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2008
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
SEDIMENTOLOGY AND PROVENANCE OF BASIN-FILL STRATA AS A GUIDE TO FAULT EVOLUTION, SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE RIFT
Greg H. Mack1 and William R. Seager1 1Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003 The southern Rio Grande rift constitutes a broad (150 km) region of mid-late Cenozoic crustal extension
40AR/39AR GEOCHRONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF MINNA BLUFF, ANTARCTICA: EVIDENCE FOR PAST GLACIAL EVENTS WITHIN THE ANTARCTIC CRYOSPHERE
A. F. Fargo1, W. C. McIntosh1, W. C. McIntosh2, N. W. Dunbar1 and N. W. Dunbar2 1Dept. Earth and Environmental Science, NMIMT, Socorro, NM, 87801 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology, Socorro, NM, 87801 The history
A 40AR/39AR SINGLE-CRYSTAL SANIDINE AGE FOR AN ALTERED VOLCANIC ASH BED FROM THE PALEOCENE NACIMIENTO FORMATION IN THE SOUTHERN SAN JUAN BASIN SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON THIS FORMATION’S SRATIGRAPHIC AND BIOCHRONOLOGIC ESSENCE
James E. Fassett1 and Matthew T. Heizler2 1U.S. Geol Survey, Emeritus, 552 Los Nidos Drive, Santa Fe, NM, 87501, jimgeology@qwest.net 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801 The
AMS DATA BEARING ON THE DEFORMATIONAL HISTORY OF THE PROTEROZOIC BASEMENT IN THE LAS VEGAS AREA, SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO
Louis Garcia1, Michael S. Petronis1, Jennifer Lindline1 and John W. Geissman2 1New Mexico Highlands University, Department of Natural Science, Las Vegas, NM, 87701 2University of New Mexico, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Models
ASPECT RELATED MICROCLIMATE’S EFFECTS ON SOIL-FORMING PROCESSES, HILLSLOPE EVOLUTION, AND VEGETATION DISTRIBUTION IN A SEMIARID WATERSHED, SEVILLETA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, NEW MEXICO
Devin G. Gaugler Earth and Planetary Sciences Department, University of New Mexico, MSC03 2040, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, dgaugler@unm.edu North-south hillslope asymmetry is exhibited in a drainage basin incised into the pediment and associated alluvium of
GEOCHEMISTRY AND POTENTIAL SOURCES OF THE JANUARY 7, 2008 SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO “MILKY RAIN”
J. Gilbert1, T. E. Gill2, D. Borrok3, J. Gilbert3, T. E. Gill3, B. M. Frey4, T. Hertel5, M. Lane6, M. Bleiweiss7, C. Lehmann8 and D. Gay8 1Environmental Science Program, University of Texas-El Paso, 500 West
STRUCTURAL AND STRATIGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS OF OIL AND GAS DRILLING AND SEISMIC EXPLORATION DATA IN THE ALBUQUERQUE, BASIN OF THE RIO GRANDE RIFT, CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
B. A. Black1 and W. K. Dirks2 1Black Oil Co., 206 W. 38th St., Farmington, NM, 87401 2Tecton Energy LLC., 3000 Wilcrest Ste. 300, Houston, TX, 77042 One north-south seismic line parallel to the long
AN INDEX OF THE ONSET OF THE NORTH AMERICAN MONSOON SEASON IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
P. Higgins1, D. Gutzler1 and D. Kann2 1Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, phiggins@unm.edu 2NOAA National Weather Service, Albuquerque, NM, 87106 We develop an objective index to indicate
EXHUMATION HISTORY OF THE SAN JUAN BASIN
Suzanne W. Braschayko1, Shari W. Kelley2 and Dan Stockli3 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, sbrasch@nmt.edu 2New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of
BURIED LANDSCAPES: PALEOTOPOGRAPHY OF THE CERRO TOLEDO INTERVAL, BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT, JEMEZ MOUNTAINS VOLCANIC FIELD
E. P. Jacobs 3007 Villa Street, Los Alamos, NM, 87544, perkijacobs@gmail.com Prior landscapes preserved between eruptive cycles of the Jemez volcanic field form subsurface pathways that influence the flow of contaminants and groundwater. Knowledge of
GENESIS OF FAULT BRECCIA AT DEER CREEK: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SLIP HISTORY OF THE PICURIS–PECOS FAULT
S. M. Cather1, A. S. Read1, S. A. Kelley1 and D. Ulmer-Scholle1 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, steve@gis.nmt.edu Spectacular
INFLUENCE OF BASEMENT STRUCTURE ON SHALLOW AQUIFER GEOCHEMISTRY IN THE RIO GRANDE RIFT, NORTHERN NEW MEXICO – EXAMPLES FROM THE SANTA FE AND PEÑASCO EMBAYMENTS OF THE ESPAÑOLA BASIN
P. S. Johnson1, V. J. S. Grauch2, P. W. Bauer1, D. J. Koning1 and S. W. Timmons1 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place,
A GEOLOGIC OUTLINE OF THE ALBUQUERQUE BASIN
Sean D. Connell New Mexico Bureau of Geology, Albuquerque Office, 2808 Central Ave. SE, Albuquerque, NM, 87106, connell@gis.nmt.edu The Albuquerque Basin of the Rio Grande rift was the subject of intensive multiagency geologic and hydrogeologic
STRATIGRAPHY AND TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS OF OLIGOCENE TO EARLY MIOCENE SEDIMENTATION IN THE JEMEZ MOUNTAINS, NORTH-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
S. Kelley1, K. Kempter2, F. Maldonado3, G. Smith4, S. Connell1 and D. Koning1 1NM Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, sakelley@ix.netcom.com 2
GEOMICROBIOLOGY AND GEOCHEMICAL ENERGY FOR MICROBIAL METABOLISM IN CO2-RICH SPRINGS OF THE TIERRA AMARILLA ANTICLINE, NM
B. Cron1 and D. Northup2 1Biology Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, b1985@unm.edu 2Earth and Planetary Sciences Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Deep-sea hydrothermal vents and volcanic environments are a
GEOHYDROLOGIC INVESTIGATION OF THE SOUTHERN CHUPADERA MOUNTAINS AREA: AVAILABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF WATER SUPPLIES FOR DOMESTIC USE
Michael J. Darr MJDarrconsult, Inc, 6729 Green Valley Pl. NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87107, mjdarr@nmia.com The geology and hydrology of the southern Chupadera Mountains and the basin immediately west were investigated as part of a water
THE BIOGENENICITY OF DESERT VARNISH AND CAVE FERROMANGANESE DEPOSITS
Armand E. Dichosa1 and Mike N. Spilde2 1Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 2Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 The beautiful colors that paint the desert rocks
PRECAMBRIAN BASEMENT OF THE DEFIANCE UPLIFT: POSSIBLE CORRELATION TO THE UNCOMPAHGRE QUARTZITE AND INFLUENCES OF BASEMENT FABRIC ON LATER TECTONISM
B. Dixon1 and K. E. Karlstrom1 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 The Defiance Uplift is an asymmetrical basement cored, fault bounded uplift of Ancestral Rockies and Laramide