NEW MEXICO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY · SPRING MEETING
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SEISMIC INVESTIGATION INTO THE CRUSTAL STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION OF SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE RIFT IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS: THE POTRILLO VOLCANIC FIELD EXPERIMENT
M. G. Averill1, K. C. Miller1 and S. Harder1 1Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, TX, Texas, 79968, averill@geo.utep.edu The crustal structure of the Rio
INVESTIGATING SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL WATER QUALITY TRENDS IN THE UPPER RIO GRANDE
E. Bastien1, F. M. Phillips1, H. F. Lacey1 and G. Oelsner2 1Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801, ebastien@nmt.edu 2Department of
TESTING HYPOTHESES FOR NET CENOZOIC ROCK UPLIFT OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU USING THE FLEXURAL ISOSTATIC RESPONSE TO EROSION
C. N. Callahan1, M. Roy1 and J. Pederson2 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87131, callaha@unm.edu 2Department of Geology, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 84322 The Colorado
ANALYSIS OF PROXIMAL SYNTECTONIC PENNSYLVANIAN DEPOSITS YIELDS DEFINITIVE EVIDENCE OF MAJOR PHANEROZOIC SLIP ON PICURIS–PECOS FAULT, NORTH-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
S. M. Cather1, A. S. Read1, K. Krainer2, S. G. Lucas3, S. A. Kelley1, B. S. Kues4, B. D. Allen1 and J. M. Timmons1 1NM Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of
CO2 MOUND SPRINGS OF THE WESTERN U.S.: TOWARDS A MODEL FOR CONTINENTAL SMOKERS
L. J. Crossey1, K. E. Karlstrom1, C. G. Takacs-Vesbach2, D. L. Hilton3, J. Hall2, C. N. Dahm2, D. L. Newell1 and T. F. Fischer1 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, 1801
A GEOMICROBIOLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL APPROACH TO THE BIOGENICITY OF MOONMILK FORMATION: SPIDER CAVE AND PAHOEHOE CAVE, NEW MEXICO; THURSDAY MORNING CAVE, COLORADO; THRUSH CAVE, ALASKA
M. Curry1, P. Boston2, M. Curry2, P. Boston1 and S. O’Neil3 1Department of Earth and Environmental Studies 2National Cave and Karst Research Institute, Carlsbad, NM, USA 3Biology Department New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology,
PETROGRAPHY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF MAFIC DIKES NEAR RILEY, NEW MEXICO: A GUIDE TO MAGMATIC EVOLUTION UNDER A CALDERA CLUSTER OF THE EARLY RIO GRANDE RIFT
M. I. Dimeo1 and R. M. Chamberlin2 1Earth and Environmental Science Department 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801 Abundant NNE-
ROCK MAGNETIC AND PALEOMAGNETIC RESULTS FROM 80 METERS OF PLEISTOCENE LACUSTRINE SEDIMENT, VALLE GRANDE, VALLES CALDERA, NEW MEXICO
L. L. Donohoo-Hurley1, J. W. Geissman1, P. j. Fawcett1, T. F. Wawrzyniec1 and G. Goff1 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87131 Sedimentology, carbon isotope data, percent
GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTIONS; EFFECTS OF HYDROTHERMAL SPRING INPUTS TO JEMEZ RIVER WATER QUALITY
J. R. Dyer1, L. J. Crossey1 and A. S. Ali1 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87131, golf72@unm.edu The Jemez River drains the Jemez Mountains of northern
VARIATIONS OF WATER PARTITIONING ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH FACING HILLSLOPES AT THE SEVILLETA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
E. M. Engle1 and B. J. Harrison1 1New Mexico Tech, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801 The partitioning of water into runoff and infiltration is not well understood in
EXPLORATION OF THE LIGHTNING DOCK KGRA, ANIMAS VALLEY AND PYRAMID MOUNTAINS, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, 1975-78
W. E. Elston1 and E. G. Deal2 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, MSC03 2040, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87131-0001, welston@unm.edu 2Montana Bureau of Mines and
TRAVERTINES OF THE SPRINGERVILLE AREA, ARIZONA:“CHEMICAL VOLCANOES” LINKING WATER QUALITY, PALEOHYDROLOGY AND NEOTECTONICS
E. H. Embid1, L. J. Crossey1 and K. E. Karlstrom1 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87131-0001 Sixty travertine mounds are clustered along the Little Colorado River
