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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
TEPEE-LIKE STRUCTURES IN THE MIDDLE JURASSIC TODILTO FORMATION, WESTCENTRAL NEW MEXICO
W. R. Berglof1, K. Krainer2 and S. G. Lucas3 12-39-25 Nakahara, Musashi Murayama, Tokyo, Japan, 208-0035, Japan, berglofwr@yahoo.com 2Institute of Geology & Paleontology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, A-6020, Austria 3NM Museum of Natural History
STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE LATE LARAMIDE CARTHAGE–LA JOYA BASIN, CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
Steven M. Cather New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801, steve@gis.nmt.edu The elongate, north-northwest trending Carthage–La Joya basin of central New Mexico developed in
MAGMA MINGLING: A PETROLOGIC, GEOCHEMICAL, AND GEOCHRONOLOGIC STUDY OF THE SOUTHERN GRANITOID SUITE OF THE FLORIDA MOUNTAINS, NM
J. S. Causey1 and N. J. McMillan1 1New Mexico State University, Department of Geological Sciences, Las Cruses, NM The Florida Mountain pluton consists of a complex group of syenite, quartz syenite, alkali-feldspar granite, and diorite
U-PB AGES OF DETRITAL ZIRCONS FROM THE OLIGOCENE CHUSKA SANDSTONE (ARIZONA–NEW MEXICO): IMPLICATIONS FOR SAND PROVENANCE
William R. Dickinson1, Steven M. Cather2 and George E. Gehrels1 1Department of Geoscienes, University of Arizona, Tucson, AL, 85721, wrdickin@dakotacom.net 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 891 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801 Exposures
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
DETRITAL MONAZITE GEOCHRONOLOGY OF ORTEGA QUARTZITE CLASTS IN PENNSYLVANIAN STRATA OF THE NORTHERN TRUCHAS UPLIFT, NORTHERN NEW MEXICO: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SLIP HISTORY OF THE PICURIS-PECOS FAULT
N. W. Dunbar1, S. M. Cather1 and L. Heizler1 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, nelia@nmt.edu Proterozoic Ortega quartzite clasts
EIGHT 40AR/39AR SANIDINE-CRYSTAL AGES FOR CAMPANIAN (LATE CRETACEOUS) STRATA, SAN JUAN BASIN, NEW MEXICO AND COLORADO
James E. Fassett USGS Scientist Emeritus, 552 Los Nidos Drive, Santa Fe, NM, 87501, jimgeology@qwest.net Between 1988 and 1996, eight altered volcanic ash beds in Upper Cretaceous strata were sampled in the San Juan Basin
PALYNOLOGY PRECISELY LOCATES THE CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY INTERFACE IN THE SAN JUAN BASIN, NEW MEXICO AND COLORADO
James E. Fassett USGS Scientist Emeritus, 552 Los Nidos Drive, Santa Fe, NM, New Mexico, 87501, jimgeology@qwest.net A robust palynologic data base sharply defines the Cretaceous-Tertiary (K-T) interface at numerous localities in the San Juan
PENNSYLVANIAN STRATIGRAPHY ON THE NORTHERN FLANK OF THE OSCURA MOUNTAINS, SOCORRO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO
S. G. Lucas1, K. Krainer2, L. F. Rinehart1 and J. A. Spielmann1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104, spencer.lucas@state.nm.us 2Institute of Geology and Palaeontology,
HETEROGENEOUS STRAIN IN A “DRAG” FOLD ADJACENT TO THE PICURIS-PECOS FAULT IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO: PRELIMINARY RESULTS
A. L. Luther1, G. J. Axen1 and S. M. Cather2 1Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, 801 Leroy Pl., Socorro, NM, 87801, aluther@nmt.edu 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral
SEDIMENTOLOGY AND PROVENANCE OF BASIN-FILL STRATA AS A GUIDE TO FAULT EVOLUTION, SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE RIFT
Greg H. Mack1 and William R. Seager1 1Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003 The southern Rio Grande rift constitutes a broad (150 km) region of mid-late Cenozoic crustal extension
SUMMARY OF THE GEOLOGY, GEOCHRONOLOGY, AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE ABIQUIU 1:24,000 QUADRANGLE AND CONTIGUOUS AREAS, NORTH-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
Florian Maldonado1, Daniel P. Miggins1 and James R. Budahn1 1U.S. Geological Survey, MS 980, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO, 80225, fmaldona@usgs.gov The Abiquiu quadrangle is located within the Abiquiu embayment, a shallow, early extensional basin
SINKHOLES IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO – PROFILING THE GEOCHEMICAL, HYDROLOGICAL AND MICROBIAL CHARACTER OF SINKS ALONG THE PECOS RIVER AT BITTER LAKE NWR, ROSWELL, NM
Z. E. A. Premo1 and L. J. Crossey1 1Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87106 Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern New Mexico (NM) was established in 1937 to preserve
SOIL GEOMORPHIC PATTERNS AND GRASSLAND RESISTANCE AT THE JORNADA BASIN LTER SITE
D. M. Rachal1, H. C. Monger1 and D. Peters2 1Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88011, D.Rachal@nmsu.edu 2United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Jornada Basin LTER,
AQUIFER CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SANTA FE GROUP IN NORTHERN RIO RANCHO
Jim Riesterer1, Paul Drakos1, Jay Lazarus1 and John Hawley2 1Glorieta Geoscience Ince, PO Box 5727, Santa Fe, NM, New Mexico, 87502-5727 2Hawley Geomatters, PO Box 4370, Albuquerque, NM, 87196-4370 Subsurface data (lithologic and geophysical logs)
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF GROWTH AND AGE STRUCTURE OF BUETTNERIA (AMPHIBIA: METOPOSAURIDAE) ASSEMBLAGES FROM THE UPPER TRIASSIC OF WEST TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO
L. F. Rinehart1, S. G. Lucas1, A. B. Heckert2 and A. P. Hunt2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, 1801 Mountain Road N.W., Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104, larry.rinehart@state.nm.us 2Department of Geology, Appalachian
BITE MARKS ON A SKULL OF PSEUDOPALATUS MCCAULEYI (ARCHOSAURIA: CRUROTARSI: PHYTOSAURIDAE) FROM THE UPPER TRIASSIC BULL CANYON FORMATION, EASTERN NEW MEXICO
L. F. Rinehart1, A. B. Heckert2, S. G. Lucas1 and D. C. Bond1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road N.W., Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104, larry.rinehart@state.nm.us 2Department of Geology, Appalachian State University,
RED RIVER INCISION RECORDED IN SUPERGENE JAROSITE, TAOS COUNTY, NEW MEXICO
K. E. Samuels1, A. R. Campbell1, V. W. Lueth2 and L. Peters1 1Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801, ksamuels@nmt.edu 2New
TURONIAN AMMONITES FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS CARLILE AND SEMILLA SANDSTONE MEMBERS AND REFERENCE AREA OF THE JUANA LOPEZ MEMBER OF THE MANCOS SHALE, EASTERN SIDE OF THE SAN JUAN BASIN, LA VENTANA, SANDOVAL COUNTY, NEW MEXICO
Paul L. Sealey1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 At the reference section of the Juana Lopez Member of the Mancos Shale
STRUCTURAL AND STRATIGRAPHIC CONTROLS OF DEEP BRACKISH WATER EXPLORATION, RIO PUERCO BASIN, NEW MEXICO
R. M. Sengebush Intera, Inc., 6000 Uptown NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87110, rsengebush@intera.com Two exploratory wells were drilled in the Rio Puerco Valley west of Rio Rancho during the summer of 2007 by Sandoval County and