NEW MEXICO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY · SPRING MEETING
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BASIN-FILL ARCHITECTURE OF PLIOCENELOWER PLEISTOCENE ALLUVIAL-FAN AND AXIAL-FLUVIAL STRATA ADJACENT TO THE MUD SPRINGS MOUNTAINS, PALOMAS BASIN, SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE RIFT
R. Foster1 and G. H. Mack1 1Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, MSC 3AB, Las Cruces, NM, 88003-001, ron@nmsu.edu Well-exposed Pliocene-lower Pleistocene strata adjacent to the intrabasinal Mud Springs Mountains (MSM), near Truth or Consequences,
USE OF GEOCHRONOLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL DATA TO CORRELATE DEPOSITS AND DOMES FROM THE CERRO TOLEDO INTERVAL, PAJARITO PLATEAU, JEMEZ VOLCANIC FIELD
E. P. Jacobs1, S. A. Kelley2, L. Peters2 and W. C. McIntosh2 1 3007 Villa Street, Los Alamos, NM, 87544, perkijacobs@gmail.com 2NM Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology,
FIELD, PETROGRAPHIC, AND GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE FOR THE ORIGIN OF THE “WHITE BEDS” IN THE CAMP RICE FORMATION (PLIOCENELOWER PLEISTOCENE), RINCON HILLS SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE RIFT
M. C. Jones1 and G. H. Mack1 1Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, MSC 3AB, Las Cruces, NM, 88003-001, mathones@nmsu.edu Neogene basin fill within the Rio Grande rift and Basin and Range contain distinctive light-colored
EXHUMATION AND COOLING HISTORY OF NEW MEXICO BASED ON LOW TEMPERATURE THERMOCHRONOLOGY
S. A. Kelley1 and C. E. Chapin1 1NM Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, sakelley@ix.netcom.com Low temperature thermochronology, which includes fission-track and
RADIOCARBON AGE CONTROL FOR SACRAMENTO MOUNTAIN-DERIVED ALLUVIAL FAN DEPOSITS NEAR ALAMOGORDO, NEW MEXICO, AND RELATED GEOMORPHIC AND SEDIMENTOLOGIC INTERPRETATIONS
Daniel J. Koning New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, 891 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, dkoning@nmt.edu Twenty-one radiocarbon ages were obtained from charcoal and gastropod samples in alluvial fan deposits
THE CARBONIFEROUS/PERMIAN BOUNDARY IN THE BIG HATCHET MOUNTAINS, SW NEW MEXICO (USA)
Karl Krainer1, Spencer G. Lucas2 and James E. Barrick3 1Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52, A-6020, Innsbruck, Austria, Karl.Krainer@uibk.ac.at 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW,
LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY AND SEDIMENTOLOGY OF THE UPPER TRIASSIC LAMY AMPHIBIAN QUARRY, SANTA FE COUNTY, NEW MEXICO
K. Krainer1, S. Lucas2 and L. F. Rinehart2 1Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck A-6020, Austria, Karl.Krainer@uibk.ac.at 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104
MULTIPLE EPISODES OF FAULTING IN THE CENTRAL FLORIDA MOUNTAINS, LUNA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO
T. F. Lawton1, J. R. Andrie1, T. B. Avant1, R. M. Bright1, J. S. Causey1, C. W. Durr1, M. G. Durr1, T. H. Hearon1, R. A. Kernan IV1 and P. D. Montoya1 1Department of Geological
AN ADDITIONAL ENIGMATIC VERMIFORM FOSSIL FROM THE UPPER PENNSYLVANIAN (VIRGILIAN) ATRASADO FORMATION (MADERA GROUP) OF CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
Allan J. Lerner1, Spencer G. Lucas1 and Matthew D. Celeskey1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 A small number of enigmatic vermiform fossils from the Upper
THE JORNADA DEL MUERTO IMPACT STRUCTURE
Gerald Lindsay Geologic Consultant, 12517 Iroquois Pl. NE, Albuquerque, NM A circular feature located in the Jornada del Muerto valley in southern New Mexico, visible only on satellite photographs, has been interpreted to be a
NEW MEXICO’S FOSSIL RECORD: DETERMINATION OF GEOLOGICAL AGES FOR CAMBRIAN-PLEISTOCENE ROCKS USING BIOCHRONOLOGY
Spencer G. Lucas New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, spencer.lucas@state.nm.us New Mexico (NM) has an extensive fossil record that ranges in age from Late Cambrian to
PENNSYLVANIAN STRATIGRAPHY AND CONODONT BIOSTRATIGRAPHY IN THE CERROS DE AMADO, SOCORRO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO
Spencer G. Lucas1, Karl Krainer2 and James E. Barrick3 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, spencer.lucas@state.nm.us 2Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52,
