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2021
Results From Ongoing Water Quality Monitoring (february 2020 to Present) of the Upper Pecos River
Megan Begay1, Letisha Mailboy1, Kate Diem1, Ezekiel Tapia1 and Jennifer Lindline1 1New Mexico Highlands University, P.O. Box 9000, Las Vegas, NM, 87701, mbegay24@live.nmhu.edu Since February 2020, NMHU Environmental Geology students have been collecting biweekly water
Revisiting the Paleocene dinosaurs of the San Juan Basin in view of naysaying from the vertebrate-paleontologist community
James E. Fassett USGS Retired, Independent Research Geologist, 552 Los Nidos Dr, Santa Fe, 87501, jimgeology@aol.com In his News in Depth comment “Does fossil site record dino-killing impact” (5 April, 2019, p. 10) Colin Barras
You Don’t Look Like a Geologist – A Conversation on Diversity (or the Lack Thereof) in Our Profession
Deborah Green deb@geologistwriter.com Too many times as a young geologist I was told, “You don’t look like a geologist,” often by clients and even by my own company’s managers. I haven’t heard that comment in
Identifying Factors Controlling Flow Conveyance Losses In The Middle Rio Grande
Katie McLain1, Marina Hein1, Daniel Cadol1, Talon Newton2 and Benjamin Duval2 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, United States, katie.mclain@student.nmt.edu 2NM Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801
Detrital Zircon Provenance Trends Across the Plio-Pleistocene Upper Santa Fe Group, Implications for Drainage Evolution of the Ancestral Rio Grande Fluvial System
Shay P. Ridl1, Brian A. Hampton and Rita L. Adamec 1New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88001, United States, sridl@nmsu.edu Axial-fluvial strata exposed throughout the Rio Grande rift (RGR) corridor preserve a ~4 m.y.
Refining the age of the Reserve Graben, West-Central New Mexico, with 40Ar/39Ar dating.
Connor J. Whitman1, Sam Martin1, Gary Axen1, Jolante van Wijk1, Matthew Heizler2 and Dan Koning2 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 LEROY PL, SOCORRO, NM, 87801, connor.whitman@student.nmt.edu 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and
Clayton Lake Dinosaur Tracksite Project: Paleontology by Drone
Michael A. Kvasnak1, Althea M. Atherton1, Bryan Burns1, Melodi King1, Amber Palmer1, Michael Pitula1, Tara Spurlock1, John Beltran1, Spencer G. Lucas2, John B. Rogers3, Richard P. Watson1 and Theresa Watson1 1Central New Mexico Community College,
Middle-Late Pleistocene geomorphic evolution of the eastern San Marcial basin, southern Rio Grande rift, New Mexico
Daniel J. Koning1, David W. Love1, Brad D. Sion2, Kevin M. Hobbs1, Andrew P. Jochems3 and Kristin S. Pearthree1 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place,, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM,
The Early Cretaceous Dinosaur Tracksite at Clayton Lake: Sedimentological Observations on the Main Track Level
John B. Rogers1, Althea M. Atherton2, Bryan Burns2, Melodi King2, Michael A. Kvasnak2, Amber Palmer2, Michael Pitula2, Tara Spurlock2, John Beltran2, Spencer G. Lucas3, Richard P. Watson2 and Theresa Watson2 1Central New Mexico Community College,
The Importance of the Late Pennsylvanian Kinney Brick Quarry Lagerstätte of Central New Mexico for the Development of the Study of Vertebrate Consumulites and Other Bromalites
Adrian P. Hunt1 and Spencer G. Lucas2 1Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum, 3407 109th St. SW, Everett, WA, 98204, adrianhu@flyingheritage.org 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM,
Detailed Investigations of Rendija Canyon Rhyodacite, a Complicated Volcanic Complex in the Sierra De Los Valles, Jemez Mountains Volcanic Field, New Mexico
Fraser Goff1, Matthew Zimmerer2, Donathon Krier3, Cathy J. Goff4, M. Steven Shackley5, Jacob Gehrz6 and Siobhan Niklasson7 1Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM,
Geoarchaeology of Wwii Aircraft in New Mexico, USA
Adrian P. Hunt Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum, 3407 109th St. SW, Everett, WA, 98204, adrianhu@flyingheritage.org Before 1941 there were only a handful of fatal aircraft crashes in New Mexico every year. During World
Flow Connectivity and Sediment Transport Modeling in Flashy Ephemeral Channel Networks
