NEW MEXICO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY · SPRING MEETING
Spring Meeting Abstracts
Explore research presented at the NMGS Annual Spring Meeting. Browse abstracts from 1983 onward, choose a meeting year, or open an abstract to read the full text.
Spring Meeting → Advanced search on the original NMGS site ↗
Browse by year
All years 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983
Abstracts
Insights into postcaldera magmatism and related hazards using volcanic and plutonic records
Matthew J. Zimmerer1 and Frank Ramos2 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801, matthew.zimmerer@nmt.edu 2New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM Ongoing geochronology research of volcanic fields from
Development of a Water Budget for Wetland Units on the Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
Jeffry C. Yon1, Jennifer Lindline1, Paul Tashjian2, Joseph Zebrowski1 and Mchael Petronis1 1New Mexico Highlands University, Natural Resources Management Department, Las Vegas, NM, 87701, jyon@live.nmhu.edu 2U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service The Bosque del Apache National
Aden Lava Flows, Doña Ana County, New Mexico
René A. De Hon1 and Richard A. Earl1 1Department of Geography, 601 University Dr., Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, 78666, US, dehon@txstate.edu Aden Crater is a small, volcanic shield in the Potrillo volcanic field
The Pennsylvanian Section at Bishop Cap, Doña Ana County, New Mexico
Karl Krainer1, Spencer G. Lucas2 and James E. Barrick3 1Institute of Geology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, A-6020, Austria, karl.krainer@uibk.ac.at 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road N.W., Albuquerque, NM, 87104 3Department of Geosciences,
Effects of Olivine on Acid Rock Drainage
Margaret Tinsley1, Ingar Walder, Rodrigo Embile and Franciszka Stopa 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, margaret.tinsley@student.nmt.edu Olivine has some neutralizing capacity, and has been promoted as part of
New Records From New Mexico of the Cretaceous Ammonite Placenticeras Extend Its Biostratigraphic Range in the Western Interior
Paul L. Sealey1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, ammonoidea@comcast.net The chronostratigraphically highest Placenticeras previously reported from the Western Interior is Placenticeras costatum Hyatt,
The tortoise Caudochelys from the Miocene Tesuque Formation of the Española basin, New Mexico
Asher J. Lichtig1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Rd. NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, ajlichtig@gmail.com There is an extensive fossil record of Neogene tortoises in New Mexico,
Groundwater Level Monitoring Along the Animas River, New Mexico, After the Gold King Mine 2015 Mine-Water Release
Ethan Mamer1, Brad Talon Newton1 and Stacy Timmons1 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801, ethan.mamer@nmt.edu The Gold King Mine spill that occurred in August 2015
Soil Mapping Using Near Remote Sensing in SW United States
Theodore Miller1 and J. Bruce Harrison2 1NMT, 800 Sunset St., Socorro, NM, NM, 87801, United States, theodore.miller@student.nmt.edu 2New Mexico Tech, E&ES Dept., New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro, NM, 87801 Current soil mapping methods
Alpine Hydrology of Phoenix Spring and Lake Fork of the Rio Hondo, Taos Ski Valley, NM
P. Drakos1, A. J. Tafoya1, J. Lazarus1 and J. Riesterer1 1Glorieta Geoscience, Inc., PO Box 5727, Santa Fe, NM, New Mexico, 87502, United States, drakos@glorietageo.com The Phoenix Spring complex currently provides the entire municipal water
Photogrammetry of Fluvial Outcrops in Toadstool Geologic Park, Nebraska and Angel Peak, New Mexico
Wade Walter Mans1 and Gary Weissman 1 wmans@unm.edu Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, wmans@unm.edu Large-scale 3D models of fluvial outcrops can improve our ability to map and
The Paleoecology of the Late Cretaceous Turtle Basilemys
Asher J. Lichtig1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Rd. NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87109, ajlichtig@gmail.com The fossil turtle Basilemys is known from the Upper Cretaceous of the
