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Nitrate fluxes in the Rio Grande
D. O. Drury and D. M. Borrok The Rio Grande is the most important source of water for the irrigation of agricultural fields in the Rio Grande Valley of West Texas. Return flows from this
Canopy interception loss for a mixed coniferous forest in southern New Mexico prior to tree-thinning treatment
N. Canaris, T. Kludt and B. T. Newton The Southern Sacramento Mountains, located in southeastern New Mexico serves as a recharge area for adjacent regional aquifers. Out of concern about the region’s future groundwater and
Uranium-series dating of travertines from Soda Dam, New Mexico: Constructing a history of deposition, with implications for landscape evolution, paleohydrology, and paleoclimatology
A. J. Tafoya, L. J. Crossey, K. E. Karlstrom, M. Kolomaznik, V. Polyak, Y. Asmerom, S. A. Kelley and C. Cox Uranium series dating of travertine at Soda Dam, New Mexico yield precise new incision
Runoff and sediment yield in contrasting vegetated hillslopes of a first order basin in central New Mexico
C. F. Ramirez, J. B. J. Harrison, H. A. Gutierrez and C. T. Cikoski As part of a project to determine the influence of hillslope aspect and vegetation cover on the evolution of a drainage
Using fallout radionuclide tracers to assess the effectiveness of soil conservation strategies, Soil Jornada Basin LTER, southern New Mexico, USA
D. M. Rachal, G. S. Okin, J. Herrick and D. Peters Historically, dominant grassland communities have been displaced by woody shrubs over the last 150 years in the Jornada Basin, southern New Mexico. As shrubs
Influence of pedogenic carbonate on the physical and hydrologic properties of a semiarid soil
V. Nenuji, J. B. J. Harrison2 and P. Mozley3 2New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy, Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801 3New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy, Socorro, NM, 87801 Calcic horizons are ubiquitous features of semi-arid-to-arid soils.
Geochemical parameters that influence the distribution of bacterial communities in lava tubes in New Mexico and Hawaii: A comparison
M. G. Garcia, J. J. Marshall Hathaway and D. E. Northrup Bacterial mats cover walls and ceilings of lava tubes around the world, yet little is known about what controls their species diversity. To address
Geomicrobiology of the giant Naica crystals: An example of the geological persistence of microorganisms
M. N. Spilde, P. J. Boston, D. E. Northrup and C. McMillan How long can microorganisms remain viable in sediments, fluid inclusions, rock fractures, ice, or other geological materials? This is a question for which
Mixing between an alpine river and hydrothermal spring inputs: Controls on water quality and solute loading in the Jemez River, New Mexico
A. P. Jochems, L. R. Sherson, L. J. Crossey and K. E. Karlstrom Alpine watersheds are increasingly relied upon in the western U.S., requiring a thorough understanding of annual hydrologic patterns and geologic controls on
Regional spring survey in the Cibola National Forest: A geochemical comparison of springs in differing environments from alpine wilderness to the high desert
K. P. Paffett, L. J. Crossey, L. Crowley and K. E. Karlstrom In the arid southwestern U.S., springs and their associated wetlands play an important role in sustaining diverse ecosystems. Due to increasing encroachment, multiple-use
Mineralogic study of mortar from Fort Union ruins, Mora County, New Mexico
J. Lindline, S. Geil, H. Lara and M. S. Petronis Fort Union National Monument, located in the Mora Valley in northeastern New Mexico, features the ruins of the Fort Union military post and ruts of
Aetosaurus from the Upper Triassic Bull Canyon Formation, Quay County, New Mexico, and its significance
T. L. Suazo, A. K. Cantrell, S. G. Lucas and J. A. Spielmann Aetosaurus is an Upper Triassic genus of relatively small and inornate aetosaurs known from three species: A. ferratus, A. crassicauda, and A.
A study of the holotype of Allotrioceras Flower 1955
J. H. McDonnell Allotrioceras is an enigmatic fossil from the middle Ordovician of the Champlain Valley named and described by Dr Rousseau Flower (1955) and assigned to the cephalopod order Endocerida as type species for
Ecology of early Eocene San Juan Basin, New Mexico, Phenacolemur Jepseni with Phenacolemur Citatus and Phenacolemur Praecox from Bighorn Basin, Wyoming – A study of microwear and dental variation as a proxy for Eocene climate change
C. D. Pilbro Phenacolemur was a widespread genus of Plesiadapiforms (primate-like animals) that lived from the late Paleocene to early Eocene of North America and Europe. Members of this genus were small, varying in size
Vertebrate coprolites from the lower Permian (Lower Wolfcampian) Gallina Well locality, Joyita Hills, Socorro County, New Mexico
A. K. Cantrell, T. L. Suazo, J. A. Spielmann and S. G. Lucas Vertebrate coprolites are the most common trace fossils found at the Lower Permian (middle Wolfcampian) Gallina Well locality in Socorro County, New
Comparison of Miocene tectonism and paleoclimate with rift-basin sedimentation and drainage positions, Espanola Basin, New Mexico
D. J. Koning and S. D. Connell We summarize Miocene clastic deposition in the Española Basin (EB) and examine how drainage systems may respond to tectonic and paleoclimatic controls. The EB is a half-graben tilted
Complex sediment preservation and removal in the northern and central Tularosa Basin, New Mexico, due to deflation, base level changes, down-wind accumulations, and recycling
D. W. Love, B. D. Allen and D. J. Koning On the floor of the Tularosa Basin, deflation has repeatedly controlled local base levels and related eolian, playa, and alluvial geomorphic features, with eolian sediment
Petrologic study of the Cieneguilla basanites, Santa Fe County, New Mexico
J. Lindline, M. S. Petronis and R. M. Pitrucha We initiated a petrogenetic study of the 25-26 Ma Cieneguilla basanites at Cerro Seguro and another unnamed vent in the southern Española Basin, Santa Fe County,
Santonian ammonites from the Satan Tongue of the Mancos Shale, La Ventana, Sandoval County, New Mexico
P. L. Sealey and S. G. Lucas Late Cretaceous ammonites were collected from the Satan Tongue of the Mancos Shale near La Ventana where the Satan Tongue is ~170 m thick between the El Vado
Geochronologic history of deposition of the Upper Cretaceous Pictured Cliffs Sandstone, Fruitland Formation, and Kirtland Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico and Colorado
J. E. Fassett For about 25 m.y., the Western Interior Seaway bisected the North American continent, withdrawing and disappearing from most of the area during Late Cretaceous time. In the San Juan Basin area of
Prehistoric travertine pendants from central New Mexico: Potential relationships with known travertines
K. E. Zeigler, L. J. Crossey, L. Schuyler, D. Phillips and K. E. Karlstrom Prehistoric sites in New Mexico have yielded dozens of elongate, banded travertine objects, some of which were perforated for use as
Depositional environments, sediment dispersal, and provenance of the Lower Permian Glorieta Sandstone, central and northern New Mexico
E. M. Bauer1 and G. H. Mack1 1Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003 During early Permian time, the region that now encompasses the Colorado Plateau was periodically covered by
Preliminary anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) and paleomagnetic data from mafic dikes in the Chili quadrangle, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
R. Trujillo, M. S. Petronis1 and J. Lindline Migration of magma at shallow levels of the crust is a fundamental process that has bearing on the construction of volcanoes, the associated hazards in active volcanic
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science and vertebrate coprolite record from New Mexico
A. P. Hunt, S. G. Lucas and J. A. Spielman The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (NMMNH) is unique in that for a quarter of a century it has considered vertebrate coprolites