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2010
A new assemblage of Upper Cretaceous Selachians: Hosta Tongue of the Point Lookout Sandstone, Bernalillo County, New Mexico (abs.)
R. Pence1, S. G. Lucas1, K. Wright1 and J. A. Spielmann1 1NM Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 A new assemblage of Santonian selachians from the eastern side
Attempted relocation of the 1941 University of Oklahoma Pentaceratops Quarry, San Juan County, New Mexico (abs.)
R. K. Hunt-Foster1, T. E. Williamson2 and N. R. Longrich3 1Museum of Western Colorado, Dinosaur Journey, 550 Jurassic Court, Fruita, CO, 81521, rebecca.k.hunt@gmail.com 2NM Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104
The burrow Zoophycos in Pennsylvanian strata of the Mud Springs Mountains, Sierra County, New Mexico (abs.)
S. G. Lucas1, K. Krainer2, J. A. Spielmann1 and A. J. Lerner1 1NM Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 2Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Innsbruck University, Inrain 52,
Exceptionally preserved paleoflora from the Upper Triassic Chinle Group, Santa Fe County, New Mexico (abs.)
S. G. Lucas1 and J. A. Spielmann1 1NM Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 A recently discovered locality in the Trujillo Formation, Chinle Group, south of Lamy, Santa
Precise age of the Kinney Brick Quarry lagerstatte, Pennsylvanian of the Manzanita Mountains, New Mexico (abs.)
S. G. Lucas1, K. Krainer, B. D. Allen, J. E. Barrick and D. Vachard 1NM Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 Located in the Manzanita Mountains of central
40Ar/39Ar geochronology, magnetic-polarity stratigraphy, and tephrochronology of Plio-Pleistocene deposits in the Albuquerque basin, Rio Grande rift, New Mexico (abs.)
S. D. Connell1, G. A. Smith2, J. W. Geissman2, W. C. McIntosh3, N. W. Dunbar3, D. W. Love3 and S. M. Cather3 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Res.-Albuquerque Office, 2808 Central Ave. SE,
Geologic compilation map of the Lower Pecos alluvial valley, Bitter Lake to Bottomless Lakes area, Chaves County, New Mexico (abs.)
D. J. McCraw New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy, Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801 A recent compilation of NMBGMR-STATEMAP geologic mapping of the Bitter Lake, South Spring, and Bottomless Lakes 7.5-min.
Preliminary geologic map of the Capitol Peak SE quadrangle with illsutrations of uncommon surficial features, northern Tularosa Basin, south-central New Mexico (abs.)
D. W. Love1, B. D. Allen1 and R. G. Myers2 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy, Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801 2U.S. Army-White Sands Missile Range, Alamogordo, NM, 88002 Near the
Geochronology, geochemistry, and tectonic occurrence of travertine deposits in New Mexico and Arizona (abs.)
A. Priewisch1, L. J. Crossey1, E. Embid1 and K. E. Karlstrom1 1University of NM, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, arp2301@unm.edu CO2 springs and associated travertine deposits offer a unique tool to
Controls on particle-size distributions in tributary alluvial fans of the lower Chama River Canyon (abs.)
J. Faulconer1 and G. A. Meyer1 1Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of NM, MSC03 2040, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87131 Tributary alluvial fans in the lower Chama River Canyon, in northern New Mexico
Origin and timing of folding within the Lincoln Fold Belt, Lincoln County, New Mexico (abs.)
T. B. Avant1 and J. M. Amato1 1Department of Geological Sciences, NMSU, Box 30001, MSC 3AB, Las Cruces, NM, New Mexico, 88003 The Lincoln Fold Belt contains a set of disharmonic, short wavelength folds with
Geophysical data bearing on hydrocarbon traps and resource potential of the Galisteo Basin, New Mexico (abs.)
R. A. Ashu1 and M. S. Petronis1 1Environmental Geology, Antural Resource Management Dept., NM Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM, 87701, aragbor@yahoo.com Land-based Gravity and Magnetic data were obtained at 56 gravity and 250 magnetic stations
Paleomagnetic data from late Miocene Lobato basalt flows adjacent to the Santa Clara fault system, Chili quadrangle, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico (abs.)
M. S. Petronis1 and J. Lindline1 1Environmental Geology, Natural Resource Management Dept., NM Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM, 87701, mspetro@nmhu.edu The Late Miocene Lobato Formation comprises predominantly fine-grained and vesicular olivine- and plagioclase-phyric alkaline basalts.
A regional water table map and water level variations in the southern Sacramento Mountains watershed, New Mexico (abs.)
L. Land1, G. C. Rawling1 and S. S. Timmons1 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy, Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801 We have prepared a map of the regional water table in
Dimetrodon (Eupelycosauria: Sphenacodontidae) from the Upper Permian Abo Formation, Torrance County, New Mexico (abs.)
H. W. McKeighen1, L., Jr. McKeighen1, S. G. Lucas2, J. A. Spielmann2 and S. K. Harris2 1 46 Cuerro Lane, Los Lunas, NM, 87031, hmloslunas1@msn.com 2NM Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque,
Modeling pyrite and fluoride concentration in the Goathill North Rock Pile, Questa Mine, New Mexico (abs.)
S. F. Williams New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy, Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801 The New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources recently took part in an elaborate study called
Additional invertebrate ichnotaxa from the Lower Permian Hueco Group, Robledo Mountains, south-central New Mexico (abs.)
A. J. Lerner1, S. G. Lucas1 and J. P. MacDonald1 1NM Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 Recent collecting of the Lower Permian Robledo Mountains Formation within the
Cretaceous depositional environments and sequence stratigrpahy at Cerro de Cristo Rey, Dona Ana County, New Mexico (abs.)
K. Krainer1, S. G. Lucas2, J. A. Spielmann2 and K. Durney2 1Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Innsbruck University, Inrain 52, Insbruck, Austria, A-6020 2NM Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, New
A salinization study within the San Acacia region, Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge (SNWR), New Mexico (abs.)
F. Reyes1, S. Adelberg2, A. Williams3, L. J. Crossey3 and K. E. Karlstrom3 1Department of Environmental Sciences, University of TX El Paso, El Paso, TX, 79968, Frreyes@miners.utep.edu 2Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI,
The most complete skeleton of Ophiacodon Navajovicus (Eupelycosauria: Ophiacodontidae), from the Upper Pennsylvanian of Canon del Cobre, New Mexico (abs.)
S. K. Harris1, S. G. Lucas1 and J. A. Spielmann1 1NM Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 The most complete postcranial skeleton known of the Late Pennsylvanian pelycosaurian-grade
Transferability of parameters for hydrologic modeling of ungaged watersheds using the soil and water assessment tool (abs.)
E. El-Sadek1, M. Bleisweiss2, M. Shukla1, A. Fernald3 and S. Guldan1 1Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, NMSU, Las Cruces, NM, 88003 2Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Weed Science, NMSU, Las Cruces, NM, New
New Mexico’s most prolific Upper Cretaceous shark assemblage: Hosta Tongue fo the Point Lookout Sandstone, Bernalillo County, New Mexico (abs.)
K. Wright1, J. Bourdon1, S. G. Lucas1 and R. Pence1 1NM Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 We present a follow-up to a preliminary analysis published in 1989
Native American lithic procurement patterns and sites in the Bootheel of southwestern New Mexico (abs.)
K. E. Zeigler1, C. Hughes2, A. Kurota2 and P. Hogan2 1Zeigler Geologic Consulting, Albuquerque, NM, 87123, zeiglergeo@gmail.com 2Office of Contract Archeology, University of NM, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Multidisciplinary field projects can be very useful to
Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) ammonites from the Carlile and Juana Lopez members of the Mancos Shale, eastern side of Mesa Prieta, Sandoval County, New Mexico (abs.)
P. L. Sealey1 and S. G. Lucas1 1NM Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 The zones of Collignoniceras woollgari,Prionocyclus hyatti, Prionocyclus macombi, Prionocyclus wyomingensis and Prionocyclus novimexicanus are