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2013
Groundwater and Surface Water Interactions in the El Rito Creek, New Mexico
Junhao Hu1, Lani Tsinnajinnie1 and Marty Frisbee1 1New Mexico Tech, jhu@nmt.edu The El Rito watershed is a snow-dominated watershed, located in Northern New Mexico, that drains part of the Tusas Mountains and supplies flow to
Paleomagnetic, Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility, and Structural Data Bearing on Magma Emplacement and the growth of the Miocene, Cinder Cone
Adam Ray Brister1 and Michael Petronis1 1New Mexico Highlands University, Box 9000, Las Vegas, NM, 87701, abrister@live.nmhu.edu The Trosky Volcano is a monogenic cinder-spatter cone associated with the middle Miocene Jicin Volcanic field of northeast
Evaluating Solute Sources in the Upper Gila River, NM
Pavel Vakhlamov1, Laura J. Crossey, Cliff N. Dahm, V. Acu??a and A. S. Ali 1 pavel.vakhlamov@gmail.com The Gila River in southwestern New Mexico is one of the last free flowing rivers in North America. It
Diurnal Fluctuations of Arsenic Concentrations and Physiochemical Parameters along the Jemez River, New Mexico
Lorraine Garcia1, Daryl Williams1 and Edward Martinez1 1Department of Natural Resource Management, Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM, lgarci85@live.nmhu.edu Snow pack dominated rivers and streams across the Southwestern United States have been feeling the effects
Structural control of warm springs in the Hillsboro-Lake Valley area
Shari Kelley1, Mussie Tewelde2, James Witcher3 and Mark Person2 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801, sakelley@nmbg.nmt.edu 2Earth and Environmental Science Department, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801
Troubled Time
Matthew T. Heizler NMBG, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801, matt@nmt.edu Geochronology precision is undergoing a revolutionary increase that allows incredible insight into complex geological processes. However, each incremental improvement in precision is not necessarily
Implications of the Eastern Extent of Ancestral Rio Grande Deposits, Northwestern Extent of Fans from the Eastern Rift Shoulder, and Preservation of Inset Terraces, Southeastern Albuquerque Basin
(withdrawn) 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resouces, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, USA, davel@nmbg.nmt.edu 2Earth and Environmental Science Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and
Structural Analysis of 1.1 Ga Diabase Intrusions: Burro Mountains, New Mexico
Cassidy W. Dimitroff1, Sean Gaynor1 and Jeffrey Amato1 1Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA, cassd@nmsu.edu ~1.1 Ga diabase dike swarms cut Paleoproterozoic units throughout the southwestern region of
Genesis of the Caballo and Burro Mountains REE-bearing Episyenite
Annelise M. Riggins1, Nelia W. Dunbar2, Virginia McLemore2, Kwame Frempong3, Matt T. Heizler2 and William McIntosh2 1NMT, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, anneliseriggins@gmail.com 2NMBGMR, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro,
Revised Geochronology and Paleomagnetic Interpretations of Uppermost Cretaceous and Lowermost Paleocene Rocks in the Southern San Juan Basin, New Mexico
James E. Fassett USGS, retired and Independent Research Geologist, 552 Los Nidos Drive, Santa Fe, NM, 87501, jimgeology@qwest.net A 40Ar/39Ar age for an altered volcanic ash bed from the Nacimiento Formation at Mesa de Cuba
40Ar/39Ar Muscovite Thermochronology Of Petaca District Pegmatites, Northern, NM
Lisa A. Gaston1 and Matthew T. Heizler2 1NMT, 801 Leroy Pl., Socorro, NM, 87801, lgaston.geo@gmail.com 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology, NMT 40Ar/39Ar muscovite dates from pegmatites of the Petaca District in the Tusas Mts, NM
Mineralogy and Geochemistry of the Gallinas Mountains, New Mexico
Zachary Vance1, Virgil Lueth2 and Andrew Campbell3 1New Mexico Tech, NMBMMR, EES, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, zrvance@gmail.com 2NMBG, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801 3Earth and Environmental Science Department, New Mexico Tech, Socorro,
