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A New Vertebrate Local Fauna from the Menefee Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico
Thomas E. Williamson1 and Tara Templeman2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87121, thomas.williamson@state.nm.us 2Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, 220 Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM,
Signals of a Changing Climate in Pecos River Streamflow
Manuel Salgado1 and David S. Gutzler1 1University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, msal80@unm.edu The Pecos River is the principal source of surface water for Eastern New Mexico and variability in its flow presents natural and
The Ancha Formation in the Santa Fe Embayment: Stratigraphy, Texture and Thickness Variations, and Geometry of the Underlying Mio-Pliocene Unconformity
Daniel J. Koning1 and Peggy S. Johnson1 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, N.M. Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, dkoning@nmbg.nmt.edu The Ancha Formation (late Pliocene-early Pleistocene) underlies
The Rio Grande: Is the Past the Key to the Future?
Fred M. Phillips New Mexico Tech, Department of Earth & Env. Science, 801 Leroy Place, SOCORRO, NM, 87801, United States, phillips@nmt.edu The Rio Grande Valley receives the large majority of its water supply, both surface
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
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,
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
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
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)
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°)
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
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 Early Permian Gallina Well Vertebrate and Trace Fossil Site in Socorro County, New Mexico
Amanda Kaye Cantrell1, Thomas L. Suazo1, David S. Berman2, Justin A. Spielmann3, Spencer G. Lucas3, Amy C. Henrici2 and Larry F. Rinehart3 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, University of New Mexico, Acantr5@unm.edu 2Carnegie Museum
The Pennsylvanian Sandia Formation in northern and central New Mexico
Karl Krainer1 and Spencer G. Lucas2 1University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52, Innsbruck, A-6020, AUSTRIA, Karl.Krainer@uibk.ac.at 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 Across much of northern and
A Proposal For Responding To Sustained Drought As New Mexico’s “New Normal”
Matthew G. Reynolds Seventh Judicial District Judge, State of New Mexico, NM, tocdmgr@nmcourts.gov If current environmental conditions portend a drier and hotter climate for New Mexico, an immediate and costly response must be implemented to
Using Uranium Isotopes to Determine Salinity Sources in Rio Grande Waters
Lin Ma1, Anna Szynkiewicz1, David Borrok1 and Jennifer C. McIntosh2 1Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University Ave, El Paso, TX, 79968, lma@utep.edu 2Department of Hydrology and Water Resources,
Acquiring and Georeferencing Coal Mine Maps: San Juan Basin, NM
Gretchen K. Hoffman1 and Maureen Wilks1 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology, NM Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, gretchen@nmbg.nmt.edu Coal mining in New Mexico began in 1803, but it was not until the early
Redefinition of the Base of the Permian
Spencer G. Lucas New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road N.W., Albuquerque, NM, 87104, spencer.lucas@state.nm.us For more than 70 years, the base of the Permian was recognized by a fusulinid biostratigraphic datum, the
Groundwater-Fed Wetlands in the La Cienega Area, Santa Fe County, New Mexico
Peggy S. Johnson1, Daniel J. Koning1 and Stacy Timmons1 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, USA, peggy@nmbg.nmt.edu Groundwater-fed wetlands in semi-arid landscapes that form large cienega complexes
Vertebrate Body Fossils From The Upper Pennsylvanian (Lower Wolfcampian) Bursum Formation, East Of Socorro, New Mexico
Thomas L. Suazo1, Amanda K. Cantrell1 and Spencer G. Lucas2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, University of New Mexico, tsuazo@unm.edu 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science The Upper Pennsylvanian (lower
Here We Go Again
Thomas Maddock III Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona, 1033 E James E. Rogers Way, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA, tmaddock3@comcast.net In 2003, the state of Texas threatened to file suit against New
Uranium in Waters of the Ojo Caliente Area, Taos County, New Mexico
Tony Benson1 and Ron Gervason1 1Taos Soil and Water Conservation District, P.O. Box 2787, Ranchos de Taos, NM, 87557, benson1@newmex.com Uranium dissolved in stream water of the Rio Ojo Caliente in southwestern Taos County and
Field Mapping of the Redrock Area, Burro Mountains, southwest New Mexico, and U-Pb Dating of 1.2 Ga Magmatism and Contact Metamorphism of Paleoproterozoic Metasedimentary Rocks
Rosie A. Williams1, Jeff M. Amato1 and Sean Gaynor1 1Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, raw03110@gmail.com Paleoproterozoic sedimentary rocks in the Burro Mountains, southern Mazatzal province, have an unknown
Hydrochemistry of Lava Tube Spring and the Rio Grande, Taos County, New Mexico
Patrick Longmire1, Michael Dale2, Kim Granzow1, Donald Carlson1, Benjamin Wear3, Jerzy Kulis3, George Perkins4 and Michael Rearick4 1New Mexico Environment Department-DOE Oversight Bureau, 1183 Diamond Drive Suite B, Los Alamos, NM, 87544, plongmire@lanl.gov 2New Mexico