THE PENNSYLVANIAN SECTION AT WHISKEY CANYON, MUD SPRINGS MOUNTAINS, SIERRA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO
Spencer G. Lucas1, K. Krainer2 and Justin A. Spielmann1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, spencer.lucas@state.nm.us 2Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck A-6020,
VERTEBRATE BIOCHRONOLOGY OF THE CRETACEOUS-PALEOCENE TRANSITION, SAN JUAN BASIN, NEW MEXICO
Spencer G. Lucas1 and Robert M. Sullivan2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, spencer.lucas@state.nm.us 2State Museum of Pennsylvania, 300 North Street, Harrisburg, PA, 17120 In the
40Ar/39Ar GEOCHRONOLOGY OF MANGANESE OXIDE MINERALS: A MINERALOGICAL BASIS FOR SUCCESSFUL ANALYSES
V. W. Lueth1, L. Peters1 and K. E. Samuels2 1NM Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801, vwlueth@nmt.edu 2John Shomaker & Associates, Inc., 2611 Broadbent Pkwy, NE, Albuquerque,
LARAMIDE VOLCANISM, PLUTONISM, AND PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS IN SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO
Virgina T. McLemore1, Matthew Zimmerer2, William C. McIntosh3 and Matt T. Heizler3 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801, ginger@gis.nmt.edu 2Department of Earth and
LINKS BETWEEN THIRD-ORDER (My-SCALE) SEA-LEVEL AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE UPPER ORDOVICIAN MONTOYA GROUP, SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO
M. A. Tyra1, M. Elrick1 and V. Atudorei1 1Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87131 The Upper Ordovician Montoya Group (southern New Mexico, west Texas) was deposited on a
MOLDING AND CASTING A REDONDASAURUS (ARCHOSAURIA: PHYTOSAURIDAE) SKULL USING ELEMENTS FROM THREE DIFFERENT ANIMALS
D. R. Ulibarri New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87104, dwayne.ulibarri@state.nm.su To produce a large (1.2 m long) Redondasaurus bermani skull and jaw for the New Mexico Museum
AQUEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE SPRINGS AND WELLS OF THE SEVILLETA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE: EVALUATING HYDROLOGIC PATHWAYS AND MICROBIOLOGY
A. J. Williams1, L. J. Crossey1 and K. E. Karlstrom1 1Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87106, awill7@unm.edu Both groundwater and surface water are important sources for many metropolitan
AN UPPER CRETACEOUS (LOWER CAMPANIAN) FEATHER FROM THE POINT LOOKOUT SANDSTONE, NORTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO
T. G. Williamson1, B. S. Kues2, G. S. Weissmann2, T. A. Stidham3 and S. L. Yutchyk2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104, thomas.williamson@state.nm.us 2Department
CONDUCTIVE HEAT FLUX OVER SELECTED GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS IN THE RIO GRANDE RIFT AND ADJACENT AREAS SUGGESTS A PROCESS OF SHALLOW HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM SIZE SCALING
James C. Witcher Witcher and Associates, PO Box 3142, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, jimwitcher@zianet.com Geothermal reservoirs in a rift setting can be static or dynamic. Static geothermal systems represent deep-seated and confined reservoirs with temperatures
AN ANALYSIS OF MICROBIAL LIFE IN KARST SPRINGS, SOUTHERN EDDY COUNTY, NEW MEXICO AND CULBERSON COUNTY, TEXAS
Terryl Bell Carlsbad High School, Carlsbad, NM, 88220 Spring systems in southern Eddy County, New Mexico and Culberson County, Texas were studied based on the presence of hydrogen sulfide emissions. Sulfur oxidizing/reducing bacteria were thought
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TEMPORAL VARIATIONS IN GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY AND MICROMETEOROLOGICAL FLUXES ALONG THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE OF NEW MEXICO
Stephen E. Teet1, Laura J. Crossey1, James Cleverly2 and James Thibault2 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87131 2Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM,
PROVENANCE INTERPRETATIONS FROM UPB AGES OF DETRITAL ZIRCONS
William R. Dickinson1 and George E. Gehrels1 1Department of Geoscienes, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, wrdickin@dakotacom.net Over the past decade, the U-Pb geochronology of individual detrital-zircon (DZ) grains has become a standard methodology for