nmt.edu The Abeytas Quadrangle covers
BRECCIAS OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO IMPACT SITE NEAR SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO: A PROGRESS REPORT
T. H. McElvain1, Adam Read2, Eric Tegtmeier3, Michael T. Peterson3, Elston E. Wolfgang4 and Horton E. Newsom3 1 111 Lovato Lane, Santa Fe, NM, 87505, timmcelvain@hotmail.com 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology, NM Tech, 801 Leroy
CHLORINE-36 IN THE RIO GRANDE
S. McGee1, M. D. Frisbee1 and F. M. Phillips1 1Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, shasta@nmt.edu Chlorine-36 can be a powerful tool
GEOCHEMICAL CONTROLS ON MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION FROM VARIED HOT SPRING ENVIRONMENTS
K. R. Mitchell1, B. Cron1, L. J. Crossey2 and C. Takacs-Vesbach1 1Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, kmass@unm.edu 2Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131
WAVEFORM CROSS-CORRELATION OF EARTHQUAKE CLUSTERS TO DETERMINE LOCI OF ACTIVE PROCESSES WITHIN THE SOCORRO SEISMIC ANOMALY, NEW MEXICO
J. J. Morton1, S. L. Bilek1, R. Aster1 and C. A. Rowe2 1Dept. of Earth & Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 2Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM,
SEISMIC INVESTIGATION INTO THE CRUSTAL STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION OF SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE RIFT IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS: THE POTRILLO VOLCANIC FIELD EXPERIMENT
M. G. Averill1, K. C. Miller1 and S. Harder1 1Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, TX, Texas, 79968, averill@geo.utep.edu The crustal structure of the Rio
INVESTIGATING SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL WATER QUALITY TRENDS IN THE UPPER RIO GRANDE
E. Bastien1, F. M. Phillips1, H. F. Lacey1 and G. Oelsner2 1Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801, ebastien@nmt.edu 2Department of
TESTING HYPOTHESES FOR NET CENOZOIC ROCK UPLIFT OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU USING THE FLEXURAL ISOSTATIC RESPONSE TO EROSION
C. N. Callahan1, M. Roy1 and J. Pederson2 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87131, callaha@unm.edu 2Department of Geology, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 84322 The Colorado
ANALYSIS OF PROXIMAL SYNTECTONIC PENNSYLVANIAN DEPOSITS YIELDS DEFINITIVE EVIDENCE OF MAJOR PHANEROZOIC SLIP ON PICURIS–PECOS FAULT, NORTH-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
S. M. Cather1, A. S. Read1, K. Krainer2, S. G. Lucas3, S. A. Kelley1, B. S. Kues4, B. D. Allen1 and J. M. Timmons1 1NM Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of
CO2 MOUND SPRINGS OF THE WESTERN U.S.: TOWARDS A MODEL FOR CONTINENTAL SMOKERS
L. J. Crossey1, K. E. Karlstrom1, C. G. Takacs-Vesbach2, D. L. Hilton3, J. Hall2, C. N. Dahm2, D. L. Newell1 and T. F. Fischer1 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, 1801
A GEOMICROBIOLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL APPROACH TO THE BIOGENICITY OF MOONMILK FORMATION: SPIDER CAVE AND PAHOEHOE CAVE, NEW MEXICO; THURSDAY MORNING CAVE, COLORADO; THRUSH CAVE, ALASKA
M. Curry1, P. Boston2, M. Curry2, P. Boston1 and S. O’Neil3 1Department of Earth and Environmental Studies 2National Cave and Karst Research Institute, Carlsbad, NM, USA 3Biology Department New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology,
PETROGRAPHY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF MAFIC DIKES NEAR RILEY, NEW MEXICO: A GUIDE TO MAGMATIC EVOLUTION UNDER A CALDERA CLUSTER OF THE EARLY RIO GRANDE RIFT
M. I. Dimeo1 and R. M. Chamberlin2 1Earth and Environmental Science Department 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801 Abundant NNE-
ROCK MAGNETIC AND PALEOMAGNETIC RESULTS FROM 80 METERS OF PLEISTOCENE LACUSTRINE SEDIMENT, VALLE GRANDE, VALLES CALDERA, NEW MEXICO
L. L. Donohoo-Hurley1, J. W. Geissman1, P. j. Fawcett1, T. F. Wawrzyniec1 and G. Goff1 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87131 Sedimentology, carbon isotope data, percent
GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTIONS; EFFECTS OF HYDROTHERMAL SPRING INPUTS TO JEMEZ RIVER WATER QUALITY
J. R. Dyer1, L. J. Crossey1 and A. S. Ali1 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87131, golf72@unm.edu The Jemez River drains the Jemez Mountains of northern
VARIATIONS OF WATER PARTITIONING ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH FACING HILLSLOPES AT THE SEVILLETA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
E. M. Engle1 and B. J. Harrison1 1New Mexico Tech, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801 The partitioning of water into runoff and infiltration is not well understood in
EXPLORATION OF THE LIGHTNING DOCK KGRA, ANIMAS VALLEY AND PYRAMID MOUNTAINS, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, 1975-78
W. E. Elston1 and E. G. Deal2 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, MSC03 2040, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87131-0001, welston@unm.edu 2Montana Bureau of Mines and