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The Paleozoic Section at Bell Hill, Socorro County, New Mexico
Spencer G. Lucas1, Bruce Allen2, Karl Krainer3 and James E. Barrick4 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road N.W., Albuquerque, NM, 87104, spencer.lucas@state.nm.us 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy
Reactivation of the Mt. Taylor Mine – Obstacles and Opportunities
Alan K. Kuhn Alan Kuhn Associates LLC, 13212 Manitoba Dr. NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87111, akkuhn41@gmail.com The Mt Taylor Mine near San Mateo, NM, the largest and deepest uranium mine in the US, was mined in
Stratigraphy and Age of the Dinosaur-Dominated Fossil Assemblage of the Upper Cretaceous Hall Lake Member of the Mcrae Formation, Sierra County, New Mexico
Spencer G. Lucas1, Sebastian Dalman1, Asher J. Lichtig1, Scott Elrick2, W. John Nelson2 and Karl Krainer3 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road N.W., Albuquerque, NM, 87104, spencer.lucas@state.nm.us 2Illinois State Geological Survey, 615
A New Chasmosaurine Ceratopsid From the Hall Lake Member of the Mcrae Formation (maastrichtian), South-Central New Mexico
Sebastian G. Dalman1 and Spencer G. Lucas2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science / Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, 1801 Mountain Road N.W., Albuquerque, NM, 87104, sebastiandalman@yahoo.com 2New Mexico Museum of Natural
Water-Depth-Based Differences in Ammonoid Assemblages From the Upper Cretaceous (turonian) Blue Hill Member of the Carlile Shale, North-Central New Mexico
Michael P. Foley1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, pfooley@gmail.com In north-central New Mexico (Santa Fe and Sandoval counties), the Upper Cretaceous Blue Hill
Assessing Uranium Concentration in Stream Sediment on the Laguna and Isleta Pueblos
Brianne Willis Eastern New Mexico University, 116 S Houston Ave., Portales, NM, 88130, brianne.willis@enmu.edu As a summer internship through a New Mexico EPSCoR funded STEMAP program. Myself and another intern worked with the uranium team
New Evidence for Cannibalism in Tyrannosaurid Dinosaurs From the Late Cretaceous of New Mexico
Sebastian G. Dalman1 and Spencer G. Lucas2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science / Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, 251 Hendren Ln NE, Albuquerque, NM, NEW MEXICO, 87123, United States, sebastiandalman@yahoo.com 2New
The Cretaceous Section at Placitas, Sandoval County, New Mexico
Spencer G. Lucas1 and John B. Rogers2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road N.W., Albuquerque, NM, 87104, spencer.lucas@state.nm.us 2Central New Mexico Community College, 525 Buena Vista SE, Albuquerque, NM, 87106 In the
Reservoir Characterization Of The Morrow Sandstone Using The Winland R35 Method.
Dylan Henry Rose-Coss New Mexico Tech, 1103 Judith Ct, Socorro, NM, NM, 87801, United States, dylan435@gmail.com This study presents a field scale reservoir characterization of a late Pennsylvanian clastic reservoir at the Farnsworth Unit (FWU),
The Cerro Colorado Cinder Cone, Cerros Del Rio Volcanic Field: A Study of Melt Evolution and Plumbing System Dynamics
Joao Lages1, Jeffrey Falance1, Daniel Grondin1, Jennifer Lindline1 and Michael Petronis1 1New Mexico Highlands University, P.O. Box 9000, Las Vegas, NM, 87701 Cerro Colorado is a 2.5-2.6 Ma dissected cinder cone in the Cerros del
Diverse Vertebrate Coprolite Locality From the Upper Pennsylvanian of Central New Mexico Provides Data on the Temporal Distribution and Ecological Context of the Shark Surplus Paradox
Adrian P. Hunt1 and Spencer G. Lucas2 1Flying Heritage Collection, 3407 109th St SW, Everett, WA, 98204, adrianhu@flyingheritage.com 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 3407 109th St SW The Tinajas Member of the
Sinkholes as Transportation and Infrastructure Geohazards in Southeastern New Mexico
Lewis Land New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, 400-1 Cascades Ave., Carlsbad, NM, 88220, lland@nmbg.nmt.edu Sinkholes and other surface karst features are naturally-occurring phenomena in regions underlain by soluble bedrock. The lower Pecos
