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2016
Aeolian Transport of Dust-Borne Uranium
Reid Brown1, Dan Cadol1 and Bonnie Frey2 1New Mexico Tech, reiddbrown@gmail.com 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources Closed mines pose significant risks to environmental and human health. While some work has been done
Evaluation of Leaching Tests on Uranium Bearing Waste Rocks From Grants Mineral District, New Mexico
Yitian Li1, Ingar F. Walder1 and Bonnie Frey2 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, yli@nmt.edu 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology The Grants Mineral District in New Mexico was a major uranium producing area in
Middle Miocene Magmatism on the Eastern Flank of the Rio Grande Rift, Northeastern New Mexico
Sarah Shields1, Jennifer Lindline1, John Lynch1 and Michael Petronis1 1New Mexico Highlands University, P.O. Box 9000, Las Vegas, NM, 87701 The Las Vegas Igneous Field (LVIF) is a volumetrically small but regionally significant collection of
40Ar/39Ar dating of the Ogallala Formation of the Llano Estacado, Southeastern New Mexico.
Kevin Henry1, Matthew T. Heizler2 and Steve Cather2 1New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801, khenry@nmt.edu 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro,
Characteristics of Groundwater near the Tijeras Fault Complex
Alexandra J. Minitrez1 and Laura J. Crossey1 1University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, alexmini@unm.edu Groundwater monitoring well, Coyote Test Field-Monitoring Well 2 (CTF-MW2), is located on Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico
What Have We Learned From Mine Accidents and Failures in New Mexico?
Virginia T. McLemore New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro, NM, 87801, USA, ginger@nmbg.nmt.edu At the time the General Mining Law of 1872 was written, there was
Volcanic Hazards At The Southwest’s Supervolcano: Ongoing Efforts To Temporally Dissect The Eruptive And Magmatic History Of The Valles Caldera
Matthew J. Zimmerer1, John Lafferty1 and Frank C. Ramos2 1NM Bureau of Geology, NM Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, mjz1983@nmt.edu 2Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 30001, Las Cruces,
Hydrochemistry of Sulphur and Alamo Creek, Valles Caldera: Effect of Geothermal Systems on Surface Water Quality of the Jemez River.
Graham Thomas1, Tanner Grulke2, Laura Crossey2, Karl Karlstrom1, Valerie Blomgren2 and Jared Smith2 1Univ. of New Mexico, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, gthoma21@unm.edu The Valles caldera in northern New Mexico is a
Degassing of CO2 Along Fault Networks from the Valles Caldera and into the Albuquerque Basin: Central Rio Grande Rift, New Mexico
Jared R. Smith1, Laura J. Crossey1, Karl E. Karlstrom1, Tobias P. Fischer1, Hyunwoo Lee1 and Christopher McGibbon1 1Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sci., University of New Mexico, 221 Yale Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, jareds@unm.edu
Microbiology of a Reclaimed Uranium Mine, Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico
Olivia Raquel Chavez1, Tom Lamar Kieft1, Bonnie Frey2, Dan Cadol1, Reid Brown1, Anitha Sundararajan3 and Thiru Ramaraj3 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, United States, ochavez@nmt.edu 2New Mexico
Stratigraphy and Age Control Bracketing the Early Development of the Paleo-Rio Chama
Daniel J. Koning1, Giday WoldeGabriel2 and David E. Broxton2 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, N.M. Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, dkoning@nmbg.nmt.edu 2Earth and Environmental Sciences Division,
geoarchaeological Significance of a Younger Dryas Aged Black Mat, Tularosa Basin, Southern New Mexico
David M. Rachal1, John Taylor-Montoya2, Stanely Berryman3 and James Bowman3 1Tierra Vieja Consulting, 640 College Pl, Las Cruces, NM, 88005, d.rachal@gmail.com 2R.C. Goodwin, 277 E. Amador Ave., Ste. G, Las Cruces, NM, 88001 3White Sands
