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Revised Geochronology and Paleomagnetic Interpretations of Uppermost Cretaceous and Lowermost Paleocene Rocks in the Southern San Juan Basin, New Mexico
James E. Fassett USGS, retired and Independent Research Geologist, 552 Los Nidos Drive, Santa Fe, NM, 87501, jimgeology@qwest.net A 40Ar/39Ar age for an altered volcanic ash bed from the Nacimiento Formation at Mesa de Cuba
Genesis of the Caballo and Burro Mountains REE-bearing Episyenite
Annelise M. Riggins1, Nelia W. Dunbar2, Virginia McLemore2, Kwame Frempong3, Matt T. Heizler2 and William McIntosh2 1NMT, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, anneliseriggins@gmail.com 2NMBGMR, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro,
Implications of the Eastern Extent of Ancestral Rio Grande Deposits, Northwestern Extent of Fans from the Eastern Rift Shoulder, and Preservation of Inset Terraces, Southeastern Albuquerque Basin
(withdrawn) 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resouces, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, USA, davel@nmbg.nmt.edu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 Mexico Institute of Mining and
Structural control of warm springs in the Hillsboro-Lake Valley area
Shari Kelley1, Mussie Tewelde2, James Witcher3 and Mark Person2 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801, sakelley@nmbg.nmt.edu 2Earth and Environmental Science Department, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801
U-Series Geochronology of Large-Volume Travertine Deposits of the Southeastern Colorado Plateau: Evaluating Episodicity, Tectonic and Paleohydrologic Controls
Alexandra Priewisch1, Laura J. Crossey1, Karl E. Karlstrom1, Victor Polyak1, Yemane Asmerom1, Alexander Nereson2 and Jason W. Ricketts1 1Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, arp2301@unm.edu 2Earth and Planetary Sciences, University
U-Pb Geochronology of Proterozoic Granitoids in the Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains, New Mexico
Jennifer Lindline1, Danielle Cedillo1 and Andrew Romero1 1New Mexico Highlands University, P.O. Box 9000, Las Vegas, NM, 87701, lindlinej@nmhu.edu The Hermit’s Peak batholith, a Proterozoic metamorphic-plutonic massif in the southern Santa Fe Range of the
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)
Groundwater and Surface Water Interactions in the El Rito Creek, New Mexico
Junhao Hu1, Lani Tsinnajinnie1 and Marty Frisbee1 1New Mexico Tech, jhu@nmt.edu The El Rito watershed is a snow-dominated watershed, located in Northern New Mexico, that drains part of the Tusas Mountains and supplies flow to
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
Troubled Time
Matthew T. Heizler NMBG, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801, matt@nmt.edu Geochronology precision is undergoing a revolutionary increase that allows incredible insight into complex geological processes. However, each incremental improvement in precision is not necessarily
Diurnal Fluctuations of Arsenic Concentrations and Physiochemical Parameters along the Jemez River, New Mexico
Lorraine Garcia1, Daryl Williams1 and Edward Martinez1 1Department of Natural Resource Management, Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM, lgarci85@live.nmhu.edu Snow pack dominated rivers and streams across the Southwestern United States have been feeling the effects
Evaluating Solute Sources in the Upper Gila River, NM
Pavel Vakhlamov1, Laura J. Crossey, Cliff N. Dahm, V. Acu??a and A. S. Ali 1 pavel.vakhlamov@gmail.com The Gila River in southwestern New Mexico is one of the last free flowing rivers in North America. It
Paleomagnetic, Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility, and Structural Data Bearing on Magma Emplacement and the growth of the Miocene, Cinder Cone
Adam Ray Brister1 and Michael Petronis1 1New Mexico Highlands University, Box 9000, Las Vegas, NM, 87701, abrister@live.nmhu.edu The Trosky Volcano is a monogenic cinder-spatter cone associated with the middle Miocene Jicin Volcanic field of northeast
Proterozoic Zoned Intrusive Suites: Determining the Surficial Relationships and Emplacement Mechanisms of the Burro Mountain Intrusive Suite
Sean Gaynor1 and Jeff Amato1 1New Mexico State University, 1255 N. Horseshoe St., Las Cruces, NM, 88003, seanpg@nmsu.edu The Burro Mountains expose a Proterozoic intrusive suite of ~1.4 Ga granitic plutons, cutting Paleoproterozoic rocks of
Covariability and Interannual Variability of June Wild Fires and Atmospheric Aerosols
Lucas J. Barrett1 and David S. Gutzler1 1Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, xantose@unm.edu The purpose of this study is to assess the hypothesis that atmospheric aerosol from
The age of the Encinal Canyon Member of the Dakota Formation: New insights into the Early-Late Cretaceous transgression of the Western Interior seaway into north-central New Mexico
Sarah Machin1, Jeffrey Amato1 and Spencer Lucas2 1New Mexico State University, Department of Geological Sciences, MSC 3AB, P.O. Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, smachin@nmsu.edu 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain
Low-Angle normal faults within evaporite-rich Permian strata, Sierra Larga, NM
Mark W. Green1, Gary Axen1 and Steven M. Cather2 1New Mexico Tech, 603 Neel Ave, E&ES Department, Socorro, NM, 87801, misisipimark@hotmail.com 2NMBGMR, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801 Low-angle normal faults (detachments; LANFs; dip <30°)
Seasonal Variations in Nutrient and Dissolved Organic Carbon Concentrations of Two Valles Caldera Head Water Streams
Ernesto Sandoval1, Sebastian Medina1, Daryl Williams1 and Edward A. Martinez1 1Department of Natural Resource Management, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM, 87701, ernsandoval7@yahoo.com High elevation areas, such as the Valles Caldera National Preserve (VCNP)
Are Rio Grande and tributary terraces deflected by the Socorro Magma Body (SMB), indicating a long history of magmatic inflation?
Bradley D. Sion1, Fred M. Phillips1, Gary J. Axen1 and Bruce Harrison1 1New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801, brads589@gmail.com The Socorro Magma Body (SMB) is a deep (~19 km) partly molten sill ~100-150 m thick
Cambrian-Ordovician(?) Rare Earth Element (REE)-bearing Episyenites in the Caballo and Burro Mountains, Southern New Mexico: Insights into a metasomatic origin
Kwame B. Frempong1, Virginia T. McLemore2, Nelia Dunbar2 and Annie Riggins3 1 NMT, Department of Mineral Engineering, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, boafofrempong@gmail.com 2 NMBGMR, 801 Leroy Place,, Socorro, NM, 87801 3 NMT, Department
Geomorphic effects of a high severity burn in the Las Conchas Fire.
Richard Patrick McNeill New Mexico Highlands University, P.O. Box 9000, Las Vegas, NM, 87701, juniper.botany@gmail.com Richard P. McNeill1, 2, Joseph P. Zebrowski1, Anita Lavadie1, Dr. Edward Martinez1, and Dr. Sara Brown1. 1New Mexico Highlands University,
Toward Standardization of Phanerozoic Stratigraphic Nomenclature in New Mexico
Steven M. Cather1, Kate E. Zeigler2, Greg H. Mack3 and Shari A. Kelley1 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Pl., Socorro, NM, 87801, scather@nmbg.nmt.edu