Microbiology of a Reclaimed Uranium Mine, Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico
Olivia Raquel Chavez1, Tom Lamar Kieft1, Bonnie Frey2, Dan Cadol1, Reid Brown1, Anitha Sundararajan3 and Thiru Ramaraj3 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, United States, ochavez@nmt.edu 2New Mexico
The importance of capturing topographic variability for modeling flow and transport in mountainous terrains
Chao Wang1, Jesus D. Gomez-Velez1 and John L. Wilson1 1Hydrology Program, Earth and Environmental Science Department, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, cwang00@nmt.edu Complex distributed hydrologic models are widely used to understand
Monitoring groundwater chemistry in the Animas River alluvial aquifer after the Gold King Mine 2015 mine-water release
Stacy S. Timmons1, Ethan Mamer1 and Cathryn Pokorny1 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, stacy@nmbg.nmt.edu Following the August 2015 mine-water release into Cement Creek and the Animas
Type Specimens of Fossil Vertebrates in the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Paleontology Collection
Amanda Kaye Cantrell1 and Spencer Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, amanda.cantrell@state.nm.us The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (NMMNH) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has
Geochemistry of Sinkholes in the Santa Rosa, NM Area
Mariah Jan Kelly1, Laura Crossey1, Rebecca Frus1 and Abdulmehdi Ali1 1The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87106, mkelly8338@gmail.com In Santa Rosa, NM there are several bodies of water known as sinkholes, fed by an
geoarchaeological Significance of a Younger Dryas Aged Black Mat, Tularosa Basin, Southern New Mexico
David M. Rachal1, John Taylor-Montoya2, Stanely Berryman3 and James Bowman3 1Tierra Vieja Consulting, 640 College Pl, Las Cruces, NM, 88005, d.rachal@gmail.com 2R.C. Goodwin, 277 E. Amador Ave., Ste. G, Las Cruces, NM, 88001 3White Sands
Near-shore tailings deposition in Ballangen Fjord, Norway: A look into Ni and other toxic element release rate in a shallow sea environment and its potential for Ni recovery
Rodrigo Frayna Embile, Jr.1, Ingar Walder1 and Jenna Lee Donatelli2 1New Mexico Tech, E&ES Department, Socorro, NM, 87801, rembile@nmt.edu 2Kjeoy Research and Education Center, Kjeoy, vestbygd, NM, 87801, Norway In Ballangen, Norway, mine tailings from
Modeling of Surface Uplift Pattern Due to Thermal Expansion Above the Socorro Magma Body
Shuoyu Yao1, Jolante van Wijk1, Gary Axen1 and Rediet Abera1 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro, NM, 87801 The Socorro Magma Body (SMB) is an ~130 m-thick partially molten sill
The El Cajete Eruption and its Significance to Volcanic Hazard Assessment in North-Central New Mexico
Giday Woldegabriel1, Rick Kelley1, Elizabeth Miller1 and Emily Schultz-Fellenz1 1Earth Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, EES-14/MS D462, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, wgiday@lanl.gov Several episodic pulses of volcanic and tectonic activities that climaxed in
Stratigraphy and Age Control Bracketing the Early Development of the Paleo-Rio Chama
Daniel J. Koning1, Giday WoldeGabriel2 and David E. Broxton2 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, N.M. Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, dkoning@nmbg.nmt.edu 2Earth and Environmental Sciences Division,
A Geochronologic View of the Yavapai-Mazatzal Transition Zone: Paired Zircon U-Pb/Hf Isotope Evidence for the Presence of Crustal Mixing and Distinct Hf Isotope Domains in Central New Mexico
Tyler A. Grambling1, Mark E. Holland1, Karl E. Karlstrom1, George E. Gehrels2 and Mark Pecha2 1University of New Mexico, 221 Yale Blvd NE, Earth and Planetary Sciences Department, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, tgrambling@unm.edu 2Department
Preliminary groundwater storage changes from 1950s to present in New Mexico alluvial aquifers using a semi-automated workflow
Alex J. Rinehart1, Ethan Mamer1, Brigitte Felix1 and Trevor Kludt1 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro, NM, 87801, arinehart@nmbg.nmt.edu In response to increasing needs to understand the water budget