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Abrupt Opening of the Rio Grande Rift ~20-10 Ma due to Fragmentation of the Farallon Slab: Evidence from Apatite (U-Th)/He and Fission Track Thermochronology
Jason W. Ricketts1, Shari A. Kelley2, Karl E. Karlstrom1, Magdalena S. Donahue1 and Jolante van Wijk2 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2040, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131,
Estimating Recharge in the Mimbres Basin using Environmental Tracer Isotopes and GIS
Abdul A.A. Odunmbaku1, John Walton1, Raed Aldouri1 and Tom Gill1 1Environmental Science and Engineering Department, Center for Geospatial Study, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University Ave, El Paso, TX, 79936, aodunmbaku@miners.utep.edu Water
The Hermit’s Peak Granite: Synkinematic Plutonism at 1.70 Ga in the Las Vegas Range, NM
Danielle Nicole Cedillo1 and Jennifer Lindline1 1New Mexico Highlands University, Box 9000, Las Vegas, NM, 87701, dcedillo_615@hotmail.com The Hermit’s Peak granite is a 1.70 Ga biotite-granite in the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains of northern
New U-Pb Zircon Geochronology Data Supporting 1.7 Ga Crystallization Age for the Hermit’s Peak Granite, Las Vegas Range, New Mexico
Jennifer Lindline1, Danielle Cedillo1 and Andrew Romero1 1New Mexico Highlands University, P.O. Box 9000, Las Vegas, NM, 87701, lindlinej@nmhu.edu Numerous Proterozoic granitoid plutons are exposed in the Las Vegas Range, the most prominent of which
Hydrologic Modeling of the White Sands Dune Field, New Mexico
Suzanne Michelle Bourret1, Brad Talon Newton2 and Mark A. Person1 1Earth and Environmental Science Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801, sbourret@nmt.edu 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New
Geologic Mapping and Geochronology of Proterozoic rocks in the Burro Mountains, New Mexico Reveals a New Grenville Locality in the Southwest U.S.
Rosie A. Williams1 and Jeffrey Amato1 1New Mexico State University, PO Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, raw03110@gmail.com Metasedimentary rocks in the northern Burro Mountains have an uncertain age, depositional setting, and tectonic significance. Amato
Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analysis to Generate a Tourmaline Provenance Model
John Clark Curry1, Nancy McMillan1, Barbara Dutrow2 and Darrell Henry2 1New Mexico State University, Gardiner Hall 171, 1255 N. Horeshoe, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, curryjc@nmsu.edu 2Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803 Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
Examining Induced Seismicity in SE New Mexico in the Vicinity of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
Stanislav S. Edel1, Susan L. Bilek1 and Shane F. Ingate2 1New Mexico Institue of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro, NM, 87801, sedel@nmt.edu Induced seismicity is a human generated phenomenon that causes a release
Reasonable Foreseeable Development of the Mancos Shale in the San Juan Basin, New Mexico
Shari Kelley1, Thomas Engler2, Martha Cather3, Cathryn Pokorny1, Cheng-Heng Yang1, Gretchen Hoffman1, Joe Wilch4 and Kate Zeigler5 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801, sakelley@nmbg.nmt.edu 2Petroleum and Chemical
Investigating the Microorganisms of Subsurface Mineral Environments
Matthew Joshua Medina1, Michael N. Spilde2, Stephen Smith3 and Diana E. Northup1 1Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, mmedin03@unm.edu 2Institute of Meteoritics and Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico 3The
Evaluating Quaternary Travertine Deposits of the Rio Grande Rift and Colorado Plateau: Geochemical Signatures of Travertine Facies And Quantification of Long-Term CO2 Leakage Along Faults, with Implications for CO2 Sequestration
Alexandra Priewisch1, Laura J. Crossey1, Karl E. Karlstrom1 and Peter S. Mozley2 1University of New Mexico, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, MSCO3-2040, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131-0001, arp2301@unm.edu 2New Mexico Institute
Newly Discovered Dinosaur Fossils from the Upper Cretaceous (Late Maastrichthian) Mcrae Formation, Sierra County, New Mexico
Thomas L. Suazo1, Amanda K. Cantrell1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, tom.suazo@state.nm.us Fossil dinosaur remains from the Upper Cretaceous McRae Formation
A New Specimen of Plesiorhineura Tsentasi: The Oldest Known Rhineurid Amphisbaenian from the Paleocene (Torrejonian) of New Mexico
Julie E. Rej1 and Robert M. Sullivan1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road N.W., Albuquerque, NM, 87104, jayrej@gmail.com Amphisbaenia is a group of worm-like lizards that includes both extant and extinct species.