Sandra Glasgo1, Daniel Cadol1, Kyle Stark1, Madeline Richards2 and Jonathan Laronne3 1New Mexico Tech, 236 Garfield St., Socorro, NM, 87801, sandra.glasgo@student.nmt.edu 2US Army Corps of Engineers Albuquerque District, 4101 Jefferson Plaza NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87109
Clayton Lake Dinosaur Tracksite – Surface Hydrology Analysis: Establishing a Baseline for Studies of Surface Erosion
Michael R. Pitula Central New Mexico Community College, Albuquerque, NM, mpitula@gmail.com At Clayton Lake in Union County, northeastern New Mexico, an extensive dinosaur tracksite is exposed in the dam spillway. Tracks are present at four
Geochemistry of the U-Th-REE mineralized Tajo granite, Socorro County, New Mexico
Haley Dietz1 and Virginia T. McLemore2 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 911 Bursum Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, haley.dietz@student.nmt.edu 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 807 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801 The
Quantitative, Qualitative, and Spatial Evaluation of Groundwater Recharge in the Salt Basin, NM/TX
Beth Ann Eberle1 and Daniel Cadol1 1New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, US The Salt Basin is a 13,034 square kilometer (5,033 mi2) hydrologically closed basin shared between southeastern New Mexico and
Global context of sediment transport rates from a New Mexican ephemeral channel
Kyle Anderson Stark1 and Daniel Cadol1 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Earth and Environmental Science Department, Socorro, NM, 87801, United States, kyle.stark@student.nmt.edu We present an initial evaluation of sediment transport
Assessment of Safe Aquifer Yields within the Salt Basin in NM and TX.
Elizabeth Evenocheck1 and Mark Person2 1New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801, Elizabeth.Evenocheck@student.nmt.edu 2New Mexico Tech The Bureau of Reclamation and the New Mexico Interstate Stream Committee is trying to assess the available groundwater resources within
Evaluating the tectonic significance of the Moore Gulch shear zone, central Arizona with geochronologic, geochemical, and isotopic analysis of Paleoproterozoic plutonic rocks
Jason Adam Velasquez1, Mark Edward Holland2 and Sean P. Regan3 1West Texas A&M University, 2403 russell long blvd., Canyon, TX, 79016, javelasquez1@buffs.wtamu.edu 2 2403 russell long blvd. 3University of Alaska Fairbanks, 900 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks,
Structural evolution of the Reserve graben, New Mexico: Implications for extensional tectonics at the junction of the Rio Grande Rift, Basin and Range, and Colorado Plateau
Samuel Martin1, Gary Axen1, Jolante van Wijk1, Daniel Koning2, Matthew Heizler2 and Connor Whitman1 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Pl., Socorro, NM, 87801, samuel.martin@student.nmt.edu 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral
Mineral-Resource Potential in New Mexico
Virginia T. McLemore NMTech/NMBGMR, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro, NM, 87801, United States, virginia.mclemore@nmt.edu Mineral resources are the naturally occurring concentrations of materials (solids, gas, or liquid) in or on the earth’s crust that can be
Environmental Risk Communication and Engagement
Dennis McQuillan1 and Adria Bodour2 1High Desert Science, 3 S. Hijo de Dios, Santa Fe, NM, 87508, United States, geologist@highdesertscience.net 2U.S. Air Force, 2050 Wyoming Blvd. SE, Kirtland Air Force Base, NM, 87117 Effective stakeholder
Provenance Trends From Modern Tributaries Along the Western Margin of the Rio Grande Rift, Implications for Drainage Development Post ~1 Ma
Rita L. Adamec1, Brian A. Hampton and Shay P. Ridl 1 radamec@nmsu.edu Provenance data from modern sediment in headwater streams of the Rio Grande provide insight on how these drainages developed over the last ~1
Fossil Turtles of New Mexico
Asher Jacob Lichtig1 and Spencer G. Lucas2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Rd. NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87124, ajlichtig@gmail.com 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Rd. NW New Mexico