On the Development of a Retroactive Water Balance Derived From Historical Water Quality and Flow Data, Malmberget/vitåfors Iron Mine, Norrbotten County, Sweden
Susan F.B. Little1, Ingar Walder1 and Daniel Cadol1 1New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, United States, slittle@nmt.edu The Malmberget/Vitåfors mining facility, located in Norrbotten County, Sweden, is the world’s second largest underground
The importance of capturing topographic variability for modeling flow and transport in mountainous terrains
Chao Wang1, Jesus D. Gomez-Velez1 and John L. Wilson1 1Hydrology Program, Earth and Environmental Science Department, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, cwang00@nmt.edu Complex distributed hydrologic models are widely used to understand
Monitoring groundwater chemistry in the Animas River alluvial aquifer after the Gold King Mine 2015 mine-water release
Stacy S. Timmons1, Ethan Mamer1 and Cathryn Pokorny1 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, stacy@nmbg.nmt.edu Following the August 2015 mine-water release into Cement Creek and the Animas
Diverse Vertebrate Coprolite Locality From the Upper Pennsylvanian of Central New Mexico Provides Data on the Temporal Distribution and Ecological Context of the Shark Surplus Paradox
Adrian P. Hunt1 and Spencer G. Lucas2 1Flying Heritage Collection, 3407 109th St SW, Everett, WA, 98204, adrianhu@flyingheritage.com 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 3407 109th St SW The Tinajas Member of the
Geochemistry of Sinkholes in the Santa Rosa, NM Area
Mariah Jan Kelly1, Laura Crossey1, Rebecca Frus1 and Abdulmehdi Ali1 1The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87106, mkelly8338@gmail.com In Santa Rosa, NM there are several bodies of water known as sinkholes, fed by an
The Great Plains Province; insights into mantle processes from the Raton-Clayton Volcanic Field
Sid Pinkerton New Mexico State University, 1780 E University Ave, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, sidpinkerton@yahoo.com The Raton-Clayton Volcanic Field (RCVF) is located along the eastern edge of the Great Plains province in northwestern New Mexico
Sinkholes as Transportation and Infrastructure Geohazards in Southeastern New Mexico
Lewis Land New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, 400-1 Cascades Ave., Carlsbad, NM, 88220, lland@nmbg.nmt.edu Sinkholes and other surface karst features are naturally-occurring phenomena in regions underlain by soluble bedrock. The lower Pecos
Geologists Must Repossess Geologic Repositories
Norbert T. Rempe Independent, 1403 N Country Club Cir, Carlsbad, NM, 88220, United States, rempent@yahoo.com Geologists can draw valuable lessons from the two 2014 WIPP incidents and related “recovery” efforts to date. The continuing WIPP
Type Specimens of Fossil Vertebrates in the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Paleontology Collection
Amanda Kaye Cantrell1 and Spencer Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, amanda.cantrell@state.nm.us The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (NMMNH) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has
Reservoir Characterization Of The Morrow Sandstone Using The Winland R35 Method.
Dylan Henry Rose-Coss New Mexico Tech, 1103 Judith Ct, Socorro, NM, NM, 87801, United States, dylan435@gmail.com This study presents a field scale reservoir characterization of a late Pennsylvanian clastic reservoir at the Farnsworth Unit (FWU),
The Cerro Colorado Cinder Cone, Cerros Del Rio Volcanic Field: A Study of Melt Evolution and Plumbing System Dynamics
Joao Lages1, Jeffrey Falance1, Daniel Grondin1, Jennifer Lindline1 and Michael Petronis1 1New Mexico Highlands University, P.O. Box 9000, Las Vegas, NM, 87701 Cerro Colorado is a 2.5-2.6 Ma dissected cinder cone in the Cerros del
Modeling of Surface Uplift Pattern Due to Thermal Expansion Above the Socorro Magma Body
Shuoyu Yao1, Jolante van Wijk1, Gary Axen1 and Rediet Abera1 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro, NM, 87801 The Socorro Magma Body (SMB) is an ~130 m-thick partially molten sill