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2008
AN UPPER CRETACEOUS (LOWER CAMPANIAN) FEATHER FROM THE POINT LOOKOUT SANDSTONE, NORTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO
T. G. Williamson1, B. S. Kues2, G. S. Weissmann2, T. A. Stidham3 and S. L. Yutchyk2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104, thomas.williamson@state.nm.us 2Department
CONDUCTIVE HEAT FLUX OVER SELECTED GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS IN THE RIO GRANDE RIFT AND ADJACENT AREAS SUGGESTS A PROCESS OF SHALLOW HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM SIZE SCALING
James C. Witcher Witcher and Associates, PO Box 3142, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, jimwitcher@zianet.com Geothermal reservoirs in a rift setting can be static or dynamic. Static geothermal systems represent deep-seated and confined reservoirs with temperatures
EVOLVING GEOLOGIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE ESPAÑOLA BASIN, RIO GRANDE RIFT, NORTHERN NEW MEXICO
Gary A. Smith Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, MSC03 2040, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87131, gsmith@unm.edu The Española basin is central to studies of the Rio Grande rift because it
INCISION HISTORY OF THE RIO SALADO AND IMPLICATIONS FOR UPLIFT HISTORY OF THE JEMEZ MOUNTAINS
T. Sower1, D. Rose-Cose1, K. E. Karlstrom1, L. J. Crossey1, Y. Asmerom1 and V. Polyak1 1University of New Mexico, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, ABQ, 87131, tsower@unm.edu The Rio Salado, a tributary to the
THE ROUSSEAU H. FLOWER INVERTEBRATE FOSSIL COLLECTION: CONSERVATION AND CURATION
Justin A. Spielmann1, John McDonnell1, Dick Traeger1, Justin A. Spielmann2, Spencer G. Lucas1, Andrew B. Heckert3 and Patricia M. Hester4 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, New
TRIASSIC STRATIGRAPHY SOUTH OF LAMY, NEW MEXICO
Justin A. Spielmann1, Justin A. Spielmann2 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 2Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico
SULFUR ISOTOPE SIGNATURES IN GYPSIFEROUS SEDIMENTS OF THE TULAROSA AND ESTANCIA BASINS AS INDICATORS OF SULFATE SOURCES AND THE LOCAL HOLOCENE HYDROLOGIC CYCLE
A. Szynkiewicz1, L. M. Pratt1, M. Glamoclija2, C. H. Moore1, E. Singer1 and D. Bustos3 1Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E 10th street, Bloomington, IN, 47405, aszynkie@indiana.edu 2Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington,
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TEMPORAL VARIATIONS IN GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY AND MICROMETEOROLOGICAL FLUXES ALONG THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE OF NEW MEXICO
Stephen E. Teet1, Laura J. Crossey1, James Cleverly2 and James Thibault2 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87131 2Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM,
LINKS BETWEEN THIRD-ORDER (My-SCALE) SEA-LEVEL AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE UPPER ORDOVICIAN MONTOYA GROUP, SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO
M. A. Tyra1, M. Elrick1 and V. Atudorei1 1Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87131 The Upper Ordovician Montoya Group (southern New Mexico, west Texas) was deposited on a
MOLDING AND CASTING A REDONDASAURUS (ARCHOSAURIA: PHYTOSAURIDAE) SKULL USING ELEMENTS FROM THREE DIFFERENT ANIMALS
D. R. Ulibarri New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87104, dwayne.ulibarri@state.nm.su To produce a large (1.2 m long) Redondasaurus bermani skull and jaw for the New Mexico Museum
AQUEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE SPRINGS AND WELLS OF THE SEVILLETA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE: EVALUATING HYDROLOGIC PATHWAYS AND MICROBIOLOGY
A. J. Williams1, L. J. Crossey1 and K. E. Karlstrom1 1Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87106, awill7@unm.edu Both groundwater and surface water are important sources for many metropolitan
AQUIFER CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SANTA FE GROUP IN NORTHERN RIO RANCHO
Jim Riesterer1, Paul Drakos1, Jay Lazarus1 and John Hawley2 1Glorieta Geoscience Ince, PO Box 5727, Santa Fe, NM, New Mexico, 87502-5727 2Hawley Geomatters, PO Box 4370, Albuquerque, NM, 87196-4370 Subsurface data (lithologic and geophysical logs)
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF GROWTH AND AGE STRUCTURE OF BUETTNERIA (AMPHIBIA: METOPOSAURIDAE) ASSEMBLAGES FROM THE UPPER TRIASSIC OF WEST TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO
L. F. Rinehart1, S. G. Lucas1, A. B. Heckert2 and A. P. Hunt2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, 1801 Mountain Road N.W., Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104, larry.rinehart@state.nm.us 2Department of Geology, Appalachian
BITE MARKS ON A SKULL OF PSEUDOPALATUS MCCAULEYI (ARCHOSAURIA: CRUROTARSI: PHYTOSAURIDAE) FROM THE UPPER TRIASSIC BULL CANYON FORMATION, EASTERN NEW MEXICO
L. F. Rinehart1, A. B. Heckert2, S. G. Lucas1 and D. C. Bond1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road N.W., Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104, larry.rinehart@state.nm.us 2Department of Geology, Appalachian State University,
STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF THE EASTERN ESPAÑOLA BASIN, RIO GRANDE RIFT, NORTH-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
Daniel J. Koning1, Sean D. Connell2, Janet Slate3, Elmira Wan4, John F. Ferguson5, V. J. S. Grauch6, Giday Woldegabriel7, Lisa Peters1, William C. McIntosh1, Nelia Dunbar1, D. Broxton7 and W. Scott Baldridge7 1N.M. Bureau of
RED RIVER INCISION RECORDED IN SUPERGENE JAROSITE, TAOS COUNTY, NEW MEXICO
K. E. Samuels1, A. R. Campbell1, V. W. Lueth2 and L. Peters1 1Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801, ksamuels@nmt.edu 2New
PRELIMINARY PETROLOGIC ANALSIS OF PROTEROZOIC HERMIT’S PEAK BATHOLITH ORTHOGNEISSES, NORTH-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
Jennifer Lindline1 and Roberto Trevizo1 1New Mexico Highlands University, Department of Natural Science, Las Vegas, NM, 87701, lindlinej@nmhu.edu We report preliminary petrologic results on mafic and felsic orthogneisses of the Hermit’s Peak batholith, a Proterozoic
TURONIAN AMMONITES FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS CARLILE AND SEMILLA SANDSTONE MEMBERS AND REFERENCE AREA OF THE JUANA LOPEZ MEMBER OF THE MANCOS SHALE, EASTERN SIDE OF THE SAN JUAN BASIN, LA VENTANA, SANDOVAL COUNTY, NEW MEXICO
Paul L. Sealey1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 At the reference section of the Juana Lopez Member of the Mancos Shale
PROGRESS REPORT ON TRACKING RIO GRANDE TERRACES ACROSS THE UPLIFT OF THE SOCORRO MAGMA BODY
D. W. Love1, D. J. McCraw1, R. M. Chamberlin1, S. D. Connell1, S. M. Cathers1 and L. Majkowski-Taylor2 1NM Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, 801 Leroy Place,
STRUCTURAL AND STRATIGRAPHIC CONTROLS OF DEEP BRACKISH WATER EXPLORATION, RIO PUERCO BASIN, NEW MEXICO
R. M. Sengebush Intera, Inc., 6000 Uptown NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87110, rsengebush@intera.com Two exploratory wells were drilled in the Rio Puerco Valley west of Rio Rancho during the summer of 2007 by Sandoval County and
PRELIMINARY INTERPETATION OF SIX YEARS OF TILTMETER MOTIONS ABOVE THE FLANKS OF THE SOCORRO MAGMA BODY, CENTRAL RIO GRANDE RIFT
D. W. Love1, B. D. Allen1, R. M. Chamberlin1 and W. C. Haneberg2 1NM Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801,
IS A FEW BILLION ACRE-FEET OF STORED GROUND WATER REALLY A RESOURCE?
John W. Shomaker John Shomaker & Associates, Inc., Albuquerque Many river-connected ground-water basins store large volumes of water that can’t be pumped and used because the resulting depletion of the flow of the river would
PENNSYLVANIAN STRATIGRAPHY ON THE NORTHERN FLANK OF THE OSCURA MOUNTAINS, SOCORRO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO
S. G. Lucas1, K. Krainer2, L. F. Rinehart1 and J. A. Spielmann1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104, spencer.lucas@state.nm.us 2Institute of Geology and Palaeontology,
HETEROGENEOUS STRAIN IN A “DRAG” FOLD ADJACENT TO THE PICURIS-PECOS FAULT IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO: PRELIMINARY RESULTS
A. L. Luther1, G. J. Axen1 and S. M. Cather2 1Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, 801 Leroy Pl., Socorro, NM, 87801, aluther@nmt.edu 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral