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2010
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
Identification of a regional perched ground water system in the southern Sacramento Mountains, Otero County, New Mexico (abs.)
S. T. Finch John Shomaker & Assoc., Inc, Water-Resource and Environmental Consultants, 2611 Broadbent Parkway NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87107 The southern Sacramento Mountains, defined in this study as the mountains south of U.S. 70 to
Petrologic characteristics of granitic phases within the Hermit’s Peak bathollith (abs.)
R. M. Pitrucha1 and J. Lindline1 1Environmental Geology, Natural Resource Management Dept., NM Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM, 87701, rpitruch@live.nmhu.edu We report petrographic and geochemical data from granitic phase within the Hermit’s Peak batholith, a
The stable isotopic compositions of natural waters in the southern Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico: implications for climatic and hydrogeologic controls on ground water recharge (abs.)
B. T. Newton1, G. C. Rawling1, S. S. Timmons1 and T. Kludt1 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy, Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801 Groundwater flow in the southern Sacramento Mountains is
Water chemistry trends from wells and springs in the southern Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico (abs.)
S. S. Timmons1, B. T. Newton1 and F. K. Partey2 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy, Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801 2AMEC Earth and Environmental, PMB Airport Post office, East Legon,
The Sacramento Mountains watershed study: pre-treatment analysis and consideration (abs.)
B. T. Newton1, A. Fernald2, H. Garduno2 and T. Kludt1 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy, Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801 2Department of Animal and Range Sciences, NMSU, Las Cruces, NM,
Effects of lateral and vertical heterogeniety in the Yeso Formation on the regional hydrogeology in the Sacramento Mountains (abs.)
K. E. Zeigler1, B. T. Newton2 and S. S. Timmons2 1Zeigler Geologic Consulting, Albuquerque, NM, 87123, zeiglergeo@gmail.com 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy, Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801 During the spring
Plot-scale soil water flux and runoff in a mixed conifer forest in the Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico (abs.)
H. Garduno1, A. Fernald1, M. Shukla2, B. T. Newton3 and D. Vanleeuwen4 1Department of Animal and Range Sciences, NMSU, Las Cruces, NM 2Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, NMSU, Las Cruces, NM 3New Mexico Bureau
Vertebrate ichnology of the Upper Triassic (Apachean) Redonda Formation, east-central New Mexico (abs.)
J. A. Spielmann1, S. G. Lucas1, H. Klein2 and A. J. Lerner1 1NM Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 2 Rubezahlstr 1, Neumarkt, Germany, D-92318 The Upper Triassic
Mesoproterozoic diabase in southwestern North America: A proposal for regional magmatism (abs.)
R. M. Bright1 and J. M. Amato1 1Department of Geological Sciences, NMSU, Box 30001, MSC 3AB, Las Cruces, NM, New Mexico, 88003, lithological@gmail.com Timing and petrogenesis of a Mesoproterozoic mafic dike swarm in southwestern North
Evolution of Mount Taylor compsoite volcano, New Mexico (abs.)
F. Goff1, S. A. Kelley2, G. R. Osburn3, J. R. Lawrence4, C. J. Goff5, C. Ferguson6, W. C. McIntosh2, K. Fellah7, N. W. Dunbar2 and J. A. Wolff7 1Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University
Stratigraphy and geochemistry of early pyroclastic eruptions at Mount Taylor volcano, New Mexico (abs.)
N. W. Dunbar1, S. A. Kelley1, F. Goff2, W. C. McIntosh1 and L. L. Heizler3 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy, Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801, nelia.dunbar@nmt.edu 2Dept. of Earth and
The influence of antecedent snow pack, aerosols and enso on the North American monsoon (abs.)
J. Sturgis1 and D. S. Gutzler1 1Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of NM, MSC03 2040, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87131 The factors influencing the North American monsoon and New Mexico’s summer precipitation are
Insights into the relationship between continental weathering and high-frequency (10to4 – 10to5 yr) glacio-eustasy from cylostratigraphicy, delta18O, and trends in epseilon ND (abs.)
B. Theiling1, M. Elrick1, Y. Asmerom1 and V. Polyak1 1Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of NM, MSC03 2040, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87131 Nd-isotope trends (reported as εNd) from modern and ancient marine
Revised Pennyslvanina lithostratigrpahy in the Manzano Mountains, New Mexico (abs.)
S. G. Lucas1 and K. Krainer2 1NM Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 2Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Innsbruck University, Inrain 52, Insbruck, Austria, A-6020 The Pennsylvanian section
Volcanic stratigraphy of the western Sierra Blanca volcanic field, south-central NM
S. A. Kelley1, D. J. Koning1, K. A. Kempter2, K. E. Zeigler3, L. Peters1 and F. Goff4 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy, Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801 2 2623 Via
Inventory of springs on Zuni tribal lands in west-central New Mexico: Implications for aquifer recharge in the Zuni Mountains and north plains (abs.)
P. Drakos1, J. Riesterer1 and K. Bemis2 1Glorieta Geoscience, Inc., P.O. Box 5727, Santa Fe, NM, 87501, drakos@glorietageo.com 2Zuni Conservation Program, P.O. Box 339, Zuni, NM, 87327 An inventory of 29 springs on the Zuni
Microbial richness and diversity in CO2-rich mound springs of the Tierra Amarilla anticline, New Mexico
B. Cron1, L. J. Crossey1, D. E. Nortrup2 and K. E. Karlstrom1 1Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of NM, MSC03 2040, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87131, b1985@unm.edu 2Dept. of Biology, University of NM,
A population of non marine bivalves (Unionoida: Anthracosidae) from the lower Permian (Wolfcampian) Sangre de Cristo Formation in the Rowe-Mora Basin, north-central NM (abs.)
L. F. Rinehart1 and S. G. Lucas1 1NM Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 We describe a rich deposit of thin-shelled, freshwater bivalves that constitute the first documented
The Snowy River Formation in Fort Stanton Cave, New Mexico: new resutls from radiometric dating and hydrologic observations of the world’s longest speleothem (abs.)
L. Land1, V. Polyak2 and B. T. Newton1 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy, Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801 2Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of NM, MSC03 2040, Albuquerque,
Early Permian vertebrate fossils from the Abo Formation at the Abo Mine, Abo Pass, New Mexico (abs.)
L., Jr. McKeighen1, H. W. McKeighen1, S. G. Lucas2, J. A. Spielmann2 and S. K. Harris2 1 46 Cuerro Lane, Los Lunas, NM, New Mexico, 87031, kentheartist1@msn.com 2NM Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road
Hydrogeology of the southern Sacramento Mountains (abs.)
G. C. Rawling New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Res.-Albuquerque Office, 2808 Central Ave. SE, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87106 The southern Sacramento Mountains are an important source of recharge to the Lower Pecos
Comparison of alluvial fan geomorphology, sedimentation, and erosion along the eastern margin of the Tularosa Basin, New Mexico (abs.)
D. J. Koning New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy, Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801 This study compares two sets of alluvial fans along the eastern margin of the Tularosa Basin. Alluvial