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A juvenile Pantolambda Bathmodon (Mammalia:Pantodonta) from the Early Paleocene (Torrejonian) Nacimiento Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico
Thomas E. Williamson1 and Paul L. Sealey1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 A partial skull and skeleton (NMMNH P-27844) from the Mixodectes pungens Zone of
Taxonomic revision of the genus Periptychus, a Paleocene “Condylarth” from the San Juan Basin, New Mexico
S. A. Libed1, E. Kondrashow2 and T. E. Williamson1 1New Mex. Mus. Nat. History, 1801 Mountain Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 2Paleontological Institute, Profsoyuznaya, 123, Moscow, Russia In 1881, E.D. Cope fIrst recognized
Pliocene (Blancan) vertebrates, from the Palomas Formation, Arroyo de la Parida, Socorro Basin, central New Mexico
G. S. Morgan1, S. G. Lucas1, P. L. Sealey1, S. D. Connell2 and D. W. Love3 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 2New Mexico Bureau of
Preliminary petrographic characterization of the Precambrian basement in Mescalero #1, Guadalupe County, New Mexico
J. F. A. Amarante1 and Shari A. Kelley1 1Dept of Earth and New Mexico Institute of Mining and Tech., Socorro, NM, New Mexico, 87801 Labrador Oil Company drilled a deep petroleum exploration well, Mescalero No.1,
Petrographic analysis of the Seven Rivers Formation carbonate reservoir, Fren Pool, Eddy County, New Mexico
Dana Ulmer-Scholle1 and Brian S. Brister2 1Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, dulmer@nmt.edu 2NMBM&MR, New Mexico Tech Fren (Seven Rivers) pool is areally and volumetrically the largest oil field producing from the
Evidence for long-lived Cenozoic deformation along the margin of the Colorado Plateau and Rio Grande rift in northern New Mexico
Jessica D. Moore Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, moss@unm.edu Geologic mapping astride Rio Grande rift-bounding normal faults near Abiquiu, NM, reveals evidence for structural deformation persisting from
Quantative strain analysis of Laramide deformation in the Little Hatchet Mountains, southwest New Mexico
Michael S. Cleary1 and Jeffrey M. Amato1 1Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88001, mcleary@nmsu.edu The Laramide orogeny was a major mountain-building event in the western United States that occurred from latest
Origin and development of the caves at the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, southwestern New Mexico
James C. Ratte U.S. Geological Survey, P.O.Box 25046, MS 905, Denver, CO, 80225 The Gila Cliff Dwellings were constructed by the Mogollon people, in seven natural caves or alcoves, in Gila conglomerate about 800 years
Stratigraphy of Rio Grande terrace deposits between San Felipe Pueblo and Los Lunas, Albuquerque Basin, New Mexico
Sean D. Connell1 and D. W. Love1 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801 We present stratigraphic and geomorphic evidence to
Estimates of CaCO3 accumulation rates from correlated fluvial terraces, Socorro Basin, New Mexico
H. L. Goldstein1, J. B. J. Harrison1, D. Love2 and P. Mozley1 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 2New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 The Rio
Alluvial aquifer metal precipitates within a mineralized region, northern New Mexico
Joan M. Otahal1, Laura B. Hagan1, Laura J. Crossey1 and Bruce D. Allen2 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, jotahal@unm.edi 2New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources,
Hydrogeology of the ground water flow system near Los Alamos, New Mexico
Stephen G. McLin LANL, P.O. Box 1663, MS-K497, Los Alamos, NM, New Mexico, 87544, mclins@lanl.gov The regional aquifer located below Pajarito Plateau is the only sustainable water source for municipal use. This aquifer is separated
Earthquake ground shaking hazard maps for the Albuquerque-Belen-Santa Fe, New Mexico corridor
I. Wong1, S. Olig1, M. Dober1, D. Wright1, P. Thomas1, W. Silva2, N. Gregor2 and S. Li2 1Seismic Hazards Group, URS Greiner Woodward Clyde, 500 12th Street, Oakland, CA, 95707 2Pacific Engineering & Analysis, El
Petroleum systems in late Paleozoic elevator basins, southern Ancestral Rocky Mountains
Ronald F. Broadhead New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, a Division of New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801 The Tucumcari, Estancia, Carrizozo, and Vaughn Basins are located in northeast and central New Mexico.
Regional analysis of the depositional environments of the lower Permian Yeso and Glorieta formations (abs)
Philip, A. Dinterman1 and Greg H. Mack1 1Dept of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003 The Lower Permian (Leonardian) Veso Formation in New Mexico consists of up to 300 m of
Type sections of the Upper Pennsylvanian Bruton and Bursum Formations, Socorro County, New Mexico
Spencer G. Lucas1, Barry S. Kues2, G. L. Wilde3 and K. Krainer4 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 2Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of
Recommendations for revision of Pennsylvanian lithostratigraphic nomenclature in New Mexico
Barry S. Kues Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Pennsylvanian lithostratigraphic nomenclature in NM has developed in piecemeal fashion over the past century, and in some cases is
A soil-geomorphologic investigation of the upper tributaries of the Rio Cebolla drainage basin, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
Tim Gere Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, timg@unm.edu The Rio Cebolla drainage basin is a relatively large basin (area=120 km2) located in the western part of the Jemez Mountains
A Late Quaternary climate record from Alpine catchments in the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains of northern New Mexico
Jake Armour1 and Peter J. Fawcett1 1E&PS, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, jarmour@unm.edu The southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains of northern New Mexico contain evidence of Quaternary glaciation, including a distinctive set of
Estimating hydraulic parameters from water-level fluctuations (abs)
Stephen G. McLin LANL, P.O. Box 1663, MS-K497, Los Alamos, NM, 87544, mclins@lanl.gov In October 1992, the Los Alamos National Laboratory began recording hourly water levels in numerous test wells that are completed into the
Subsurface geology of the Santa Fe embayment, New Mexico
Philip R., Jr. Grant Grant Enterprises, Inc., 9720-0 Candelaria Rd., NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87112, zorroplata@aol.com The Santa Fe embayment is a structural element of the Rio Grande rift-related Espanola basin. Until the advent of rifting
Latest Eocene felsic volcanic rocks from the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico
E. A. Melis1, C. J. Harpel1, S. A. Kelley1 and Paul W. Bauer2 1Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801, eamelis@nmt.edu 2New Mexico Bureau of Mines
Oligocene onset of Santa Fe Group sedimentation, near Santa Fe, New Mexico
Gary A. Smith Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, gsmith@unm.edu STATEMAP geologic mapping northeast of Santa Fe elucidates stratigraphic and structural relationships recording extensional foundering of the local
Hydrogeology and water resources at Eldorado and the Greater San Marcos watershed, Santa Fe, New Mexico
J. P. Frost New Mexico Office of the State Engineer “Eldorado” describes residential subdivisions created over the last thirty years by AMREP, also the developer of Rio Rancho. This city of gold covers about 40