Parametrizing Total Available Water (TAW) for Prediction of Root Zone Soil Moisture using the Evaporation, Transpiration and Recharge Model (ETRM)
Gabriel E. L. Parrish1, Jan M.H. Hendrickx1, Juliet Ayertey1, Brian Borchers1 and Daniel Cadol1 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, NM, gbrlparrish@gmail.com Total available water (TAW) is one of the most difficult to ascertain
The Geology and Hydrology of Environmental Hazards From Aeolian Dust and Sand in the Chihuahuan Desert
Thomas E. Gill1, Miguel Dominguez Acosta2, Matthew C. Baddock3, Jeffrey A. Lee4, Iyasu Eibedingil5 and Junran Li6 1University of Texas- El Paso, Department of Geological Sciences, 591 W University Avenue, El Paso, TX, 79968, tegill@utep.edu
GIS Analysis and (U-Th)/He Thermochronologic Investigation of Proterozoic Rocks in Southern New Mexico
Nathan Z. Reade1, Julian M. Biddle1, Jason W. Ricketts1 and Jeffrey M. Amato2 1Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W University Ave, El Paso, TX, 79968, nzreade@miners.utep.edu 2Department of Geological
Hydrologic Monitoring of Springs Along the Nacimiento Fault
Chris McGibbon1, Laura Crossey1 and Karl Karlstrom1 1University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87108, United States, mcgibbon@unm.edu Continuous monitoring of springs along the Nacimiento Fault was carried out to provide new insight into changes in
Update on Groundwater in the Southern Taos Valley, New Mexico
Anthony Benson1, David C. Jacobs2 and Peter Vigil3 1Retired Geologist, PO Box 2848, Taos, NM, 87571, benson1@newmex.com 2GeoGrande Consulting, PO Box 1606, El Prado, NM, 87529 3Taos Soil & Water Conservation District, P. O. Box
Paragenesis of Uranium Minerals in the Grants Mineral Belt, New México:Applied Geochemistry and the Development of Oxidized Uranium Mineralization
Samantha Caldwell1 and William X. Chavez1 1Minerals Engineering Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy place, Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801, samantha.caldwell@student.nmt.edu Deposition of reduced uranium ores in the Grants Mineral Belt,
Effects of long-term and short-term climatic changes seen through the transitional process geomorphology of a deglaciating stratovolcano, Mount Rainier, Washington, USA
Jonathan D. Beyeler1 and David R. Montgomery2 1University of Washington / State of NM Environment Department, 1190 S St. Francis Drive, PO Box 5469, Santa Fe, NM, 87502, beyeler@uw.edu 2University of Washington, Earth and Space
Sr and Pb feldspar geochemistry of middle–late Eocene volcanic rocks of the Palm Park Formation and Orejon Andesite, south-central New Mexico
Makayla R. Jacobs1, Frank C. Ramos1 and Brian A. Hampton1 1New Mexico State University, 1255 N. Horseshoe St., Gardiner Hall, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, United States, makk117@nmsu.edu During middle–late Eocene time, southern New Mexico was
Geochemistry of the Animas River Alluvial Aquifer After the Gold King Mine Spill, San Juan County, New Mexico
Brad Talon Newton1, Ethan Mamer1 and Stacy Timmons1 1NM Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, United States, talon.newton@nmt.edu On August 5, 2015 the accidental breech of the Gold King
Carbon Dioxide and Helium Gases in New Mexico: Distribution and Relation to Other Gases in the Reservoir
Ronald F. Broadhead New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, ron.broadhead@nmt.edu Carbon dioxide is a common component of natural gases. In most gases CO2 is
Late Pliocene (Blancan) Vertebrates From the Camp Rice Formation in the Vicinity of Hatch, Doña Ana and Sierra Counties, Southern New Mexico
Gary S. Morgan1, Paul L. Sealey1, Andrew P. Jochems2 and Philip A. Gensler3 1NM Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, gary.morgan1@state.nm.us 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801
Collapsible soil subsidence susceptibilities across New Mexico at 1:750,000 scale
Alex J. Rinehart1, Colin T. Cikoski1, David Love1, Mark Mansell1 and Daniel J. Koning1 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801, United States, alex.j.rinehart@gmail.com We present