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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
The Esinaso Formation revealed in aeromagnetic data: south of Santa Fe, New Mexico: Preliminary interpretations
V. J. S. Grauch1, Alvis L. Lisenbee2 and Mark R. Hudson3 1U. S. Geological Survey, MS 964, Federal Center, Denver, CO, 80225, tien@usgs.gov 2South Dakota School of Mines, Rapid City, SD, 57701 3U. S. Geological
A new tyrannosaurid (Dinosauria: theropoda) partial skeleton from the Upper Cretaceous Kirtland Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico
Thomas E. Williamson1 and Thomas D. Carr2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104-1375 2Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2C6, Canada A partial
Two new Pliocene (Blancan) vertebrate faunas from the Albuquerque Basin, north-central New Mexico
Gary S. Morgan1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 Ten sites from the Albuquerque Basin in north-central New Mexico have produced vertebrate
A probable decapod crustacean from the Upper Triassic Petrified Forest Formation of the Chinle Group, north-central New Mexico
L. F. Rinehart1, A. B. Heckert2 and S. G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, NM, 87104 2Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque,
Geology and taphonomy of the Peterson site, New Mexico’s most extensive Late Jurassic dinosaur quarry
Rodney Peterson1, Ronald Peterson1, N. V. D’Andrea1, Spencer G. Lucas1 and Andrew B. Heckert1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 The Peterson site NMMNH locality 3282 is the
A partial skull of a pachcephalosaurian dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Kirtland Formation, San Juan Basin, northwestern New Mexico
Thomas E. Williamson New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104-1375 A partial skull (NMMNH P-27403) from the Upper Cretaceous (upper Campanian) De-na-zin Member, Kirtland Formation, San Juan
Newly discovered skull of the Proboscidean Gomphotherium from the Miocene of the Espanola Basin, New Mexico
Spencer G. Lucas1, Andrew B. Heckert1 and Gary S. Morgan1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 A nearly complete skull of the primitive proboscidean Gomphotherium, New Mexico Museum
Continuity of Triassic strata and unconformities across the Rio Grande rift, north-central New Mexico
Spencer G. Lucas1, Andrew B. Heckert1 and John W. Estep1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 Middle Triassic strata of the Moenkopi Formation and Upper Triassic strata of
The Lower Cretaceous section at Eagle Nest, Luna County, New Mexico
John W. Estep1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 Lower Cretaceous strata exposed at Eagle Nest in Luna County (sec. 34, T27S
Geochemistry of host rocks, veins, replacements, and jasperoids in the Hillsboro district, Sierra County, New Mexico
Virginia T. McLemore1, M. T. Heizler2 and Erik A. Munroe3 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801, ginger@gis.nmt.edu 2New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 3Dept. of
A volcano revisited: A preliminary report of the geology of Los Lunas volcano, central New Mexico
Kurt Panter1, Bruce Hallett2, Dave Love3, Chris McKee3 and Rebecca Thompson1 1Western State College, Gunnison, CO, 81231, kpanter@western.edu 2Golder Associates Inc., Edgewood, NM, 87015 3New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801
Middle Proterozoic metamorphism and deformation in the Pecos Complex, New Mexico
Erwin A. Melis1, Laurel B. Goodwin1 and Matt Heizler2 1Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801, eamelis@nmt.edu 2New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, New
Preliminary studies of the recent soil-geomorphologic history of a fluvial system, Rio Calveras, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
Ivan Erchak1 and Tim Gere1 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 The disciplines of pedology and geomorphology have been integrated with great success, helping to illuminate processes of
A double-porosity model on ground-water flow in the Madera Formation based on spring hydrographs and aquifer test analyses from Placitas, New Mexico
Peggy Johnson New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801 The Madera Formation forms a carbonate aquifer of regional significance for ground-water development in the Sandia Mountains east of
Origami leads to orogeny: Use of three-dimensional paper models for geoscience education from mineralogy to earthquakes
David W. Love1, Jan Thomas1 and William C. Haneberg1 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801-4796 Basic geometric forms such as cubes, octahedra, rhombohedra,
Drill core, cuttings, and geological resources available at the New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Elizabeth R. Fleming1, Gretchen K. Hoffman1 and Adam S. Read1 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 The core and cutting library archives at
Jurassic stratigraphy in the Tijeras syncline, Bernalillo County, New Mexico
Spencer G. Lucas1, John W. Estep1 and Orin J. Anderson1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Rd. NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 Jurassic strata are intermittently exposed along the western, northern and