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Investigation of the Possible Cretaceous Strata Exposed Along the Western Boundary Fault Zone, Franklin Mountains, El Paso, TX
Yazmin Acuna1, Daniela Jimenez1, Victoria Olvera1, Jay Chapman1, Lily Jackson1 and Richard Langford1 1Department of Earth, Environmental and Resource Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W University Ave., El Paso, TX, 79922, United
Critical Minerals Potential of Leaching Mine Wastes in Eureka, Hillsboro, McGhee Peak and Steeple Rock Districts in New Mexico, USA
Rebecca A. Boakye1, Virginia T. McLemore2, Nicole Hurtig1 and Bonnie Frey2 1Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Box 3707, Socorro, NM, 87801, United States, rebecca.boakye@student.nmt.edu 2New Mexico Bureau of
Origin and Climate Implications of Sedimentary Chert in Western Pangea: Middle Pennsylvanian Gray Mesa Formation, Placitas, New Mexico
Blaine Cecil1, Spencer G. Lucas2, Jeffrey M. Rahl3, James E. Barrick4 and William A. DiMichele5 1U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, 20192, spencer.lucas@state.nm.us 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 3Washington and Lee
The Utility of Track Width in Dinosaur Trackway Studies
John B. Rogers1 and Spencer G. Lucas2 1Central New Mexico Community College, 900 University Blvd. SE, Albuquerque, NM, 87106, United States, john.rogers8@comcast.net 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road N.W., Albuquerque, NM, 87104,
How Beaver Occupation Influenced Burn Severity, Habitat Resilience, and Landscape Recovery from the Hermits Peak Calf Canyon Fire
Colman Lee1, Jennifer Lindline1 and Marine Foucher1 1New Mexico Highlands University, Natural Resource Management Department, Box 9000, Las Vegas, NM, NM, 87701, US, clee30@live.nmhu.edu High severity wildfires are becoming increasingly common in western forests. Burned
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Campanian) Ammonites and Inoceramids From the Hagan Basin, Sandoval County, 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 Upper Cretaceous strata exposed in the Hagan basin in Sandoval County, north-central New Mexico,
Looking to the Past to Prepare for the Future: A spatiotemporal land use analysis of the irrigable acreage of La Acequia del Finado Francisco Martinez del Llano Quemado in Taos County, New Mexico
Kamren S. Moore1, Jennifer Lindline1, Marine Foucher1 and Michael Petronis1 1New Mexico Highlands University, Natural Resources Management Department, Box 9000, Las Vegas, NM, 87701, kamrensm@gmail.com Urbanization of previously agricultural land decreases the utilization of acequia
Keynote Address: Post-Fire Hydrologic Impacts and Lessons Learned From the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire, San Miguel, Mora and Taos Counties, New Mexico
Jay Lazarus1, Jim Riesterer1, Paul Drakos1 and Dane Goble1 1Glorieta Geoscience, a Division of GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc., PO Box 2505, Santa Fe, NM, 87504, Jay.Lazarus@gza.com The Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon fire burned approximately 342,000 acres in
Quantifying Arroyo-Derived Sediment Inputs to the Middle Rio Grande
Isabella Oviedo1 and Marisa Repasch1 1Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, ioviedo06@unm.edu The many flood control and water resource management dams on the Rio Grande have greatly impacted the river, influencing
Hydrogeophysical Imaging of Aquifers: Building a Statewide Hydrogeologic Framework for New Mexico
Sean D. Connell1, Amy Jordan1, Peter Guerra1, Ahsan Jamil1, Seogi Kang2, Noah Dewar3, Stacy Timmons1 and Laila Sturgis1 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, sean.connell@nmt.edu 22Department of
Is New Mexican Gypsum an Analog for Martian Sulfates? Insights from Geochemical, Mineralogical, and Depositional Signatures
Luc E. Carbonneau1 and Daniel S. Jones1 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, luc.carbonneau@student.nmt.edu The Quebradas area, near Socorro, New Mexico, contains Paleozoic evaporite deposits, including massive gypsum
Quantifying Surface and Groundwater Interactions in the San Acacia Reach, New Mexico