THE DOCUMENTATION OF IN-PLACE DINOSAUR FOSSILS IN THE PALEOCENE OJO ALAMO SANDSTONE AND ANIMAS FORMATION IN THE SAN JUAN BASIN OF NEW MEXICO AND COLORADO MANDATES A PARADIGM SHIFT: DINOSAURS CAN NO LONGER BE THOUGHT OF AS ABSOLUTE INDEX FOSSILS FOR E…
J. E. Fassett Independent Geologist, 552 Los Nidos Drive, Santa Fe, NM, New Mexico, 87501, jimgeology@qwest.net Extensive geochronologic studies of the rocks adjacent to the Cretaceous-Tertiary (K-T) interface in the San Juan Basin have now
HOLOCENE FAN SEDIMENTATION AND FIRE ACTIVITY IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO
J. D. Frechette1 and G. A. Meyer1 1Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87131, jdfrech@unm.edu In mountainous terrain, hydrologic processes associated with severe fires are an effective mechanism for
ORIGIN OF THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF SPRINGS IN THE SAGUACHE CREEK WATERSHED OF THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS IN COLORADO
M. D. Frisbee1 and F. M. Phillips1 1New Mexico Tech, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801 The Saguache Creek watershed located in the northern San Luis Valley
ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY ISSUES IN GEOTHERMAL DEVELOPMENT
F. Goff1 and C. J. Goff2 1Earth & Planetary Sciences Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, candf@swcp.com 2Consultant, 5515 Quemazon, Los Alamos, NM, 87544 Geothermal installations are relatively benign compared to most conventional
U-Pb SHRIMP dating to determine the age of zircons from crustal exnoliths of the Elephant Butte volcanic field-implications for the timing of rifting in southern New Mexico
C. C. Athens1 and J. M. Amato1 1Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, cathens@nmsu.edu Three large xenolith samples were collected from the Elephant Butte volcanic field in the Spring of 2005.
Constraints on Laramide shortening and Rio Grande rift extension in the Franklin Mountains, West Texas and southern New Mexico
M. R. Scharman1, C. L. Andronicos2, G. R. Keller1, J. M., Jr. Hurtado1 and A. A. Velasco1 1Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University Avenue, El Paso, TX, 79968,
Proterozoic deformation of the San Andres Mountains, south-central New Mexico
A. Serna1, J. M. Amato1 and G. Gehrels2 1Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, antserna@nmsu.edu 2Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ The Proterozoic history of the San Andres Mountains has been investigated
Rock watching along the Canyon Trail, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge-A pictorial guide to Neogene landscape evolution in central New Mexico
R. M. Chamberlin1, D. W. Love1 and L. Peters1 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, richard@gis.nmt.edu Recent geologic mapping and paleocurrent observations indicate that interbedded volcanic-rich conglomerates
Distribution of intermediate volcanic rocks on the Pajarito Plateau, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
K. E. Samuels1, D. E. Broxton1, D. T. Vaniman1, G. WoldeGabriel1, J. A. Wolff2, D. D. Hickmott1, E. C. Kluk1 and M. M. Fittipaldo1 1EES-6, Hydrology, Geochemistry, and Geology, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS T003,
Lacustrine depositional environments of the Pliocene-Pleistocene Mangas Basin, southwest New Mexico
D. M. Stout Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, dsfunk@yahoo.com The Mangas Basin in SW New Mexico, USA, is a Pliocene-Early Pleistocene extensional basin. During this time an axial fluvial system
An envirnmental magnetism investigation of the Pleistocene lacustrine sediments from the Valle Grande, New Mexico
L. L. Donohoo-Hurley1, J. W. Geissman1, P. J. Fawcett1, T. F. Wawrzyniec1 and F. Goff2 1Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, ldonohoo@unm.edu 2Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545
Interdisciplinary determination of active magmatic processes of the Socorro Magma body, central New Mexico
J. J. Morton1, S. L. Bilek1, R. Aster1, C. A. Rowe2 and A. V. Newman3 1Dept. of Earth & Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801, jmorton@nmt.edu 2Los Alamos National