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2014
The rare ammonite Hourcquia mirabilis from the Upper Cretaceous Juana Lopez Member of the Mancos Shale, Sandoval and Santa Fe counties, New Mexico
Paul L. Sealey1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, ammonoidea@comcast.net Hourcquia mirabilis is a very rare ammonite in the Upper Cretaceous of the Western
Repeat LiDAR as a Tool for Investigating Geomorphic Change in a Watershed: A Case Study of Catastrophic Erosion in Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico, USA
Elaine Jacobs1, Rick Kelley1 and Brian Jacobs2 1Los Alamos National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, ejacobs@lanl.gov 2Bandelier National Monument, 15 Entrance Road, Los Alamos, NM, 87544 Repeat aerial LiDAR imagery
Radiogenic isotope studies of zircon from Proterozoic rocks in northern New Mexico and implications for defining Precambrian provinces
Tyler A. Grambling1 and Karl E. Karlstrom2 1University of New Mexico, 221 Yale Blvd NE, EPS Department, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, tgrambling@unm.edu 2University of New Mexico, 221 Yale Blvd NE, EPS Department, Northrop Hall,
Small Theropod Teeth from the Late Cretaceous of the San Juan Basin, Northwestern New Mexico
Thomas E. Williamson1 and Stephen L. Brusatte2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104-1375, United States, thomas.williamson@state.nm.us 2School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH9 3JW,
Preliminary Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility Data from Clastic Injectites in the Dry Cimarron Valley, Union County, Northeastern New Mexico
Kate Zeigler1, William McCarthy2, Peter Mozley3 and Yong-Jae Oh3 1Zeigler Geologic Consulting, Albuquerque, NM, 87123, zeiglergeo@gmail.com 2Dept. of Natural Resource Management, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM, 87710 3Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science,
Emplacement of Zebin Hill, Jicín Volcanic Field, Bohemian Paradise, Czech Republic
Michael S. Petronis1, Vladislav Rapprich2, Jan Valenta3, Adam Brister1, Jennifer Lindline1 and Benjamin van Wyk de Vries4 1 Natural Resource Management Dept, Ivan Hilton Science Center, NMHU, Las Vegas, NM, 87701, USA, mspetro@nmhu.edu 2Czech Geological
Concepts of Petroleum Exploration in Today’s Shale Play Environment
Keith Davis Las Cruces, NM, 3 Long Canyon Court, Las Cruces, NM, 88011, desertman1313@gmail.com Petroleum Exploration has moved from historical “Classic Hydrocarbon Traps” to “ Shale Plays”. In classic hydrocarbon traps, the petroleum has migrated
Magdalena, New Mexico Water Crisis – The Day the Water Dried: A Hydrogeologic Perspective
Stacy S. Timmons New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, stacy@nmbg.nmt.edu For most of June 2013, the Village of Magdalena could not produce water from their only well.
The 1941 Project: A Meteorological Reanalysis Investigation into an Abnormal Year of Precipitation
Sharon M. Sullivan1, David S. Gutzler1 and Deirdre M. Kann1 1University of New Mexico/U.S. National Weather Service Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM, ssully10@unm.edu This project is an observational investigation of the wettest year on record in New
Fluid Flow and Groundwater Mixing: the Nacimiento Fault and the Rio Salado, New Mexico
Chris McGibbon1, Karl Karlstrom1, Mehdi Ali1 and Laura Crossey1 1University of New Mexico, 1008 Washington Street SE, Albuquerque, NM, 87108, United States, mcgibbon@unm.edu In the southwestern U.S., input of deeply-circulated groundwater has been shown to
A Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing Geoheritage Investigation of the Upper Pecos River Valley.
Amanda D. Aragon1, Michael S. Petronis1 and Joseph P. Zebrowski2 1New Mexico Highlands University, NMHU Box 9685, Las Vegas, NM, 87701, amandaaragon@gmail.com The purpose of this multidisciplinary study is to evaluate changes in land use
Eocene Turtles from the San Jose Formation, 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 E. D. Cope described the first Early Eocene turtles from the San