Racha Berjaoui1 and Rachel M. Coyte1 1New Mexico Inst. Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro, NM, 87801-4681, United States, Racha.Berjaoui@student.nmt.edu Effective water management in the Middle Rio Grande Basin requires a clear understanding of
Reconciling Faulting, Stratigraphy, and Paleoclimate in Low-Slip-Rate Basins: Climatic Modulation of Fault-Controlled Hanging-Wall Wedges in the Northwestern Albuquerque Basin, New Mexico
Sean D. Connell1, Daniel J. Koning1 and Andrew P. Jochems2 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, sean.connell@nmt.edu 2New Mexico Environment Department, Albuquerque, NM Geologic cross section along
Resistivity-to-Lithology Relationships Derived from Airborne Electromagnetic Surveys and Well Logs in New Mexico
Amy Jordan1, Sean D. Connell1, Seogi Kang2, Noah Dewar3, Stacy Timmons1 and Laila Sturgis1 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, amy.jordan@nmt.edu 2Department of Earth Sciences, University of
The Late Paleozoic Peñasco Uplift, Northern New Mexico
Spencer G. Lucas1 and Karl Krainer2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road N.W., Albuquerque, NM, 87104, spencer.lucas@state.nm.us 2Innsbruck University, Innsbruck, A-6020, Austria In 1946, Wood and Northrop, in their map of the
Upper Cretaceous selachians and teleost from the Semilla Sandstone Member of the Carlile Shale, southeastern San Juan Basin, New Mexico
Randy J. Pence1, Luke Toll1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road N.W., Albuquerque, NM, NM, 87104, United States, catclan@earthlink.net A diverse selachian-fossil dominated assemblage of Turonian age has
Hydrothermal Calcite-Fluid REE Partitioning Experiments at 200 °C and Saturated Water Vapor Pressure
Willa Obringer1 and Alexander Gysi1 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, United States, willa.obringer@student.nmt.edu Rare earth elements (REE) are critical minerals essential to high-tech and green energy
Ichnofossil Assemblage of the Cambro-Ordovician Bliss Formation, Caballo Mountains, southern New Mexico: Greater Ichnoiversity Than Previously Recognized
Paul T. May1, Spencer G. Lucas1 and Anton Becker-Stumpf1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road N.W., Albuquerque, NM, 87104, massagepaul@gmail.com The Bliss Formation of southern New Mexico and Trans-Pecos Texas is the
Wildfires & Mining Legacy: Interfacial Reactions Affecting Metal Mobility
Eresay Alcantar-Velasquez1, Lawrence Rael, Kahleya Chapmen, Katelin Fisher4, Sakshi Patil5, Eliane El Hayek, Angelica Benavidez7, Abdul-Mehd Ali, Michael N. Spilde, Angélica Sáenz-Trevizo, Adrian Brearley, José M. Cerrato12 and Johanna M. Blake 1Department of Earth and
Predicting Remotely Sensed Burn Severity using Bayesian Statistical Methods for Pre-fire Hazard Assessment
Abelino Fernandez Leger1, Dan Cadol1 and Enrico Zorzetto1 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, United States, EarthScienceStudent@student.nmt.edu In recent years, fires in western US have increased in size
New Constraints on the Timing and Behavior of the Hot Springs-Walnut Canyon Fault System, South-Central New Mexico
Daniel J. Koning1, Matthew J. Zimmerer1, Bruce Cox2, Kyle K. Gallant3, W. John Nelson4 and Richard Lozinsky5 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801, dan.koning@nmt.edu
Airborne dispersal of human-derived contaminants in Carlsbad Cavern, NM
Joseph R. Hoberg1, Autumn Weber2, Michael Hargarther2, Heather Graham3, Aaron Regberg4 and Daniel Jones1 1Earth and Environmental Science Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, joseph.hoberg@student.nmt.edu 2Department of
Spatiotemporal trends in alkalinity in Late Mesozoic to mid-Cenozoic magmatic rocks in the Trans-Pecos region
James Michael McLain1, James B. Chapman, Antonio Arribas and Diego Reyes 1University of Texas at El Paso, 11104 Paducah, El Paso, TX, 79936, United States, jamesmclain98@gmail.com Latest Mesozoic to mid-Cenozoic age igneous rocks in the
Microscopic Evidence for Microbial Mat-Related Structures, Proterozoic Lanoria Formation, Franklin Mountains, El Paso, Texas
Eric J. Kappus1 and Spencer Lucas 1Southwest University at El Paso, 6101 Montana Ave., El Paso, TX, 79925, USA, eric_kappus@hotmail.com The middle Proterozoic Lanoria Formation is exposed in the Franklin Mountains of El Paso, Texas.