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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
POLYGENETIC SPELEOGENESIS IN THE CASTILE FORMATION: EDDY COUNTY, NM AND CULBERSON COUNTY, TX
K. W. Stafford1, P. J. Boston2 and R. Nance3 1Cave and Karst Studies, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801, kwstafford@juno.com 2National Cave and Karst Research
PETROGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES USED TO CHARACTERIZE OF MOLYCORP ROCK PILES, QUESTA, NEW MEXICO
D. Sweeney1, E. Phillips2, V. Mclemore1, K. Donahue1, N. Dunbar1 and L. Heizler1 1NM Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801, dsweeney@nmt.edu 2Black Hills State University,
GROUNDWATER HYDROLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF TAOS COUNTY
A. L. Benson1 and R. Gervason2 1Taos Soil and Water Conservation District, benson1@newmex.com 2Taos Soil and Water Conservation District This study was undertaken as a project of the Taos Soil and Water Conservation District, to
DEFLECTION OF RIO SALADO TERRACES DUE TO UPLIFT OF THE SOCORRO MAGMA BODY, SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO
L. M. Taylor1 and J. B.J. Harrison1 1New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, lisamt@nmt.edu The Socorro magma body is located in central New Mexico along the intersection of the Socorro fracture zone
LARAMIDE AND OLDER STRUCTURES AS POSSIBLE PRIMARY CONTROLS ON THE OCCURRENCE OF CONVECTIVE GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS IN THE RIO GRANDE RIFT AND ADJACENT AREAS
J. C. Witcher Witcher and Associates, PO Box 3142, Las Cruces, NM, New Mexico, 88003, jimwitcher@zianet.com Most convective geothermal systems in the Rio Grande rift have fractured Precambrian, Paleozoic, or lower Mesozoic reservoir hosts and
STRUCTURAL AND STRATIGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS OF OIL AND GAS DRILLING AND SEISMIC EXPLORATION IN THE SANTA FE EMBAYMENT OF THE ESPANOLA BASIN, NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
B. A. Black1 and W. K. Dirks2 1Black Oil Co., 206 W. 38th St., Farmington, NM, 87401 2Tecton Energy LLC., 3000 Wilcrest Ste. 300, Houston, TX, 77042 Ninety-four (94) years of oil and gas exploration
WATER LEVEL RESPONSES AND PRELIMINARY SPRING CHEMISTRY RESULTS: PROGRESS REPORT ON THE HYDROGEOLOGIC STUDY IN THE SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS, NM
S. Timmons1, G. Rawling1, P. Johnson1, L. Land1 and J. Morse2 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, stacyt@gis.nmt.edu 2Department of
PALEOCENE PALYNOMORPH ASSEMBLAGES FROM THE NACIMIENTO FORMATION, SAN JUAN BASIN, NEW MEXICO
T. E. Williamson1 and D. Nichols2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104-1375, thomas.williamson@state.nm.us 2Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Boulevard, Denver, CO, 80205 Two
MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE LOWER CHINLE GROUP (LATE TRIASSIC: CARNIAN – EARLY NORIAN), NORTH-CENTRAL AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
K. E. Zeigler1 and J. W. Geissman1 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, bludragon@gmail.com The Chama Basin of north-central New Mexico and the Zuni Mountains of central New
THE SAN LUIS BASIN OF THE NORTHERN RIO GRANDE RIFT
P. W. Bauer NM Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources (NMBGMR)/NM Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, bauer@nmt.edu The San Luis basin (SLB) is the northernmost large basin of the Rio Grande rift. It
THE PETROLOGY OF MAFIC DIKES IN THE TURKEY MOUNTAINS, MORA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO
R. Trujillo1, C. Parson1 and J. Lindline1 1Environmental Geology Program, New Mexico Highlands University, P.O. Box 9000, Las Vegas, NM, 87701 The Turkey Mountains, a laccolith that was likely produced by a Tertiary intrusion, contains
FRACTURE EFFECTS ON SURFACE AND GROUND WATER FLOW IN THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS, SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
P. Walsh New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, pwalsh@gis.nmt.edu Fractures in the southern Sacramento Mountains, south central New Mexico, influence
HOT SPRINGS REVISITED: A REVIEW OF DATA FROM THE C. V. THEIS STUDY “THERMAL WATERS OF THE HOT SPRINGS ARTESIAN BASIN”
C. Winters Civil Engineering Department, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, craigwin@rmi.net In 1939 Charles V. Theis, George C. Taylor, Jr., and C. Richard Murray investigated the thermal waters of the Hot Springs,
GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: NATURE OF OCCURRENCE, CURRENT AND FUTURE USES
J. C. Witcher Witcher and Associates, PO Box 3142, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, jimwitcher@zianet.com The physiographic diversity of New Mexico is accompanied by different thermal regimes, hydrology, and structures that are conducive to practically the
THE 40AR/39AR GEOCHRONOLOGY AND THERMOCHRONOLOGY OF THE LATIR VOLCANIC FIELD, NEW MEXICO: IMPLICATIONS FOR SILICIC CALDERA VOLCANISM
M. J. Zimmerer1, W. C. McIntosh2 and N. W. Dunbar1 1Dept. Earth and Environmental Science, NMIMT, Socorro, NM, 87801 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology, Socorro, NM, 87801 The Questa caldera of the Latir volcanic field
LITHOLOGY AND TAPHONOMY OF AN EARLY PERMIAN SPHENACODON BONEBED IN CAÑON DEL COBRE, NORTH-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
L. F. Rinehart1, S. G. Lucas1 and S. K. Harris1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 A remarkable Early Permian (Seymouran, Wolfcampian) bonebed (New Mexico Museum of Natural History locality
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF AN EXTENSIONAL FOLD IN SAN LORENZO CANYON, NORTHERN LEMITAR MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO
C. Robinson1 and G. Axen1 1Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801, crobinso@nmt.edu The San Lorenzo Canyon area is located ~15 km north of Socorro, New
INSIGHTS FROM RECENT MAPPING IN THE OJO CALIENTE AND LA MADERA QUADRANGLES, TUSAS MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO; KINEMATICS, TIMING, AND RHEOLOGY OF PROTEROZOIC DEFORMATION AND FAULT REACTIVATION
A. C. Salem1, K. E. Karlstrom1, M. L. Williams2 and D. Koning3 1Earth & Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 2Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 01003 3NM Bureau of Mines &
LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC SUBDIVISION AND VERTEBRATE BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE REDONDA FORMATION, CHINLE GROUP, UPPER TRIASSIC OF EAST-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
J. A. Spielman1, S. G. Lucas1 and A. P. Hunt1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Rd. NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104-1375 In the San Jon Hill to the Mesa Redonda region
MIDDLE CENOMANIAN SELACHIAN ASSEMBLAGE FROM THE CLAY MESA MEMBER OF THE MANCOS SHALE, SANTA FE COUNTY, NEW MEXICO
J. A. Spielman1, S. G. Lucas1, F. J. Varriale2 and J. W. Murphy3 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Rd. NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104-1375 2Johns Hopkins University, School of