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Small Theropod Teeth from the Late Cretaceous of the San Juan Basin, Northwestern New Mexico
Thomas E. Williamson1 and Stephen L. Brusatte2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104-1375, United States, thomas.williamson@state.nm.us 2School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH9 3JW,
Radiogenic isotope studies of zircon from Proterozoic rocks in northern New Mexico and implications for defining Precambrian provinces
Tyler A. Grambling1 and Karl E. Karlstrom2 1University of New Mexico, 221 Yale Blvd NE, EPS Department, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, tgrambling@unm.edu 2University of New Mexico, 221 Yale Blvd NE, EPS Department, Northrop Hall,
Repeat LiDAR as a Tool for Investigating Geomorphic Change in a Watershed: A Case Study of Catastrophic Erosion in Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico, USA
Elaine Jacobs1, Rick Kelley1 and Brian Jacobs2 1Los Alamos National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, ejacobs@lanl.gov 2Bandelier National Monument, 15 Entrance Road, Los Alamos, NM, 87544 Repeat aerial LiDAR imagery
The rare ammonite Hourcquia mirabilis from the Upper Cretaceous Juana Lopez Member of the Mancos Shale, Sandoval and Santa Fe counties, New Mexico
Paul L. Sealey1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, ammonoidea@comcast.net Hourcquia mirabilis is a very rare ammonite in the Upper Cretaceous of the Western
Preliminary Report of a Nearly Complete Juvenile Pentaceratops from the Upper Cretaceous Kirtland Formation (Hunter Wash Member), San Juan Basin, New Mexico
Amanda Kaye Cantrell1, Thomas Lee Suazo1, Spencer G. Lucas1 and Robert M. Sullivan1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, amanda.cantrell@state.nm.us The ceratopsid dinosaur Pentaceratops sternbergi is an index
The Interplay Between the Energy Industry and Academia in Hydrocarbon Exploration in the Rio Grande Rift
Bruce A. Black Black Exploration LLC, 206 W. 38th Street, Farmington, NM, 87401, USA, koko16@earthlink.net The synergy between the Fossil Fuel Industry and academia is not a static or linear exchange process. The starts and
Field Play and the New Mexico Geological Society Fall Field Conference: Incorporating Augmented Reality Geologic Field Trips and Location-Sensitive Educational Lessons for a Personalized, Interactive Geoscience Experience
Magdalena Donahue1 and John Donahue2 1University of New Mexico, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences MSCO3-2040, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131-0001, mmsd@unm.edu 2New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Department of Computer
New Reconstruction of the Late Triassic Aetosaur Rioarribasuchus Chamensis from the Snyder Quarry, Chama Basin, North-Central New Mexico, USA
Asher Jacob Lichtig1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, ajlichtig@aol.com Based on newly prepared material from the Upper Triassic (Revueltian) Snyder Quarry
Application of Sequence Stratigraphy to Offshore Shale-Rich Strata: Upper Cretaceous Mancos/Colorado Shale, Southern New Mexico
Greg H. Mack1, Stephen C. Hook2 and Katherine A. Giles3 1Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, gmack@nmsu.edu 2Atarque Geologic Consulting, LLC, Socorro, NM 3Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso,
Pennsylvanian Xiphosurid Fossils, Beeman Formation, Otero County, New Mexico
Spencer G. Lucas1, Allan J. Lerner1, William A. DiMichele2, Amanda K. Cantrell1, Thomas L. Suazo1 and Dan S. Chaney2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road N.W., Albuquerque, NM, 87104, spencer.lucas@state.nm.us 2Department of
Concepts of Petroleum Exploration in Today’s Shale Play Environment
Keith Davis Las Cruces, NM, 3 Long Canyon Court, Las Cruces, NM, 88011, desertman1313@gmail.com Petroleum Exploration has moved from historical “Classic Hydrocarbon Traps” to “ Shale Plays”. In classic hydrocarbon traps, the petroleum has migrated
Early Permian trace fossils from the Yeso Group, Otero Mesa, Otero County, New Mexico
