NEW MEXICO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY · SPRING MEETING
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Overview of the NSF Earthtime Project-No dates no rates
M. T. Heizler New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, matt@nmt.edu There are many fundamental problems in the geosciences that we cannot adequately address without a highly resolved,
The CRONUS-Earth Project-How cosmic rays impact the study of Earth’s history
F. Phillips1, S. McGee1 and B. Borchers2 1Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801, phillips@nmt.edu 2Department of Mathematics, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801 In the past 20 years the
Big water science in the Rio Grande-The NSG SAHRA Center
Enrique R. Vivoni Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801, vivoni@nmt.edu In this talk, we will discuss the progress made in understanding and modeling the basin scale water balance in
Paleoecology of the aqueous paleoenvironments of the Late Cretaceous (Early Campanian) Allison Member of the Menefee Formation in northwestern New Mexico
C. Lewis1, A. B. Heckert2 and M. Forys3 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain RD. NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104, muaddib7@unm.edu 2Department of Geology, Appalachian State University, ASU Box 32067, Boone, NC,
Geology of Cerro del Grant Quadrangle, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, (poster)
J. R. Lawrence1, S. Kelley2 and M. Rampey3 1 2321 Elizabeth St. NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87112 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 3Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 425 EPS
Vadose zone characterization and monitoring beneath waste disposal pits using horizontal boreholes. ( poster)
S. G. McLin1, B. D. Newman2 and D. E. Broxton3 1Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, MS-K497, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, sgm@lanl.gov 2Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, MS-J495, Los Alamos, NM, 87545
An update on the surficial water resources in the Los Alamos area, New Mexico, (poster)
M. R. Dale1, K. P. Granzow1, D. E. Englert2, S. M. Yanicak1, R. E. Fort-Schmid2, P. A. Longmire3 and D. A. Counce3 1NMED DOE Oversight Bureau, 134 State Road 4, Suite A, White Rock, NM,
Quantifing the inflence of calcium carbonate accumulation on the hydraulic properties of semiarid soils: Sevilleta National Wild Life Refuge and Fite Ranch, New Mexico (poster)
Ryan McLin New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Pl #3191, Socorro, NM, 87801 Soil properties have a major influence on the partitioning of rainfall onto infiltration and runoff. Hence, they determine the
Sourcing arsenic in the Northern Gallinas watershed, (poster)
Valerie Duran1, Cathrine Tabe-Ebob1, Justin Johns-Kaysing1, Millie Running Eagle1 and Jennifer Lindline1 1Environmental Geology Program, New Mexico Highlands University, P. O. Box 9000, Las Vegas, NM, 87701 The Gallinas River is the primary source of
A synopsis of saline ground water resources in New Mexico, (poster)
G. F. Huff U.S Geological Survey, New Mexico State University, Dept. 3ARP, Las Cruces, NM, 8803, gfhuff@usgs.gov Increasing demand on limited potable ground-water supplies in New Mexico has stimulated interest in the use of saline
Prokaryotic diversity and biogeochemical cycling in the middle Rio Grande aquifer, New Mexico
S. Caldwell1, L. Crossey1 and C. Takacs-Vesbach2 1Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 2Biology, UNM, Albuquerque, NM Previous research has shown an increase in microbial activity with decreased oxygen availability in
Experimental determination of the biogenicity of moonmilk, and the characterization of moonmilk and its depositional environment in Spider Cave, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico, (poster)
M. Perrone1, K. Giles1, P. J. Boston2, D. E. Northup3 and M. N. Spilde4 1Geological Sciences, New Mexico State Univ, Breland Hall Rm. 129, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, mperrone@nmsu.edu 2Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science,
Cave response to surface climate variability: high-resolution drip rate data from bat cave passage Carlsbad Cavern, (poster)
J. B. T. Rasmussen1, V. J. Polyak1 and Y. Asmerom1 1Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, jbtoledo@unm.edu A number of paleoclimate studies depend on high-resolution stalagmite data as proxies for
Using apatitic conodonts as a proxy for paleoclimate change, (poster)
M. R. Emms1 and M. B. Elrick1 1Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 δ18O values from calcareous foraminifera and routinely used to determine ancient climatic features such as seawater temperature
Near surace geophysics for the structural analysis of a mine rock pile, northern New Mexico, (poster)
R. L. Van Dam1, L. A. Guteierrez2, V. T. Mclemore3, G. W. Wilson4, J. M. H. Hendrickx1 and B. M. Walker5 1Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM,
Clay mineralogy of alteration scars and rock piles, Questa area, New Mexico, (poster)
K. M. Donahue1, P. L. Hauff2, N. D. Dunbar1, V. W. Lueth1, V. T. Mclemore1 and L. Heizler1 1NM Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801 2Spectral International, Arvada, CO
Constraints on Ancestral Rocky Mountain and Laramide dextral-oblique deformation in north-central New Mexico using regoinal aeromagnetic patterns and structural balancing considerations, (poster)
S. M. Cather1 and K. E. Karlstrom2 1NM Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, steve@gis.nmt.edu 2Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131
Timing and style of deformation of the Southern Mazatzal Province, San Andres Mountains, New Mexico, (poster)
A. Serna1 and J. M. Amato1 1Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, NM The Proterozoic deformational history in the San Andres Mountains is being determined through field mapping and ongoing geochronology. The oldest
Geologic map of eastern Grand Canyon, Arizona: Documenting multi-phase Late Proterozoic deformation in the southwestern United States, (poster)
Michael J. Timmons1, Karl E. Karlstrom2, Joel Pederson3 and Matt Anders3 1NM Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801 2Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of
Constraints on timing of magmatism and deformation in Proterozoic plutons of the Burro Mountains, southwestern New Mexico, (poster)
Andre Boullion1, Jeffrey M. Amato1, George Gehrels2, Matthew Heizer3 and Richard Esser3 1Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 2Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 3NM Bureau of Geology
Opportunity for direct dating of ~1.65 GA quartzite-rhyolite sucession: were there two quartzite-rhyolite ” events” during crustal assembly of the Southwestern United States? (poster)
Amy Luther1 and Karl Karlstrom1 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Paleoproterozoic quartzite-rhyolite assemblages remain an enigmatic and poorly dated tectonic feature of the 1.70-1.65 Ga crustal assembly
Stratigraphic associations of Uncompahgre Group and Vallecito Conglomerate? Insight into Paleoproterozoic intracratonic basin formation, (poster)
Austin Zinsser1 and Karl E. Karlstrom1 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Thick successions of Proterozoic and lower Paleozoic quartz arenite are broadly distributed along the juvenile accretionary
Type section of the Pennsylvanian Sandia Formation, Sandia Mountains, New Mexico, (poster)
Karl Krainer1 and Spencer G. Lucas2 1Institute of Geology & Paleontology, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52, Innsbruck A-6020, Austria 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 In 1900, C.
Refinement of Upper Triassic Chinle Group biostratigraphy and magnetostratigraphy, Chama Basin, New Mexico, (poster)
Kate E. Zeigler1, John W. Geissman1 and Spencer G. Lucas2 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NE,