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Patterns of cementation along a Cenozoic normal fault: A record of paleoflow orientations
Laurel B. Goodwin1 and Peter S. Mozley1 1Department of Geoscience, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801 The Sand Hill fault is a steeply dipping normal fault that cuts poorly consolidated sediments of the Albuquerque Basin,
Tectonic controls on the distribution of hydrostratigraphic and lithofacies subdivisions of the middle and upper Sante Fe Group in the northern Albuquerque Basin
John W. Hawley New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, 2808 Central SE, Albuquerque, NM, 87106 Internal structure of the northern Albuquerque Basin is characterized by a deep, asymmetrical (half-graben) basin that is tilted
Vertebrate taphofacies of the upper Triassic (Rhaetian) Redonda Formation, east-central New Mexico
Adrian P. Hunt1, A. B. Heckert2, S. G. Lucas2, M. G. Lockley1 and Paul L. Sealey2 1Department of Geology, University of Colorado at Denver, Campus Box 173364, Denver, NM, New Mexico, 80217-3364 2New Mexico Museum
Petrographic investigation of the Nacimiento Formation, southern San Juan Basin, northwest New Mexico
K. W. Holmes1 and L. J. Crossey1 1Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 The San Juan Basin is a Laramide-age broken foreland basin in northwestern New Mexico. The
Vertebrate paleontology and biochronology of the Santa Rosa Formation, Sante Fe County, north-central New Mexico
Adrian P. Hunt1, A. B. Heckert2 and S. G. Lucas2 1Department of Geology, University of Colorado at Denver, Campus Box 173364, Denver, NM, New Mexico, 80217-3364 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801
Secondary crystallization in the Tshirege Member of the Bandelier Tuff
Marty Horn Dept. of Geology, UT Arlington, Arlington, TX, 76019 The Tshirege member (Qbt) of the Bandelier Tuff is the youngest (ca. 1.0 Ma) large volume volcanic rock in the Jemez Mts.of northern New Mexico.
Origin and distribution of calcite cementation in the Zia Formation, Sante Fe Group, Albuquerque Basin
Joseph R. Beckner Department of Geoscience New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801 Calcite cemented zones in the Miocene Zia Formation of the lower Santa Fe Group exhibit a I wide range of morphologies, from isolated
PLEISTOCENE (RANCHOLABREAN) VERTEBRATE FOSSILS FROM SAND AND GRAVELS PITS NEAR ROSWELL, CHAVES COUNTY, NEW MEXICO
Gary S. Morgan1 and Lucas Spencer1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 Fossil vertebrates occur in Quaternary alluvium exposed in commercial sand and gravel pits in
A preliminary report on a new skull of Parasaurolophus from the Upper Cretaceous Kirtland Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico
Thomas E. Williamson1 and R. M. Sullivan2 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Alb., NM, New Mexico, 87104-1375 2Section of Paleontology and Geology, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Third
Ground-water flow and implications for microbial transport in the deep subsurface near Cerro Negro, New Mexico
M. Walvoord1, T. Kieft2, P. Pegram1, M. Person3 and F. M. Phillips1 1Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 2Biology Dept., New Mexico Institute of Mining
The Ceratopsian dinosaur Torosaurus from the McRae Formation, south-central New Mexico
Thomas E. Williamson1 and Spencer G. Lucas1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road N.W., Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 Red-bed mudstones and lenticular, trough-crossbedded sandstones of the Hall Lake Member
A tyrannosaurid skeleton from the Upper Cretaceous Kirtland Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico
Thomas E. Williamson New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountian Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 A partial skeleton of a tyrannosaurid is referred to Albertosaurus and represents the most complete skeleton of
High ground-water in Tijeras Arroyo, Hells Canyon, and Abo Arroyo: Evidence for a natural geologic origin
Dennis M. McQuillan1 and Michael Space2 1New Mexico Environment Department, NM 2Dames & Moore, Albuquerque, NM Nitrate-contaminated ground water has existed in Tijeras Arroyo and Hells Canyon (TA/HC), between the mountain front and Rio Grande
40Ar/39Ar thermochronology of low-temperature shear zones, Manzano Mountains, central New Mexico
Steven Ralser1, Matthew T. Heizler2 and Karl E. Karlstrom3 1Department of Geoscience, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801 2New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 3Department of Earth Sciences, University of
Preliminary hydrogeothermal studies across the Pecos River Valley in southeastern New Mexico
Marshall Reiter1 and David L. Jordan2 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801 2D. B. Stephens and Associates, 6020 Academy Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87109 Heat flow data
The effect of particle-size distribution on the base-metal geochemistry of stream-sediments from the upper Pecos River, New Mexico
Timothy C. Pease1, V. T. McLemore1, L. A. Brandvold1 and A. M. Hossain2 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 2Mathematics Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM,
A climatically driven fluvial cycle hypothesis for the fill terraces of the Jemez River, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
John B. Rogers E&PS, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 The Jemez River, a tributary ofthe Rio Grande, heads in the Jemez and Nacimiento Mountains of north-central New Mexico. Near its confluence with the
Identification of individual volcanic centers in the Eocene Palm Park and Rubio Peak Formations, southern New Mexico
Rebecca O. Ramirez1, M. S. Broadwell1, R. Gallegos1, M. Schmicker1, M. Haga1 and N. J. McMillan1 1Dept. Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003 The Eocene Palm Park and Rubio Peak Formations
Early Permian tracksite, base-level changes, and depositional cyclicity of intertongued Abo-Hueco strata, Robledo Mountains, New Mexico
Spencer G. Lucas1, A. B. Heckert2, O. J. Anderson3 and A. P. Hunt4 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road N.W., Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 2Department of Earth and Planetary
Monte Largo shear zone, Manzano Mountains, New Mexico: Tectonic significance and argon geochronology
Jospeh R. Marcoline1, Steven Ralser1 and M. T. Heizler1 1Geoscience Dept., New Mexico Tech and New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 The Monte Largo shear zone (MLSZ) located in the
Permeability, porosity, and grain-size distribution of Pliocene and Quaternary sediments of the Albuquerque Basin: Outcrop studies and subsurface investigations
Daniel M. Detmer Department of Geoscience, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 Outcrop studies allow valuable observation and measurement of the characteristics of similar deposits occurring in the subsurface, including permeability
Quaternary geologic framework of the Sandia Mountains piedmont, New Mexico
Sean D. Connell1 and Stephen G. Wells1 1Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA, 92521 Detailed quaternary geologic mapping of the Sandia Mountains piedmont, from Las Huertas Creek to Embudito Canyon, provides evidence
Recovery of garnet and sphalerite from Hanover Mill tailings, Grant County, New Mexico
Ulvi Cetin Minerals and Environmental Engineering Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Campus Station, Socorro, NM, 87801 The Hanover Mill Tailings were produced by Empire Zinc Mine at Hanover, Grant County, New Mexico.
Allochthonous nature of the lower Mississippian Waulsortian mounds in the Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico
Katherine A. Giles Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003 Waulsortian mounds comprise a distinctive assemblage of carbonate facies organized into a mounded geometry and apparently confined stratigraphically to the