Spencer G. Lucas1, Karl Krainer2, Sebastian Voigt3, Amanda K. Cantrell1, Thomas L. Suazo1 and Dan S. Chaney4 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road N.W., Albuquerque, NM, 87104, spencer.lucas@state.nm.us 2Innsbruck University, Innsbruck, Austria
The Role of Crustal Assimilation During the Petrogenesis of the Bandera Flow, Zuni Bandera Volcanic Field, West-Central New Mexico
Nicolas W. Slater1 and Frank C. Ramos1 1New Mexico State University, Dept. Geological Sciences/MSC 3AB, New Mexico State University P.O. Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, nslater@nmsu.edu Whole rocks and phenocrysts in young alkaline basalts
Chronostratigraphy of the Cretaceous-Paleogene Transition in the San Juan Basin, New Mexico
Thomas E. Williamson1, Daniel J. Peppe2, Matthew T. Heizler3, C. W. Fenley4, Stephen L. Brusatte5 and Ross Secord6 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104-1375, United States,
Distribution, Transport, and Accumulation of Pyrogenic Black Carbon in Post-Wildfire Watersheds
Amy E. Galanter1 and Daniel Cadol1 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 807 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, agalante@nmt.edu Post-wildfire debris flows and flooding deliver high loads of sediment and pyrogenic black carbon (PyC)
Fluid Flow and Groundwater Mixing: the Nacimiento Fault and the Rio Salado, New Mexico
Chris McGibbon1, Karl Karlstrom1, Mehdi Ali1 and Laura Crossey1 1University of New Mexico, 1008 Washington Street SE, Albuquerque, NM, 87108, United States, mcgibbon@unm.edu In the southwestern U.S., input of deeply-circulated groundwater has been shown to
Magdalena, New Mexico Water Crisis – The Day the Water Dried: A Hydrogeologic Perspective
Stacy S. Timmons New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, stacy@nmbg.nmt.edu For most of June 2013, the Village of Magdalena could not produce water from their only well.
Emplacement of Zebin Hill, Jicín Volcanic Field, Bohemian Paradise, Czech Republic
Michael S. Petronis1, Vladislav Rapprich2, Jan Valenta3, Adam Brister1, Jennifer Lindline1 and Benjamin van Wyk de Vries4 1 Natural Resource Management Dept, Ivan Hilton Science Center, NMHU, Las Vegas, NM, 87701, USA, mspetro@nmhu.edu 2Czech Geological
Preliminary Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility Data from Clastic Injectites in the Dry Cimarron Valley, Union County, Northeastern New Mexico
Kate Zeigler1, William McCarthy2, Peter Mozley3 and Yong-Jae Oh3 1Zeigler Geologic Consulting, Albuquerque, NM, 87123, zeiglergeo@gmail.com 2Dept. of Natural Resource Management, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM, 87710 3Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science,
The 1941 Project: A Meteorological Reanalysis Investigation into an Abnormal Year of Precipitation
Sharon M. Sullivan1, David S. Gutzler1 and Deirdre M. Kann1 1University of New Mexico/U.S. National Weather Service Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM, ssully10@unm.edu This project is an observational investigation of the wettest year on record in New
Angulithes fleuriausianus from the Paguate Sandstone, Sandoval County, New Mexico: a Very Rare Nautiloid in North America
Paul L. Sealey1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, ammonoidea@comcast.net Together with numerous ammonites, only one specimen of the extremely rare (in North America)
Eocene Turtles from the San Jose Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico
Asher Jacob Lichtig1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, ajlichtig@aol.com E. D. Cope described the first Early Eocene turtles from the San
A Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing Geoheritage Investigation of the Upper Pecos River Valley.
Amanda D. Aragon1, Michael S. Petronis1 and Joseph P. Zebrowski2 1New Mexico Highlands University, NMHU Box 9685, Las Vegas, NM, 87701, amandaaragon@gmail.com The purpose of this multidisciplinary study is to evaluate changes in land use
Structural Analysis of 1.1 Ga Diabase Intrusions: Burro Mountains, New Mexico
Cassidy W. Dimitroff1, Sean Gaynor1 and Jeffrey Amato1 1Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA, cassd@nmsu.edu ~1.1 Ga diabase dike swarms cut Paleoproterozoic units throughout the southwestern region of