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2011
Preliminary geologic map of the Gila Hot Springs quadrangle, Catron and Grant counties, New Mexico
J. C. Ratte and D. L. Gaskill The Gila Hot Springs 7 ½ minute Quadrangle is located in the southeastern part of the Mid-Tertiary Mogollon-Datil volcanic field at the eastern edge of the Gila National
Prehistoric travertine pendants from central New Mexico: Potential relationships with known travertines
K. E. Zeigler, L. J. Crossey, L. Schuyler, D. Phillips and K. E. Karlstrom Prehistoric sites in New Mexico have yielded dozens of elongate, banded travertine objects, some of which were perforated for use as
Increasing interaction of alkaline magmas with lower crustal gabbroic cumulates over the evolution of the Mount Taylor volcanic field, New Mexico
M. E. Schmidt1, L. S. Crumpler2 and C. M. Schrader3 1Dept. Earth Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, L2S 3A1, mschmidt2@brocku.ca 2NM Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 3NASA, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville,
Relating argon diffusion and feldspar microtexture in the Shap granite
C. H. Short, M. T. Heizler and L. Heizler The Multiple Domain Diffusion (MDD) method of 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology yields thermal histories from single K-feldspars by modeling natural and laboratory Ar release as a function of
Evidence of strike-slip movement and attenuation of offset, Pecos Slope, southeastern New Mexico
J. Ahlen1 and K. E. Zeigler2 1consulting geologist,, Roswell, NM, jahlen@dfn.com 2Zeigler Geologic Consulting, Albuquerque, NM The Pecos Slope of southeastern New Mexico has been explored for years for oil and natural gas fields, such
Cross section restoration from Ladron Peak to the Joyita Hills and investigations of the timing and mechanisms of low-angle normal faulting in the Rio Grande rift
J. W. Ricketts, K. E. Karlstrom, S. A. Kelley and A. S. Read Our goal is to understand the extent, timing, and mechanisms of formation of low-angle normal faults in the Rio Grande rift, with
Walpia from the Early Permian Abo Formation of Socorro County, central New Mexico
A. J. Lerner, S. G. Lucas and S. Voigt We document a new occurrence of Walpia White, 1929, an invertebrate ichnogenus that has not previously been reported from New Mexico. The specimen (New Mexico Museum
Coniacian ammonites and inoceramids from the Mancos Shale below the Tocito Sandstone lentil, Sandoval County, New Mexico, demonstrate that Forresteria Peruana extends from the Upper Turonian into the Lower Coniacian
P. L. Sealey and S. G. Lucas The rare ammonite Forresteria peruana as well as Scaphites preventricosus, Baculites yokoyamai and Cremnoceramus deformis erectus were collected from the Mancos Shale just below the Tocito Sandstone Lentil
A re-evaluation of the Coprocoenosis from the Upper Pennsylvanian Kinney Brick quarry, central New Mexico
A. P. Hunt, S. G. Lucas and J. A. Spielman The Kinney Brick quarry, NMMNH locality 345, in the Manzanita Mountains of central New Mexico is a Lagerstätte that yields a diverse fossil invertebrate, vertebrate
Correlating magmatic temperatures and melt inclusion compositions at the single crystal level at Valles Caldera, New Mexico
C. A. Dimond1, F. C. Ramos, R. J. Mulhall and E. Gladish 1Department of Geological Sciences, NMSU, Box 30001, MSC 3AB, Las Cruces, NM, 88003 Isotopic signatures and major and trace element compositions of single
Comparison of early Eocene San Juan Basin, New Mexico Phenacolemur Jepseni with Phenacolemur Citatus and Phenacolemur Praecox from Big Horn Basin, Wyoming – a study of the variation and validity of these Phenacolemur species
C. D. Pilbro Department of Anthropology, UNM, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Phenacolemur was a late Paleocene-early Eocene paromomyid plesiadapiform from western North America and Europe. Several species are distinguished by differences in size and subtle differences
Mapping the McCartys lava flow, El Malpais, Zuni Bandera field: the role of inflation in the emplacement of large lava flows