New Mexico Bureau of Geology’s Fossil Fuel Information Resources and Outreach Programs
Douglas Bland1 and Susan Welch1 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, dbland@nmbg.nmt.edu The New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources (bureau) is a division of the
Uranium Occurance in Hondo-Seco Groundwater, Taos County, NM
Tony Benson1, William Stone2 and Ron Gervason3 1 P.O. Box 2787, Ranchos de Taos, NM, 87557, benson1@newmex.com 2Consultant, 2206 Fort Drive, Alexandria, VA, 22303 3Consultant, P.O. Box 371, Arroyo Seco, NM, 87514 Uranium has been
Coeval Deposition of Carbonate and Associated Sedimentary rocks at 1.25-1.23 Ga in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona: Expanding Our Understanding of Grenville Tectonism in the Southwest U.S.
Jeffrey M. Amato1, Rosemary Williams1 and George Gehrels2 1Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, PO Box 30001/MSC 3AB, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, amato@nmsu.edu 2Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721 Exposures
Twentieth-Century Floods Down Abo Arroyo, Revealed by Coal-Clast and Clinker Deposits and Historic Photographs, Show Stream Behavior Different From Other Arroyos in the Region
D. W. Love1 and A. Rinehart2 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resouces, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, USA, davel@nmbg.nmt.edu 2Earth and Environmental Science Department, New
Progress Report on Subtle Tectonic Features Influencing Paths of Small to Large Drainages Crossing the Southeastern Albuquerque Basin, New Mexico
Alex J. Rinehart1 and David W. Love2 1E&ES Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro, NM, 87801, rinehart@nmt.edu 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro,
Hydrogeology and Geochemistry of Springs Along San Pedro Creek, Sandia Park, New Mexico
Christopher Wolf1, Chad Johannesen1 and Bob Marley1 1Daniel B. Stephens & Associates, Inc., 6020 academy NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87015, cwolf@dbstephens.com Several springs flow into San Pedro Creek providing intermittent flow downstream of the springs. San
Paleomagnetic, Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility, and Structural Data Bearing on Magma Emplacement and the Growth of a Miocene, Cinder Cone.
Adam Ray Brister1, Michael Petronis1, Jennifer Lindline1, Benjamin Van Wyk der vries2 and Vladislav Rapprich3 1New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM, 87701, abrister@live.nmhu.edu 2Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, University Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France 3Czech Geological
Paleomagnetic and Anisotropy Of Magnetic Susceptibility, Study of the Buena Vista Dike, North-Central New Mexico
Geno Castillo1, Michael S. Petronis1, Jennifer Lindline1 and Darren Lemen1 1New Mexico Highlands University, P.O. Box 9000, Las Vegas, NM, 87701, gcastill@live.nmhu.edu The 5 km-long Buena Vista dike, intrudes the Cretaceous Benton Group and outcrops
Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Chronology of the Caballo and Burro Mountains REE-Bearing Episyenites
Annelise M. Riggins1, Nelia Dunbar2, Virginia McLemore2, Matthew Heizler2, William McIntosh2 and Kwame Frempong3 1NMT, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, anneliseriggins@gmail.com 2NMT EES & NMBGMR, Department of Earth
Late Holocene Environmental Change at Cañada Alamosa, New Mexico, Based on Soil Stratigraphy and Carbon Isotopes
Curtis Monger1, Karl W. Laumbach2 and Virginia T. McLemore3 1Plant & Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, cmonger@nmsu.edu 2Human Systems Research, Inc., Las Cruces, NM 3New Mexico Bureau of Geology &
Using the Longitudinal River Profile of the Rio San Jose and 40Ar/39Ar Dating of Late-Cenozoic Basalts to Test Models for Mantle-Driven Uplift Across the Jemez Lineament, New Mexico
Michael Channer1, Jason Ricketts1, Matthew Zimmerer2, Matthew Heizler2 and Karl Karlstrom1 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, machanner@gmail.com 2New Mexico Tech- New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral