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High-resolution statewide modeling of groundwater recharge in New Mexico
David G. Ketchum1, Talon Newton2 and Fred Phillips1 1New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Pl., Socorro, NM, 87801, dgketchum@gmail.com 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources The rate and distribution of groundwater recharge to New
Rollalong resistivity surveys reveal karstic paleotopography developed on near-surface gypsum bedrock: Lakewood, New Mexico
Lewis Land1 and Lasha Asanidze2 1NMBGMR, 400-1 Cascades Ave., Carlsbad, NM, 88220, lland@nckri.org 2Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Following flooding in September 2013, several areas in northern Eddy County, New Mexico were damaged by multiple
Geochemistry of White Rock Canyon Springs, Northern New Mexico
Tanner K. Grulke1, Laura J. Crossey1, Karl E. Karlstrom1 and Valerie Blomgren1 1University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87106, tgrulke@unm.edu The Rio Grande runs through White Rock Canyon in North-Central New Mexico. White Rock Canyon
Geochemistry of Aquifer Recharge Projects in New Mexico
Christopher Wolf1, Bob Marley1 and Amy Ewing1 1Daniel B. Stephens & Associates, Inc., 6020 academy NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87109, cwolf@dbstephens.com Managed aquifer recharge is being implemented at sites across New Mexico as an important water
Birth and Evolution of the Rio Grande Fluvial System: New Insights From River Gravel Provenance Studies and 40Ar/39Ar Dated Paleoprofiles
Marisa Nicole Repasch1, Karl Karlstrom1 and Matt Heizler2 1University of New Mexico, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, United States, mrepasch@unm.edu 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and
Application of HydroGeoSphere to model three-dimensional hydrological processes in the Valles Caldera watershed, New Mexico: Preliminary results
Michael Louis Wine1 and Daniel Cadol1 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, NM, 87801, USA, mlw63@cornell.edu Application of HydroGeoSphere to model three-dimensional hydrological processes in the Valles Caldera watershed,
Arthropod Biodiversity Higher Than Formerly Thought at the Late Pennsylvanian (middle Missourian: Kasimovian) Kinney Brick Quarry Lagerstatte, Central NM, USA
Amanda Kaye Cantrell1, Thomas Lee Suazo1, Spencer G. Lucas1 and Joerg Schneider2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, amanda.cantrell@state.nm.us 2TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Bernhard-von-Cotta Str. 2, Freiberg, D-09599, Germany
Defining the response of Southwestern North American climate to abrupt Northern Hemisphere climate change events during the last glacial period
Justin Grant Peinado1, Yemane Asmerom1, Victor Polyak1 and Matt Lachniet1 1University of New Mexico, Earth and Planetary Sciences, MSC03 2040, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, peinadoj@unm.edu There are well-established reoccurring climate change
The active Rio Grande rift: summarizing our current understanding of present-day deformation from geodetic and stress measurements
Kyle Dennis Murray1, Jeff Dobbins1, Mark Murray1, Jolante van Wijk1 and Gary Axen1 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy, Socorro, NM, 87801, United States, kmurray@nmt.edu Geodetic and stress-field studies of the Rio
Timing, geochemistry, and distribution of magmatism in the Rio Grande rift
Rediet Abera1, Brad Sion, Jolante van Wijk, Gary Axen, Dan Koning, Richard Chamberlin, Evan Gragg, Kyle Murray and Jeff Dobbins 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Office #196, Socorro, NM, 87801,
Age of Carving of the Westernmost Grand Canyon: Conflicts and Potential Resolutions That Reconcile Geologic and Thermochronologic Data
Carmen Winn1, Karl Karlstrom1, Shari Kelley2, David Shuster3 and Matt Fox3 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, MSC03 2040, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, cwinn264@unm.edu 2Earth and Environmental Sciences Department, New Mexico Tech,
Exploring Soda Dam Travertine Mineralogy Through X-Ray Diffraction For A Better Insight Into Paleohydrology, Paleoclimatolgy And Geothermal History
Graham King Thomas1, Eric Peterson1, Laura J. Crossey1, Karl Karlstrom1 and April Jean2 1UNM, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, gthoma21@unm.edu 2Glorieta Geoscience, Glorieta Geoscience, 1723 2nd St,
Sediment Analysis From Cerro Medio Drainage, Jemez Mountains, Nm: Assessing Causes of Color Changes in the Vertical Profile
Angelica K. Gallegos1 and Jennifer Lindline1 1New Mexico Highlands University, PO box 9000, Las Vegas, NM, 87701, teeni_tiny41@yahoo.com The Cerro del Medio drainage in the Jemez Mountains contains more than 10 laterally continuous alternating light-dark
New Mexico’s Paleoclimate and its Affect on Plesiadapiform Biogeographic Dispersal – A study of fossil geographic range compared with estimated body mass for these stem primates
Clayton Dean Pilbro New Mexico State University, 1780 E University Ave, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, Cpilbro@gmail.com Plesiadapiformes (possible stem-primates) proliferatedaround the world during the Paleocene-Eocene with a large sample found in the San Juan Basin
Changes in Rio Grande Rift Tectonism as Inferred from Subsidence Curves
Evan Gragg1, Dan Koning2, Jolante van Wijk1, Gary Axen1, Brad Sion1, Rediet Abera1, Kyle Murray1, Jeff Dobbins1, Mark Murray1 and Richard Chamberlin2 1Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology,
depositional Setting and Sequence Stratigraphic Framework of the Lower Permian (wolfcampian) Hueco Formation (upper-Middle and Gastropod Members). Robledo Shelf, Western Orogrande Basin, New Mexico
Matthew Harder1, Katherine Giles1 and Gregory Mack2 1University of Texas at El Paso, mharder42@gmail.com 2New Mexico State University In recent years, the Lower Permian Wolfcamp Shale of Texas and New Mexico has become one of
Relating ca. 5 Ma coarse sedimentation in the Rio Grande rift to tectonics, climate, and inter-basin fluvial spillover of the ancestral Rio Grande
Daniel J. Koning1, Scott B. Aby2, Andy Jochems1, Richard Chamberlin1, Virgil Lueth1 and Lisa Peters1 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, N.M. Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801,
Preliminary analysis of the geologic structure of the eastern San Agustin Plains, N.M.
Daniel J. Koning1 and Alex Rinehart1 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, N.M. Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, dkoning@nmbg.nmt.edu We use borehole data, Bouguer gravity data, and
Preliminary Interpretation of Water Chemistry and Groundwater Levels in the Eastern San Agustin Plains and Upper Alamosa Creek, N.M.
Alex Rinehart1, Ethan Mamer1, Stacy Timmons1 and Daniel Koning1 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro, NM, 87801, arinehart@nmbg.nmt.edu We present a compilation of water chemistry and groundwater level measurements
Structural-Depositional Feedbacks in a Feature-Challenged Landscape: The Black Butte 7.5-Minute Quadrangle
Alex Rinehart1, David W. Love1 and Phil L. Miller1 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro, NM, 87801, arinehart@nmbg.nmt.edu The Black Butte 7.5-minute quadrangle in the SE part of the
U/Th and 40Ar/39Ar dating provides eruption ages and magmatic evolution for the East Fork Member of the Valles Rhyolite
John N. Lafferty1 and Matthew J. Zimmerer2 1New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Pl., Socorro, NM, 87801, jlaffert@nmt.edu 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Pl., Socorro, NM, 87801 U/Th and Ar/Ar dating
Configuration and correlation of fluvial terrace deposits in the lower Rio Salado valley
Bradley D. Sion1, Gary J. Axen1, Fred M. Phillips1 and Bruce Harrison1 1New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801, bsion@nmt.edu The Rio Salado is a western tributary of the Rio Grande whose valley is flanked by
Collection and Analysis of Dust and Soil Samples Adjacent to the Jackpile Mine, Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico
Susan F.B. Little1, Daniel Cadol1 and Bonnie Frey2 1New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, United States, slittle@nmt.edu 2New Bureau of Geology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, United States Uranium mines and
The Notable New Mexico Geologists (Online) Project
Abbey Chesebrough1, Makala Hannagan1, Magella Honeyfield1, NancyElma Dale Proctor1, Emily McClenahan1 and Steve W. Simpson1 1New Mexico Tech In this interactive poster presentation, we report on the Notable New Mexico Geologists (Online) project, an ongoing