L. S. Crumpler, J. R. Zimbleman, J. F. Bleacher, W. B. Garry, J. C. Aubele and S. Self Based on mapping of the McCartys lava flow, comparison with flow-fields in Hawaii, and observations of actively
Hydrologic investigation at White Sands National Monument
B. T. Newton, B. D. Allen, L. A. Land, D. Bustos and T. Kludt The White Sands National Monument (WHSA), located within the Tularosa Basin in southern New Mexico, occupies a portion of the world’s
Testing a hypothesis for multistage uplift of the Rockies using thermochronology and detrital zircon data: Laramide reverse faulting, long wavelength Oligocene uplift, and shorter wavelength Neogene differential uplift
M. S. Donahue, J. W. Ricketts, A. Nereson, S. A. Kelley, K. E. Karlstrom, R. Crow and D. Gonzales A compilation of thermochronologic age-elevation transects shows temporally and spatially partitioned Cenozoic cooling indicative of multistage
Hydrogeologic framework and development of a 3D ground water flow model of the Salt Basin, New Mexico and Texas
A. B. Ritchie and F. M. Phillips The Salt Basin is a closed drainage basin located in southeastern New Mexico and northwestern Texas. Since the 1950s, extensive groundwater withdrawals have been associated with agricultural irrigation
Ground water geochemistry of the south Taos Valley
A. L. Benson1 and R. Gervason1 1Taos Soil and Water Conservation District (TSWCD), Taos, NM, benson1@newmex.com Data has been compiled by TSWCD staff from a well sampling program analyzed by the New Mexico Bureau of
Distinguishing between geologic and anthropogenic salt loads in the Rio Grande using sulfur isotope geochemistry
A. Szynkiewicz, D. M. Borrok, D. O. Drury and L. M. Pratt The Rio Grande is the fourth longest river system in United States and is the primary source of irrigation water for the Rio
Role of faults in controlling hydrothermal fluid flow, helium, and CO2 transport within the Albuquerque basin
E. E. Woolsey, M. A. Person, L. J. Crossey, K. E. Karlstrom and L. Owens Groundwater salinity and 3He/4He anomalies (RA values between 0.3 and 0.5) reported in the Albuquerque Basin is a probable indication
Pennsylvanian section in the Robledo Mountains, Dona Ana County, New Mexico and its paleogeographic significance
S. G. Lucas1 and K. Krainer2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque,, NM, 87104,, spencer.lucas@state.nm.us 2Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Innsbruck University, Innsbruck,, Austria The Pennsylvanian section exposed on the northern end of the
Quaternary stratigraphy and paleontology exposed along Salt Creek, northern Tularosa Basin, south-central New Mexico
D. W. Love, B. D. Allen, G. S. Morgan and R. G. Myers Salt Creek drains the southern Oscura Mountains, Mockingbird Gap Hills, and northern San Andres Mountains southward to Big Salt Lake (playa), and
Paleotopography in the Late Triassic: Magnetostratigraphic data and stratigraphic observations from the Dry Cimarron Valley, Union County, New Mexico
K. E. Zeigler and J. W. Geissman Magnetostratigraphic data for the Upper Triassic Chinle Group of New Mexico are interpreted to indicate that multiple, and often subtle, disconformities are common in the Chinle Group and,
New constraints on the kinematic and paleogeographic history of the Little Hatchet Mountains, southwestern New Mexico
C. A. Clinkscales and T. E. Lawton New geochronological, structural, and sedimentological data provide insight into the complex deformational, erosional, and magmatic history of the Little Hatchet Mountains. Previous studies in the range proposed that
Effect of pedogenic calcium on hydrological properties of arid soils, Sevilleta National Wildlife Refucge, central New Mexico
M. Whitt, J. B. J. Harrison, L. Garcia, C. F. Ramirez and V. Nenuji A study was conducted in the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge to remotely identify soil map unit boundaries using root zone soil
Geophysical records of anthropogenic sinkhole formation in the lower Pecos region, Eddy Co., New Mexico
L. A. Land A significant minority of sinkholes formed in gypsum bedrock in the lower Pecos region are of human origin. These anthropogenic sinkholes are often associated with improperly cased abandoned oil wells, or with