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2013
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
Late Cretaceous (Middle Cenomanian) Ammonoids from the Mancos Formation, Big Burro Mountains, Grant County, New Mexico
Spencer G. Lucas1 and Sarah E. Machin2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road N.W., Albuquerque, NM, 87104, spencer.lucas@state.nm.us 2Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM An approximately 335-m
The Rio Grande: Is the Past the Key to the Future?
Fred M. Phillips New Mexico Tech, Department of Earth & Env. Science, 801 Leroy Place, SOCORRO, NM, 87801, United States, phillips@nmt.edu The Rio Grande Valley receives the large majority of its water supply, both surface
Primitive Mammoth Jaw From Lower Pleistocene Rio Grande Sediments, Socorro, New Mexico
Spencer G. Lucas1, Gary Morgan1, Craig Bejnar2, Nelia Dunbar3, Richard Chamberlin3 and David Love3 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road N.W., Albuquerque, NM, 87104, spencer.lucas@state.nm.us 2 Socorro, NM, 87801 3New Mexico Bureau
Juvenile Skull of the Phytosaur Redondasaurus from the Upper Triassic Chinle Group at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico
Justin A. Spielmann1, Spencer G. Lucas1 and Larry F. Rinehart1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Rd. NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, justin.spielmann1@state.nm.us Redondasaurus is the geologically youngest known North American phytosaur
Timing of the Growth of Deep Phreatic Speleothems and their Relation to Landscape Evolution in the Southwestern United States
David D. Decker1, Victor J. Polyak1 and Yemane Asmerom1 1University of New Mexico, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northrop Hall, MSC03 2040, Albuquerque, NM, 87114, dave.decker@caves.org Understanding the interplay between magmatic and associated tectonic
40Ar/39Ar Sanidine Chronostratigraphy of K-Pg Boundary Sediments of the San Juan Basin, NM
Iain Paul Mason1, Matthew T. Heizler2 and Thomas E. Williamson3 1Earth and Environmental Science Department, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, imason@nmt.edu 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology, NM Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801 3New Mexico Museum
A New Vertebrate Local Fauna from the Menefee Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico
Thomas E. Williamson1 and Tara Templeman2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87121, thomas.williamson@state.nm.us 2Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, 220 Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM,
Signals of a Changing Climate in Pecos River Streamflow
Manuel Salgado1 and David S. Gutzler1 1University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, msal80@unm.edu The Pecos River is the principal source of surface water for Eastern New Mexico and variability in its flow presents natural and
The Ancha Formation in the Santa Fe Embayment: Stratigraphy, Texture and Thickness Variations, and Geometry of the Underlying Mio-Pliocene Unconformity
Daniel J. Koning1 and Peggy S. Johnson1 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, N.M. Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, dkoning@nmbg.nmt.edu The Ancha Formation (late Pliocene-early Pleistocene) underlies
Covariability and Interannual Variability of June Wild Fires and Atmospheric Aerosols
Lucas J. Barrett1 and David S. Gutzler1 1Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, xantose@unm.edu The purpose of this study is to assess the hypothesis that atmospheric aerosol from
A Major Landslide involving an Inverted Paleochannel in Sierra County, New Mexico
Gerald P. Lindsey (retired), 5801 Lowell, NE, 28C, Albuquerque, NM, 87111, geojerryl@comcast.net A landslide that probably dates to the end of the Pleistocene has been found adjacent to the the New Mexico Spaceport. The feature
21st Century Streamflows in New Mexico
David S. Gutzler University of New Mexico, Dept of Earth & Planetary Sciences, MSC03-2040, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, gutzler@unm.edu The current drought is just the most recent in a long sequence of multi-year drought and pluvial
Reesidites minimus from the Juana Lopez Member of the Mancos Shale, Sandoval County, New Mexico: a Very Rare Ammonite 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 Several specimens of the extremely rare (in North America) ammonite Reesidites minimus were collected
Uranium in Waters of the Ojo Caliente Area, Taos County, New Mexico
Tony Benson1 and Ron Gervason1 1Taos Soil and Water Conservation District, P.O. Box 2787, Ranchos de Taos, NM, 87557, benson1@newmex.com Uranium dissolved in stream water of the Rio Ojo Caliente in southwestern Taos County and
Acquiring and Georeferencing Coal Mine Maps: San Juan Basin, NM
Gretchen K. Hoffman1 and Maureen Wilks1 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology, NM Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, gretchen@nmbg.nmt.edu Coal mining in New Mexico began in 1803, but it was not until the early
Field Mapping of the Redrock Area, Burro Mountains, southwest New Mexico, and U-Pb Dating of 1.2 Ga Magmatism and Contact Metamorphism of Paleoproterozoic Metasedimentary Rocks
Rosie A. Williams1, Jeff M. Amato1 and Sean Gaynor1 1Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, raw03110@gmail.com Paleoproterozoic sedimentary rocks in the Burro Mountains, southern Mazatzal province, have an unknown
Using Uranium Isotopes to Determine Salinity Sources in Rio Grande Waters
Lin Ma1, Anna Szynkiewicz1, David Borrok1 and Jennifer C. McIntosh2 1Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University Ave, El Paso, TX, 79968, lma@utep.edu 2Department of Hydrology and Water Resources,
Hydrochemistry of Lava Tube Spring and the Rio Grande, Taos County, New Mexico
Patrick Longmire1, Michael Dale2, Kim Granzow1, Donald Carlson1, Benjamin Wear3, Jerzy Kulis3, George Perkins4 and Michael Rearick4 1New Mexico Environment Department-DOE Oversight Bureau, 1183 Diamond Drive Suite B, Los Alamos, NM, 87544, plongmire@lanl.gov 2New Mexico
Irrigation Efficiency Improvements: Technical, Economic, and Policy Issues
Frank A. Ward Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Business and Extension Economics, MSC 3169 NMSU, P.O. Box 30003, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003-8003, USA, fward@nmsu.edu Climate change and recurrent drought in many of
Paleoenvironmental Preferences and Distribution of Late Cretaceous Turtles in the San Juan Basin, New Mexico
Asher Jacob Lichtig1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, ajlichtig@aol.com The Upper Cretaceous (upper Campanian) Fruitland and Kirtland formations in the San