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Fault Core Microstructures and Their Relationship to the Rate of Slip, West Salton Detachment Fault, Southern California
Katrina Lucia Soundy1, Gary Axen1, Kierren Maher1 and Jolante Van Wijk1 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, NM, katrina.soundy@gmail.com The primary rift structure in the western Salton trough is the low angle West Salton
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
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
A laboratory simulation of Cu, Pb and Fe release from sulfide-containing mine tailings in seawater
Rodrigo Frayna Embile, Jr.1, Ingar Walder2, Christopher Schuh3 and Jenna Donatelli 1NM Institute of Mining and Tech, PO Box 3777, 801 Leroy Place, SOCORRO, NM, NM, 87801, United States, rodrigojr.embile@student.nmt.edu 2E&ES, New Mexico Tech, 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
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
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
Mapping Rockfall Susceptibility across New Mexico at 1:750,000 scale
Daniel J. Koning1 and Mark Mansell1 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place,, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801, dan.koning@nmt.edu We present two 1:750,000 maps that provide a first-order approximation of
The Beginning of the Age of Mammals in New Mexico: New Insights on the Rise of Placentalia Based on a Preliminary Comprehensive Phylogeny
Thomas E. Williamson1, Stephen L. Brusatte2, Jan E. Janecka3, Sarah L. Shelley4, Michelle Spaulding5 and John R. Wible4 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87121, thomas.williamson@state.nm.us 2University
Flat-Slab Bulldozing of Basal Continental Mantle Lithosphere: 2D Numerical Models and Application to the Laramide Orogeny
Gary Axen1, Jolante van Wijk1 and Claire A. Currie2 1New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, E&ES Department, Socorro, NM, 87801, Gary.Axen@nmt.edu 2Dept. of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E1, Canada Flat-slab (horizontal) subduction
Scarp Morphology Along the Alamogordo Fault, Sacramento Mountains From a High-Resolution Aerial Topographic Survey
Lynn A. Acosta1 and Reed J. Burgette1 1New Mexico State University, Geological Sciences MSC 3AB, PO Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM, New Mexico, 88003, United States The Alamogordo fault bounds the Sacramento Mountains in the
New Inorganic-Organic Carbon-Based Hybrid Material for Selective Uranium Capture
Chase Kicker1, Liliya Frolova and Snezna Rogelj 1 801 Leroy Pl, # 2261, Socorro, NM, NM, 87801-4681, United States, chase.kicker@student.nmt.edu Uranium contamination in drinking water is a major health concern in some parts of the
The Timing of Neogene Extension in the Southern Rio Grande Rift and Southeastern Basin and Range Province Using Apatite (U/Th)-He Thermochronometry
Michelle M. Gavel1, Jeffrey M. Amato1 and Jason W. Ricketts2 1Dept. Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, gavel@nmsu.edu 2Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso The Rio Grande Rift and Basin and
Assessment of Episodic Hydrothermal Activity in the Rincon Geothermal System
Melinda Horne1, Mark Person1, Shari Kelley2, Matthew Folsom1, Jeff Pepin1 and James Witcher3 1New Mexico Tech Hydrology Program, melindahorne@icloud.com 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources 3Witcher and Associates The Rincon geothermal system is
Sediment Dispersal Trends and Timing of Basement-Block Uplift During the Early Permian Phase of the Ancestral Rocky Mountains, New Mexico
Alicia L. Bonar1, Brian A. Hampton1, Greg H. Mack1 and Jeffrey M. Amato1 1New Mexico State University, Department of Geological Sciences, P.O. Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, albonar@nmsu.edu U-Pb detrital zircon geochronology and sandstone
A Field-Scale Examination of Fault Controls on Subsurface Flow
Tyler Sproule1, Johnny Ray Hinojosa1, Glenn Spinelli1, Peter Mozley1, John Wilson1 and Michael Fort2 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, NM, 87801, United States, tyler.sproule@student.nmt.edu 2HydroResolutions LLC Geologic faults
The Short Normal Paleomagnetic Interval – C29r.1n – Is Within the Paleocene Ojo Alamo Sandstone, San Juan Basin, New Mexico
James E. Fassett USGS retired, Independent Research Geologist, 552 Los Nidos Dr, Santa Fe, NM, 87501, US, jimgeology@centurylink.net A short normal paleomagnetic polarity interval has been documented within the Ojo Alamo Sandstone at six localities
Statewide Groundwater Recharge Modeling and Its Calibration
Fei Xu1, Daniel Cadol1, Fred Phillips1 and Talon Newton2 1New Mexico Tech, Earth and Environmental Science Department, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro, NM, NM, 87801, United States 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, 801
Fault Kinematics of the Southern Rio Grande Rift: A Paleostress Analysis
Georgina Rodriguez Gonzalez1 and Jason W. Ricketts1 1University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University Ave, El Paso, TX, 79968, grodriguezgonzalez@miners.utep.edu Understanding brittle deformation patterns and their sequence of events in southern New Mexico
Inventory and Characterization of Inactive/abandoned Mine (aml) Features in New Mexico
Marcus E. Silva2, Virginia T. McLemore1 and Navid Mojtabai2 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801 2New Mexico Tech, Mineral Engineering, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, New Mexico,
Regional Water Chemistry Comparison, La Cienega, Santa Fe County, New Mexico
Madeline Richards1, Stacy Timmons1, Cathryn Pokorny1 and Dennis McQuillan2 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro, NM, 87801, USA, madeline.richards@student.nmt.edu 2NM Environment Department The springs of La Cienega provide an
Biogeography and Biostratigraphy of North American Eutherian Mammals During the Puercan Faunal Stage (paleocene, Earliest Danian)
Jason Silviria University of New Mexico, UNM SRC 25, 2700 Campus Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87106, sympanscience@gmail.com The Puercan Land Mammal Age (Paleocene, earliest Danian; ~66-65 Ma) is the earliest North American faunal stage of
Driest Period of the Holocene in the Southwestern United States From Coralloidal Stalagmite Growth
Holly Olivarez1, Victor Polyak1 and Yemane Asmerom1 1Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, holivarez@unm.edu Evidence from multiple climate proxies worldwide reflect an arid climate in the Northern Hemisphere
Extension Rates Impact on Endorheic Drainage Longevity and Regional Sediment Discharge
Michael Berry1, Jolante van Wijk1, Daniel Cadol1, Daniel Garica-Costellanos2 and Erica Emry2 1New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801, michael.berry@student.nmt.edu 2ICTJA-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain Tectonic and climate drivers exert co-equal forces on the evolution of tectonic sedimentary