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BIRD FOOTRPINTS FROM THE MIOCENE “ABIQUIU” FORMATION OF NORTH-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO WITH A REVIEW OF CENOZOIC TETRAPOD TRACKS OF NEW MEXICO
Adrian P. Hunt1, Shari A. Kelley2 and Spencer G. Lucas3 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104-1375 2Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of
OVERVIEW OF GEOLOGY OF WINE-PRODUCING AREAS IN NEW MEXICO
Adrian P. Hunt1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104-1375 The first grapevines in New Mexico were planted in 1629 at Senecu, a
A NEW FLORA FROM THE CREVASSE CANYON FORMATION IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
Karen Jacobs New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801 This research documents a moderately well preserved, previously undescribed fossil leaf assemblage from the Crevasse Canyon Formation near Carthage, New
CAMPANIAN (LATE CRETACEOUS) SELACHIAN FAUNA FROM THE CLIFF HOUSE SANDSTONE NEAR CUBA, NEW MEXICO
Sally C. Johnson New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 Prominent outcrops of the Campanian Cliff House Sandstone in the San Pablo Quadrangle near Cuba, New Mexico, include a
STRATIGRAPHY AND TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS OF OLIGO-MIOCENE ROCKS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN JEMEZ MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO
Shari A. Kelley1 and Sean D. Connell2 1Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 2New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, Albuquerque, NM, 87106 Little
GEOLOGIC MAP AND VOLCANIC HISTORY OF THE BEAR SPRINGS PEAK 7.5-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, SOUTHERN JEMEZ MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO
K. A. Kempter1, S. Kelley2, G. R. Osburn3, C. A. Ferguson4, J. N. Gardner5 and W. C. McIntosh6 1 2623 Camino Pintores, Santa Fe, NM, 87505, kempter@cybermesa.com 2Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico
STRUCTURE AND MIDDLE-UPPER MIOCENE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE VELARDE GRABEN, NORTH-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO, AND LATE CENOZOIC TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS
Daniel J. Koning1, John F. Ferguson2, Scott Aby3, Patricia Paul4, Nelia Dunbar5 and W. Scott Baldridge6 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro,
LITHOFACIES AND PALEONENVIRONMENTS OF THE TYPE SECTION OF THE PENNSYLVANIAN OSHA CANYON FORMATION, JEMEZ MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO
Karl Krainer1 and Spencer G. Lucas2 1Institute of Geology & Paleontology, University if Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Rd. NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 The Pennsylvanian (Morrowan) Osha Canyon Formation
Turonian ammonites from the Upper Cretaceous D-Cross Member of the Mancos Shale, D-Cross Mountain, Catron and Socorro Counties, New Mexico
Paul L. Sealey1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 The zones of Prionocyclus wyomingensis, Scaphites ferronensis, and Prionocyclus novimexicanus are present in the D-Cross
Stratigraphy and correlation of the Upper Cretaceous Tohatchi Formation, Chuska Mountains, western New Mexico
Justin A. Spielmann1, Spencer G. Lucas2 and Dennis R. Braman3 1Dartmouth College, Hinman Box 4571, Hanover, NH, New Hampshire, 03755 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104
Cave ferromanganese deposits: subterranean soil development?
Michael N. Spilde1, Penelope J. Boston2 and Diana E. Northup3 1Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, mspilde@unm.edu 2Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 3Department of Biology, University
Detailed modeling of groundwater/surface water interactions near San Antonio, New Mexico (abs.)
Laura Jean Wilcox1, Nabil Shafike2 and Robert Bowman1 1New Mexico Institute of Technology, Department of Geoscience, Socorro, NM, 87801, 1jwilcox@nmt.edu 2NM Interstate Stream Commission, 121 Tijeras, NE -Suite 2000, Albuquerque, NM, 87102 Under the Rio
The Elephant Butte Tyrannosaurus Rex (abs.)
