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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
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
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
The Great Plains Province; insights into mantle processes from the Raton-Clayton Volcanic Field
Sid Pinkerton New Mexico State University, 1780 E University Ave, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, sidpinkerton@yahoo.com The Raton-Clayton Volcanic Field (RCVF) is located along the eastern edge of the Great Plains province in northwestern New Mexico
Structural Analysis of Spectacular Late Eocene Soft-Sediment Deformation in the Lower Spears Group, Sawtooth Mountains, Western New Mexico
Jeffrey Dobbins1, Gary Axen1, Steven Cather2 and Peter Mozley1 1New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro, NM, 87801, jdobbins@nmt.edu 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro, NM, 87801 Spectacular soft-sediment
Volatile Contents and Pre-Eruptive Conditions of Rhyolitic Magmas From the Organ Caldera, Southern NM
Jenna Lente1 and Emily Johnson1 1NMSU, 1100 Sharon Circle, Las Cruces, NM, 88001, jlente@nmsu.edu The Organ caldera in south-central New Mexico formed during eruptions ~36 Ma, and the volcanic deposits and plutonic bodies are now
A New Specimen of Triisodon crassicuspis (cope, 1882) Provides Insight on Triisodontid Taxonomy and Phylogeny
Thomas E. Williamson1, Sarah L. Shelley2 and Stephen L. Brusatte2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104-1375, United States, thomas.williamson@state.nm.us 2School of GeoSciences, University of
Examination of the Animas River Alluvial Aquifer Hydraulics after the GKM spill
Ethan A. Mamer1 and Stacy Timmons1 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, emamer@nmbg.nmt.edu Following the August 5, 2015 bulkhead breach of the Gold King Mine roughly 3
Magma Emplacement Processes of the Oligocene Zakupy and Miocene Merunice diatremes, Czech Republic: Revealed via Petrography, Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility, Paleomegnetic, and Ground Magnetometry Data
Sarah F. Shields1, Michael S. Petronis1, Vladislav Rapprich2 and Jan Valenta3 1New Mexico Highlands University, Natural Resource Management Dept, Ivan Hilton Science Center, Las Vegas, NM, 87701, USA, strevino712@gmail.com 2Czech Geological Survey, Kl??rov 3, 118
Will the Environmental Legacy of Historic Mining in the Mountain West Ever Be Behind Us? Lessons From the Animas River Spill
John Ridley Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523-1482, jridley@colostate.edu The Animas River (Gold King Mine) Spill has been touted as the worst mining related environmental disaster in US history, although was
A New Species of Neurankylus from the Paleocene of New Mexico
Asher Jacob Lichtig1, Steven E. Jasinski2 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Rd. NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87124, ajlichtig@gmail.com 2Department of Earth and Environmental Science University of Pennsylvania A recently
Carbonic springs as distal manifestations of the Jemez geothermal system, San Ysidro, New Mexico, highlighting the importance of fault pathways and hydrochemical mixing.
Chris McGibbon1, Laura Crossey1 and Karl Karlstom1 1University of New Mexico, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Input of deeply sourced (endogenic) waters can degrade water quality, contributing significant salinity and trace metals to
Hoplochelys, a dermatemydid turtle from the Paleocene of New Mexico
Asher Jacob Lichtig1, Steven E. Jasinski2 and Spencer G. Lucas 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Rd. NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87124, ajlichtig@gmail.com 2Department of Earth and Environmental Science University of Pennsylvania Hoplochelys crassa
Preliminary observations of the Plio-Pleistocene development of the southern Engle basin of the Rio Grande rift
Colin Cikoski New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, ccikoski@nmbg.nmt.edu On-going STATEMAP geologic mapping of the Black Bluffs 7.5-minute quadrangle provides an opportunity to study the interrelated sedimentary,
Preliminary Hydrogeologic Data from Eastern Mora County
Kate Zeigler1, Ryan Mann1 and Stephanie Moore2 1Zeigler Geologic Consulting, Albuquerque, NM, 87123, zeiglergeo@gmail.com 2Moore Hydrology, LLC, Albuquerque, NM In 2015, the Mora-Wagon Mound Soil and Water Conservation District launched a hydrogeology project designed to
Constraints on the Timing of Extension in the Franklin Mountains From Apatite (U-Th)/He Thermochronology, El Paso, Texas
Rafael Andres Delfin1 and Dr. Jason Ricketts1 1University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, 79902, radelfin@miners.utep.edu The Rio Grande rift extends north-south for approximately 1,000 km from central Colorado to at least southern
Testing a Marine Signature for the Neoproterozoic Chuar Group of Grand Canyon Using Sr Isotopic Data
Jordan Curtis Anderson1, Karl Karlstrom1 and Laura Crossey1 1The University of New Mexico Earth and Planetary Science Department, 13620 N. Rim Rd. NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87112, afrojive@unm.edu The goal of this research is to further
Presence of Pharmaceuticals in Groundwater and Surface Water, Los Alamos, New Mexico
Patrick Longmire1, David Fellenz1, Kim Granzow1, Michael Dale1, Megan Green1 and Stephen Yanicak1 1New Mexico Environment Department-DOE Oversight Bureau, 1183 Diamond Drive Suite B, Los Alamos, NM, 87544 Endocrine disruptor chemicals (EDC), including pharmaceutical and
Surface-Water Quality in Northwestern New Mexico after the Gold King Mine Release
Johanna M. Blake1, Laura Bexfield1 and Jeb Brown1 1U.S. Geological Survey, 5338 Montgomery Blvd. NE, Suite 400, Albuquerque, NM, 87109, jmtblake@usgs.gov The Gold King Mine Release of August 5, 2015 mobilized three million gallons of
The Los Alamos Seismic Network (lasn): Current Network Status and Updated North-Central New Mexico Seismicity
Peter M. Roberts1, Elaine P. Jacobs1, James A. Ten Cate1 and Leigh S. House1 1Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mail Stop D452, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, proberts@lanl.gov From the first data recorded in the fall of
Effect of Intermittent Flow on the Mobility of Metals from Abandoned Uranium Mine Waste Sites on Native American Land.
Sumant Avasarala1, Abdul Mehdi Ali2, Peter Lichtner3, Ricardo Gonzales Pinzon1 and Jose Cerrato1 1University of New Mexico, Department of Civil Engineering, Albuquerque, NM, 87106, United states, savasarala87@unm.edu 2University of New Mexico, Department of Earth and
Influence of the Valles Caldera in Supplying Geothermal Chemical Components to Springs in Northern New Mexico
Valerie J. Blomgren1, Laura J. Crossey1, Karl E. Karlstrom1, Tobias Fischer1 and Hyunwoo Lee1 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, vblomgren@unm.edu Carbonic warm and hot springs
Influence of Depositional Environment on Dissolved-Phase Plume Migration at the Kirtland Air Force Base Bulk Fuels Facility Leak Site
Diane Agnew1, Colin Plank2, John Gillespie3, Adria Bodour3 and Dennis McQuillan4 1New Mexico Environment Department, 121 Tijeras Avenue NE, Ste 1000, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87102, United States, diane.agnew@state.nm.us 2AECOM, 3950 Sparks Drive SE, Grand
Preliminary analysis of surface rebound recorded by InSAR and temporal variations in subsurface temperatures recorded at the Buckman well field, Santa Fe County, New Mexico
Matthew Folsom1 and Shari Kelley2 1Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801, mattfolsom99@gmail.com 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801 The Buckman well