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MALPAIS SPRING AND MALPAIS SALT MARSH, NORTHERN TULAROSA BASIN, NEW MEXICO
R. G. Myers1, B. D. Allen2 and D. W. Love2 1U.S. Army, IMWE-WSM-PW-E-ES, White Sands Missile Range, NM, 88002 2NM Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801 The Malpais Spring
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
EXHUMATION HISTORY OF THE SAN JUAN BASIN
Suzanne W. Braschayko1, Shari W. Kelley2 and Dan Stockli3 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, sbrasch@nmt.edu 2New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of
GENESIS OF FAULT BRECCIA AT DEER CREEK: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SLIP HISTORY OF THE PICURIS–PECOS FAULT
S. M. Cather1, A. S. Read1, S. A. Kelley1 and D. Ulmer-Scholle1 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, steve@gis.nmt.edu Spectacular
A GEOLOGIC OUTLINE OF THE ALBUQUERQUE BASIN
Sean D. Connell New Mexico Bureau of Geology, Albuquerque Office, 2808 Central Ave. SE, Albuquerque, NM, 87106, connell@gis.nmt.edu The Albuquerque Basin of the Rio Grande rift was the subject of intensive multiagency geologic and hydrogeologic
GEOMICROBIOLOGY AND GEOCHEMICAL ENERGY FOR MICROBIAL METABOLISM IN CO2-RICH SPRINGS OF THE TIERRA AMARILLA ANTICLINE, NM
B. Cron1 and D. Northup2 1Biology Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, b1985@unm.edu 2Earth and Planetary Sciences Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Deep-sea hydrothermal vents and volcanic environments are a
PRECAMBRIAN BASEMENT OF THE DEFIANCE UPLIFT: POSSIBLE CORRELATION TO THE UNCOMPAHGRE QUARTZITE AND INFLUENCES OF BASEMENT FABRIC ON LATER TECTONISM
B. Dixon1 and K. E. Karlstrom1 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 The Defiance Uplift is an asymmetrical basement cored, fault bounded uplift of Ancestral Rockies and Laramide
STRUCTURAL CONTROLS ON GROUND WATER FLOW AND RECHARGE INTO THE SOUTHERN SAN LUIS BASIN NEAR TAOS, NM
Paul Drakos1, Jay Lazarus1, Jim Riesterer2, Kenneth Sim2 and Meghan Hodgins1 1Glorieta Geoscience Ince, PO Box 5727, Santa Fe, NM, 87502 2Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, PO Box 5727, Woods Hole,
THE RIO GRANDE RIFT IN MEXICAN PERSPECTIVE
Wolfgang E. Elston Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, MSC02 2040, Albuquerque, NM, 87131-0001, welston@unm.edu Seen from the south, the Rio Grande Rift appears as an arm of the Mexican Basin
DIGITAL SOIL MAPPING: EVALUATING THE USE OF REMOTELY SENSED DATA
E. M. Engle1, J. M. H. Hendrickx1 and J. B. J. Harrison1 1Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 The creation of accurate small scale soil
40AR/39AR GEOCHRONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF MINNA BLUFF, ANTARCTICA: EVIDENCE FOR PAST GLACIAL EVENTS WITHIN THE ANTARCTIC CRYOSPHERE
A. F. Fargo1, W. C. McIntosh1, W. C. McIntosh2, N. W. Dunbar1 and N. W. Dunbar2 1Dept. Earth and Environmental Science, NMIMT, Socorro, NM, 87801 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology, Socorro, NM, 87801 The history
A 40AR/39AR SINGLE-CRYSTAL SANIDINE AGE FOR AN ALTERED VOLCANIC ASH BED FROM THE PALEOCENE NACIMIENTO FORMATION IN THE SOUTHERN SAN JUAN BASIN SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON THIS FORMATION’S SRATIGRAPHIC AND BIOCHRONOLOGIC ESSENCE
James E. Fassett1 and Matthew T. Heizler2 1U.S. Geol Survey, Emeritus, 552 Los Nidos Drive, Santa Fe, NM, 87501, jimgeology@qwest.net 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801 The
AMS DATA BEARING ON THE DEFORMATIONAL HISTORY OF THE PROTEROZOIC BASEMENT IN THE LAS VEGAS AREA, SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO
Louis Garcia1, Michael S. Petronis1, Jennifer Lindline1 and John W. Geissman2 1New Mexico Highlands University, Department of Natural Science, Las Vegas, NM, 87701 2University of New Mexico, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Models
ASPECT RELATED MICROCLIMATE’S EFFECTS ON SOIL-FORMING PROCESSES, HILLSLOPE EVOLUTION, AND VEGETATION DISTRIBUTION IN A SEMIARID WATERSHED, SEVILLETA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, NEW MEXICO
Devin G. Gaugler Earth and Planetary Sciences Department, University of New Mexico, MSC03 2040, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, dgaugler@unm.edu North-south hillslope asymmetry is exhibited in a drainage basin incised into the pediment and associated alluvium of
GEOCHEMISTRY AND POTENTIAL SOURCES OF THE JANUARY 7, 2008 SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO “MILKY RAIN”
J. Gilbert1, T. E. Gill2, D. Borrok3, J. Gilbert3, T. E. Gill3, B. M. Frey4, T. Hertel5, M. Lane6, M. Bleiweiss7, C. Lehmann8 and D. Gay8 1Environmental Science Program, University of Texas-El Paso, 500 West
AN INDEX OF THE ONSET OF THE NORTH AMERICAN MONSOON SEASON IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
P. Higgins1, D. Gutzler1 and D. Kann2 1Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, phiggins@unm.edu 2NOAA National Weather Service, Albuquerque, NM, 87106 We develop an objective index to indicate
BURIED LANDSCAPES: PALEOTOPOGRAPHY OF THE CERRO TOLEDO INTERVAL, BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT, JEMEZ MOUNTAINS VOLCANIC FIELD
E. P. Jacobs 3007 Villa Street, Los Alamos, NM, 87544, perkijacobs@gmail.com Prior landscapes preserved between eruptive cycles of the Jemez volcanic field form subsurface pathways that influence the flow of contaminants and groundwater. Knowledge of
INFLUENCE OF BASEMENT STRUCTURE ON SHALLOW AQUIFER GEOCHEMISTRY IN THE RIO GRANDE RIFT, NORTHERN NEW MEXICO – EXAMPLES FROM THE SANTA FE AND PEÑASCO EMBAYMENTS OF THE ESPAÑOLA BASIN
P. S. Johnson1, V. J. S. Grauch2, P. W. Bauer1, D. J. Koning1 and S. W. Timmons1 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place,