Thomas E. Williamson1 and Thomas D. Carr2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104, twilliamson@nmmnh.state.nm.us 2Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2C6, CANADA During
Seismic structure of the lithosphere from the Colorado Plateau/Rio Grande rift/Great Plains seismic transect (La Ristra) experiment
David Wilson1, Richard Aster1 and Ristra research team1 1Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801, davew@nmt.edu We examine the structure of the lithosphere in the southwestern United States using the
Deformation bands in non-welded ignimbrites: Petrophysical controls on their occurrence and implications for fluid flow
Jennifer E. Wilson1, Laurel, B. Goodwin1 and Claudia J. Lewis2 1Earth & Environmental Science Department, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, jenw@nmt.edu 2Los Alamos National Laboratory, EES-9, MS D462, Los Alamos, NM,
A time-averaged tetrapod bonebed: Taphonomy of the Early Permian Cardillo Quarry, Chama Basin, north-central New Mexico
K. E. Zeigler1, S. G. Lucas1, A. B. Heckert1, A. C. Henrici2 and D. S. Berman2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 2Carnegie Museum of Natural
Stratigraphy and taphonomy of the Upper Triassic Salitral Formation, Chinle Group, in north-central New Mexico
K. E. Zeigler1, S. G. Lucas1, J. Spielmann2 and V. Morgan1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Rd SW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 2Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, New Hampshire, 03755 In the
GROUNDWATER GEOLOGY OF TAOS VALLEY
Anthony L. Benson University of New Mexico, Taos, NM, AnthonyBenson@msn.com Over 1,000 water wells have been accurately located in Taos Valley and 1:24,000 scale maps have been prepared. Over 100 cross-sections were made to show
GEOLOGIC ASSESSMENT OF ACID CONSUMPTION FROM LEACHING OF OXIDE COPPER ORES OF THE EXOTIC EL TESORO COPPER DEPOSIT, NORTHERN CHILE
Dave Burney Dept. of Mineral Engineering, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, burndw@yahoo.com Northern Chile hosts some of the world’s largest copper ore deposits, including copper oxide systems
COMPARATIVE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE DAKOTA SANDSTONE ACROSS THE PICURIS–PECOS FAULT SYSTEM SOUTH OF LAMY, NEW MEXICO: DEFINITIVE EVIDENCE OF LARAMIDE STRIKE-SLIP
Steven M. Cather1 and Spencer G. Lucas2 1New Mexico Bureau of Geology, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, 2087, Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801, United States 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Rd.
HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSSIBLE COPPER-MOLYBDENUM PORPHYRY SYSTEM, WEBSTER PASS AREA, PARK AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO.
Josh Crook Dept. of Mineral Engineering, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801 Recent drilling near Webster Pass, Colorado, revealed the presence of a mineralized porphyry system.
MISSING ARC-VOLCANIC INPUT TO UPPER CRETACEOUS FORELAND BASIN DEPOSITS OF THE MEXCALA FORMATION, SOUTHERN MEXICO
Daniel F. Dehn1, Maya Elrick1 and Roberto Molina-Garza2 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, MSC03-2040, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131-0001, United States, dfdehn@unm.edu 2UNAM, Campus Juriquilla, Queretato, Mexico During the Jurassic through early
GEOMORPHIC S7ETTING OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND TIMING OF RECENT EOLIAN EVENTS ON THE PAJARITO PLATEAU, NEW MEXICO
Paul G. Drakos1 and Steven L. Reneau2 1Glorieta Geosciences, Inc., 1723 Second St., Santa Fe, NM, 87805 2Los Alamos National Laboratory, EES-9, MS D462, Los Alamos, NM, 87545 Five Coalition Period to Classic Period Ancestral
WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT ALONG GALLINAS CREEK SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATER PATHWAYS, LAS VEGAS, NEW MEXICO
Thomas Evans1, Daryl Williams1 and Jennifer Lindline1 1Environmental Geology Program, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM, 87801, United States We report preliminary results of a pilot study that compared the chemistry of surface water