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Middle Turonian selachian faunas and paleoecology, central New Mexico
Sally C. Williams1 and Spencer G. Lucas2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, stripepike@mac.com 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 Middle
Transfer of UALP San Juan Vertebrate Collection to the NMMNH
T. E. Williamson1, P. M. Hester2 and S. P. Bednarski1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, thomas.williamson@state.nm.us 2US Bureau of Land Management, 435 Montano, NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87107
Stratigraphy and structure of the southern Espanola Basin, New Mexico
D. J. Koning1, P. S. Johnson1, A. S. Read1, V. J. S. Grauch2 and S. A. Minor2 1N.M. Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, dkoning@nmt.edu 2U. S. Geological Survey,
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
Characterization of the October microearthquake swarm in the Socorro region
J. Stankova1 and S. Bilek1 1Earth & Environmental Science Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, janas@nmt.edu Socorro, New Mexico lies in a region of increased seismicity caused
Pleistocene (Rancholabrean) mammals derived from fissure deposits in the Jurassic Todilto Formation, Sandoval County, New Mexico
G. S. Morgan1 and L. F. Rinehart1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, gary.morgan1@state.nm.us A Pleistocene site containing skeletons of large mammals preserved in fissure-fill deposits was discovered
The first record of the Giant Crocodylian Deinosuchus from the Upper Cretaceous of the San Juan Baisn, New Mexico
J. A. Spielman1, S. G. Lucas1 and R. M. Sullivan2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Rd. NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104-1375, Justin.Spielmann1@state.nm.us 2Section of Paleontology and Geology, The State
Paleopathology in New Mexican Tyrannosaurs from the Upper Campanian Kirtland Formation
T. D. Carr1 and T. E. Williamson2 1Department of Biology, Division of Natural Sciences, Carthage College, 2001 Alford Park Drive, Kenosha, WI, 53140-1994 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM,
Paleomagnetic data from the Pennsylvanian-Permian Horquilla Formation and probable Cenozoic rotation of the Big Hatchet Mountains, southwestern New Mexico
K. E. Zeigler1, J. W. Geissman1, S. G. Lucas2 and R. Molina-Garza3 1Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, bludragon@gmail.com 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, 1801 Mountain
Stratigraphic changes across an intrabasinal fault, Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico
G. A. Smith Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, gsmith@unm.edu Within extensional basins stratal thicknesses change across intrabasinal faults as well as at the basin margins. Superb outcrops
Structural and stratigraphic observations of Waulsortian mud mounds in the Sacramento Mountains, south-central New Mexico
J. G. Romero1 and K. A. Giles1 1Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, MSC 3AB, P.O. Box 3001, Las Cruces, NM, 88003-3001, giovaro@nmsu.edu Structural and stratigraphic observations on the Waulsortian mud mounds in
Long-range transport of particles from regional dust storms, originating in the Chihuahuan desert
S. M. Canalda1, T. E. Gill1 and S. P. Emmert1 1Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University Avenue, El Paso, TX, 79968, smcanalda@utep.edu There are dust storms that originate
Investigation of obsiidian hydration and implications for 40Ar/39Ar dating method
Ariel K. Dickens1, W. C. McIntosh2 and Nelia W. Dunbar2 1Dept. Earth and Environmental Science, NM Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801, ariel@nmt.edu 2Dept. Earth and Environmental Science and New Mexico Bureau of Geology, NM Tech, Socorro,
Petrography and geometry of Oligocene mafic dikes near Riley, New Mexico-indications of northward dike propagation into southeastern margin of the Colorado Plateau
Melissa I. Dimeo Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801, mdimeo@nmt.edu Many NNE- and NNW-striking mafic dikes (~100) are exposed across an eight km-wide swath of
Magmatism, metamorphism, and deformation of Proterozoic Mazatzal Province crust: A comprehensive study from the Burro Mountains, southwest New Mexico
J. M. Amato1, A. O. Boullion1, A. E. Sanders1, G. Gehrels2, M. T. Heizler3, G. L. Farmer4 and L. C. Andronicos5 1Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88005, amato@nmsu.edu 2Geosciences, University of
A new age of 1,600 Ma for deposition of the Upper Manzano Group-Evidence for a progressive (1.66-1.60 Ga) Mazatzal Orogeny, central New Mexico
A. L. Luther1, J. V., III Jones2, L. L. Shastri3, M. L. Williams4, M. Jercinovic4 and K. E. Karlstrom1 1Earth & Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, aluther@unm.edu 2Geology Division, Univ. of
Development of a karst information portal (KIP) to advance research and education in global karst science
D. E. Northrup1, L. D. Hose2, T. A. Chavez3 and R. Brinkman4 1Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, MSC03 2020, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, dnorthup@unm.edu 2National Cave and Karst Research Institute, 1400 Commerce Drive, Suite