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2013
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
Campanian Ammonites and Other Molluscs from the Pictured Cliffs Sandstone, Sandoval County, New Mexico
Paul L. Sealey1, Charles A. Turner1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, ammonoidea@comcast.net Ammonites and other molluscs were collected from the Pictured Cliffs Sandstone
The Union County Hydrogeology Project: Building A Scientific Effort From the Ground Up
Kate Zeigler1, Barbara Podzemny2, Geoff Rawling3, Gregory Peacock1, Shannon Williams4 and Andy Yuhas5 1Zeigler Geologic Consulting, Albuquerque, NM, 87123, zeiglergeo@gmail.com 2Northeast Soil and Water Conservation District, Clayton, NM 3New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral
High-Resolution X-ray Computed Tomography Scanning of New Mexico Fossils
Clayton Dean Pilbro University of New Mexico E&PS Department/Office of the Medical Investigator, 12801 Copper Ave NE Apt D37, Albuquerque, NM, 87123, United States, cpilbro@unm.edu The Office of the Medical Investigator (OMI) in Albuquerque is
A Proposal For Responding To Sustained Drought As New Mexico’s “New Normal”
Matthew G. Reynolds Seventh Judicial District Judge, State of New Mexico, NM, tocdmgr@nmcourts.gov If current environmental conditions portend a drier and hotter climate for New Mexico, an immediate and costly response must be implemented to
The Pennsylvanian Sandia Formation in northern and central New Mexico
Karl Krainer1 and Spencer G. Lucas2 1University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52, Innsbruck, A-6020, AUSTRIA, Karl.Krainer@uibk.ac.at 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 Across much of northern and
The Early Permian Gallina Well Vertebrate and Trace Fossil Site in Socorro County, New Mexico
Amanda Kaye Cantrell1, Thomas L. Suazo1, David S. Berman2, Justin A. Spielmann3, Spencer G. Lucas3, Amy C. Henrici2 and Larry F. Rinehart3 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, University of New Mexico, Acantr5@unm.edu 2Carnegie Museum
Redefinition of the Base of the Permian
Spencer G. Lucas New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road N.W., Albuquerque, NM, 87104, spencer.lucas@state.nm.us For more than 70 years, the base of the Permian was recognized by a fusulinid biostratigraphic datum, the
Groundwater-Fed Wetlands in the La Cienega Area, Santa Fe County, New Mexico
Peggy S. Johnson1, Daniel J. Koning1 and Stacy Timmons1 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, USA, peggy@nmbg.nmt.edu Groundwater-fed wetlands in semi-arid landscapes that form large cienega complexes