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Snowy River’s Second Decade: Chaos Prevails
John T. M. Lyles PO Box 95, Los Alamos, NM, 87544, jtml@vla.com By 2012 the growing upstream Snowy River trend had doubled Fort Stanton Cave’s length with 15.58 miles of surveyed passages. It continued south
Geology of the Cambrian-Ordovician Lemitar Carbonatites, Socorro County, New Mexico: Revisited
Ethan B. Haft1, Virginia T. McLemore2, O. Tapani Rämö3 and Jonas Kaare-Rasmussen4 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro, NM, 87801, ethan.haft@student.nmt.edu 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801
Controls on flow conveyance losses in the San Acacia reach of the Middle Rio Grande
Katie McLain New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, United States, katie.mclain@student.nmt.edu The San Acacia reach of the Middle Rio Grande experiences high conveyance losses throughout the year that
Geochemical fingerprinting of source water to the Snowy River deposit
Johanna M. Blake1, Christina Ferguson1 and Keely Miltenberger1 1U.S. Geological Survey, 6700 Edith Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87113, jmtblake@usgs.gov The Snowy River deposit, located in the Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave System near Capitan, New Mexico,
Spelunking into the Virosphere: Characterizing Viral Communties from Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Joseph Ulbrich1, Daniel S. Jones2 and Thomas L. Kieft1 1Biology Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, joseph.ulbrich@student.nmt.edu 2Earth and Environmental Science Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Viruses are the most
Microbe-Mineral Interactions in Caves
Daniel S. Jones1, Diana E. Northup2 and Penelope J. Boston3 1Earth and Environmental Science Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, and National Cave and Karst Research Institute, Socorro, NM, 87801, daniel.s.jones@nmt.edu 2Department of
Caves in the Upper Pecos Watershed
Dennis McQuillan High Desert Science, 3 S Hijo de Dios, Santa Fe, NM, NM, 87508-9133, United States, geologist@highdesertscience.net Caves formed by dissolution along permeability structures in Paleozoic limestone in the Upper Pecos Watershed are of
Regional Geology of the Northeastern Sacramento Mountains, Lincoln and Otero Counties, New Mexico
Geoffrey Rawling New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 1015 Tijeras Avenue NW, Suite 200, Albuquerque, NM, 87102-2909, US, geoffrey.rawling@nmt.edu Permian through Eocene sedimentary rocks, and intrusive and extrusive rocks of the Eocene-Oligocene Sierra
Stoneman Lake, Az, Sediments Archive Southwestern North America Surface Processes Over the Last Two Glacial Cycles (and Beyond)
Spencer E. Staley1, Peter J. Fawcett1, R. Scott Anderson2, Gonzalo Jimenez-Moreno3, Vera Markgraf2 and Erik Brown4 1University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, US, sestaley@unm.edu 2Northern Arizona University 3Universidad de Granada 4University of Minnesota, Duluth
Extremophilic Microorganisms From Sulfur-Rich Springs and Fumaroles in the Valles Caldera Volcanic Complex, New Mexico
Abigail Rose Brown1, Brianna Green2 and Daniel S. Jones1 1Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, abigail.brown@student.nmt.edu 2Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of
Early Pleistocene (late Blancan) vertebrates from Simon Canyon, Socorro County, central New Mexico
Gary S. Morgan1, Daniel J. Koning2, M. Steven Shackley3, David W. Love2, Kevin M. Hobbs2 and Andrew P. Jochems2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, gary.morgan1@state.nm.us 2New Mexico
Geoscience Outreach in the International Year of Caves and Karst
George Veni National Cave and Karst Research Institute, 400-1 Cascades Avenue, Carlsbad, NM, 88220, United States, gveni@nckri.org The International Year of Caves and Karst is a global effort to teach the world about the benefits
The First Decade in Snowy River: Stalking the Mammoth Cave of the West
Donald G. Davis Fort Stanton Cave Study Project, 441 S Kearney St, Denver, CO, 80224-1237, dgdavis@nyx.net I first visited Fort Stanton Cave as a young caver in 1960, and as I wandered along its level,
REE in Coalbeds in the San Juan River – Raton Coal Basins
Megan N. Badonie1 and Virginia T. McLemore2 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, Megan.Badonie@student.nmt.edu 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801
A simple numerical model of the Rio Grande Rift extension: implications on surface hydrology
Kyungdoe Han1 and John Wilson1 1Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, kyungdoe.han@student.nmt.edu Tectonic extension of the Earth’s crust significantly alters the surface
Sulfuric Acid Speleogenesis in the Frasassi Cave System, Italy, and Possible Implications for Guadalupe Mountain Caves
Daniel S. Jones Earth and Environmental Science Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, and National Cave and Karst Research Institute, Socorro, NM, 87801, daniel.s.jones@nmt.edu Cave formation by sulfuric acid, known as “sulfuric acid
Fort Stanton Cave Formation Repair and Restoration Project
Michael C. Mansur Chair of the Southwestern Region of the National Speleologocal Society, P.O. Box 1117, Tajique, NM, 87016, mcmansur@zoho.com The goal of the Fort Stanton Cave Formation Repair and Restoration Project is to repair
3-D Modeling of Fort Stanton Cave using Maps, Lidar, Photogrammetry, and Gaming Engines
Ronald J. Lipinski Fort Stanton Cave Study Project, 12904 Manitoba Dr NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87111, rjlipin@msn.com A half mile of Fort Stanton Cave’s Snowy River has been modeled in 3-D using Lidar point clouds to
Three-Dimensional Geologic Framework Model of the Rio San Jose Groundwater Basin and Adjacent Areas, New Mexico
Donald S. Sweetkind1, Amy E. Galanter2 and Andre Ritchie2 1U.S. Geological Survey, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center, Denver Federal Center MS980, Denver, CO, 80225, United States, dsweetkind@usgs.gov 2U.S. Geological Survey, New Mexico Water Science
A new specimen of the eubaenine turtle Goleremys mckennai from the Paleocene Nacimiento Formation of northwestern New Mexico
Asher Jacob Lichtig1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Rd. NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87124, ajlichtig@gmail.com A skull and associated postcrania found in the Paleocene Nacimiento Formation are the first
Geology, Stratigraphy, and Geomorphology of the Permian San Andres Limestone and the Snowy River Passage of the Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave System, Lincoln County, New Mexico
Christina L. Ferguson1 and Keely E. Miltenberger1 1USGS-New Mexico Water Science Center, 6700 Edith Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87113, cryssferg83@gmail.com The Snowy River calcite deposit within the Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave System is unique. The
Navigating the Blm Proposal Submission Process to Gain Scientific Entries to Fort Stanton Cave
Knutt Peterson BLM Roswell Field Office, 2909W 2nd St, Roswell, NM, 88201, knuttpet@blm.gov Fort Stanton Cave is a unique environment which offers scientists and researchers the opportunity to discover, study, and explore the unknown. The
Applying sandstone modal composition and ImageJ analysis to constrain feldspar alteration in Early Permian (Wolfcampian) nonmarine strata in New Mexico
Justin Matthew Friend1, Brian A. Hampton1 and Alicia L. Bonar2 1Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, United States, jmfriend@nmsu.edu 2ConocoPhillips School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, Norman,
The platysternid turtle Cardichelyon from the Paleocene Nacimiento Formation, New Mexico, USA
Asher Jacob Lichtig1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Rd. NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87124, ajlichtig@gmail.com New specimens, including a complete skull and limb material, from the Paleocene Nacimiento Formation,