Invertebrate Bio-Accumulation in a Copper Sulfate Treated Reservoir
Daryl E. Williams1, Jason Martinez1 and Edward A. Martinez1 1Natural Resources Management, New Mexico Highlands University, 806 7th Street, Las Vegas, NM, 87701, area52@gmx.com Copper sulfate has been commonly used as an algaecide to combat
Hydrologic Impacts of Burn Severity on Nutrient Concentrations in Surface Water Runoff and Soils from the Las Conchas Fire, Jemez Mountains New Mexico
Anita Lavadie1, Edward Martinez1, Sara Brown1 and Joseph Zebrowski1 1New Mexico Highlands University, alavadie@live.nmhu.edu Climate change is expected to increase wildfire severity in the Southwest. Following large fires, surface water runoff and soils contributes high
U-Series Geochronology of Large-Volume Travertine Deposits of the Southeastern Colorado Plateau: Evaluating Episodicity, Tectonic and Paleohydrologic Controls
Alexandra Priewisch1, Laura J. Crossey1, Karl E. Karlstrom1, Victor Polyak1, Yemane Asmerom1, Alexander Nereson2 and Jason W. Ricketts1 1Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, arp2301@unm.edu 2Earth and Planetary Sciences, University
U-Pb Geochronology of Proterozoic Granitoids in the Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains, New Mexico
Jennifer Lindline1, Danielle Cedillo1 and Andrew Romero1 1New Mexico Highlands University, P.O. Box 9000, Las Vegas, NM, 87701, lindlinej@nmhu.edu The Hermit’s Peak batholith, a Proterozoic metamorphic-plutonic massif in the southern Santa Fe Range of the
Angulithes fleuriausianus from the Paguate Sandstone, Sandoval County, New Mexico: a Very Rare Nautiloid in North America
Paul L. Sealey1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, ammonoidea@comcast.net Together with numerous ammonites, only one specimen of the extremely rare (in North America)
Proterozoic Zoned Intrusive Suites: Determining the Surficial Relationships and Emplacement Mechanisms of the Burro Mountain Intrusive Suite
Sean Gaynor1 and Jeff Amato1 1New Mexico State University, 1255 N. Horseshoe St., Las Cruces, NM, 88003, seanpg@nmsu.edu The Burro Mountains expose a Proterozoic intrusive suite of ~1.4 Ga granitic plutons, cutting Paleoproterozoic rocks of
Corrections to Ages of Paleomagnetic Reversals and Ammonite Zone Boundaries from Those Reported in the Gradstein et al. 2012 Time Scale for K-Pg Boundary Rocks, San Juan Basin, New Mexico
James E. Fassett USGS, retired and Independent Research Geologist, 552 Los Nidos Drive, Santa Fe, NM, 87501, jimgeology@qwest.net Geologic time scales such as those by Gradstein et al. (2004) and Gradstein et al. (2012) are
Cambrian-Ordovician(?) Rare Earth Element (REE)-bearing Episyenites in the Caballo and Burro Mountains, Southern New Mexico: Insights into a metasomatic origin
Kwame B. Frempong1, Virginia T. McLemore2, Nelia Dunbar2 and Annie Riggins3 1 NMT, Department of Mineral Engineering, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, boafofrempong@gmail.com 2 NMBGMR, 801 Leroy Place,, Socorro, NM, 87801 3 NMT, Department
Hydrogeology of east-central Union County, northeastern New Mexico
Geoffrey Rawling New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 2808 Central Avenue, SE, Albuquerque, NM, 87106, geoff@nmbg.nmt.edu This study incorporates new and historical geologic and hydrologic data to understand the aquifer system in east-central
Geomorphic effects of a high severity burn in the Las Conchas Fire.
Richard Patrick McNeill New Mexico Highlands University, P.O. Box 9000, Las Vegas, NM, 87701, juniper.botany@gmail.com Richard P. McNeill1, 2, Joseph P. Zebrowski1, Anita Lavadie1, Dr. Edward Martinez1, and Dr. Sara Brown1. 1New Mexico Highlands University,
The Court Case From Hell: Aamodt as Social Drama
Michael Agar Ethknoworks LLC, 7 Avenida Vista Grande B7, #465, Santa Fe, NJ, 87508, magar@umd.edu New Mexico water governance is more complicated than anything presenter has anthropologically attempted. One part of the NM water story
Toward Standardization of Phanerozoic Stratigraphic Nomenclature in New Mexico
Steven M. Cather1, Kate E. Zeigler2, Greg H. Mack3 and Shari A. Kelley1 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Pl., Socorro, NM, 87801, scather@nmbg.nmt.edu