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Trackway evidence for tetrapod predation from the early Permian of southern New Mexico
Adrian P. Hunt1, Martin G. Lockley1 and Spencer G. Lucas2 1Department of Geology, University of Colorado at Denver, Campus Box 172, PO Box 173364, Denver, CO, 80217-3364 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain
Some observations concerning the relationship between the New Mexican tholeiitic and alkaline lavas of upper Cenozoic age
Libby Anthony1 and Jane Poths2 1Dept. of Geological Sciences, UTEP, EI Paso, TX, 79986 2Isotope and Nuclear Chemistry, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545 We will explore in this presentation some observations pertaining
Proterozoic and Cenozoic deformational history of the northern Sandia Mountains, New Mexico
C. L. Andronicos1 and Karl E. Karlstrom1 1Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131-1116 New detailed mapping (1:6000) of Proterozoic rocks SW of the town of Placitas, New Mexico,
Constraints on the deformational history of the Tijeras fault zone, north-central New Mexico
John C. Abbott1 and Laurel B. Goodwin1 1Department of Geoscience, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801 The Tijeras fault zone extends from north of the Manzanita Mountains northeast to the southernmost Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
Evidence for geologic membrane effects at two New Mexico red bed copper districts
Virgil W. Lueth1 and T. M. Whitworth1 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 Two examples of red bed copper mineralization were studied at the Scholle and Pastura districts in New
Potassium metasomatism of silicic ignimbrites: The relationship between the mineral assemblage and the chemical changes associated with potassic alteration
David J. Ennis1, N. W. Dunbar1 and A. R. Campbell1 1New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 Silicic Ignimbrites present within the Socorro, New Mexico area have undergone potassic alteration resulting in
40Ar/39Ar ages and geochemistry of the Cerro Toledo Rhyolite and associated tephra, Jemez volcanic field, New Mexico
Terry L. Spell1, P. R. Kyle2, I. McDougall3 and A. P. Doulgeris3 1Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia 2NMBMMR and Geoscience, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801 3RSES,
Geochemical differentiation of southwestern New Mexico fluorite-bearing deposits
Gregory T. Hill1, A. R. Campbell1 and P. R. Kyle1 1Dept. of Geosciences, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801 Fluorite-bearing deposits are common in southwestern New Mexico and include several genetic types. Epithermal fluorite-quartz ±
Paleomagnetic corelation of ignimbrites in the Steeple Rock mining district, southwest New Mexico
Robert M. Appelt New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Geoscience Dept., P.O. Box 3471 C/S, Socorro, NM, 87801 Directions of thermoremanent magnetizations (TRMs) have been used to correlate and identify ignimbrites (ash flow tuffs)
The impact of soil properties on uranium migration, Los Alamos National Laboratory
P. M. Watt1, P. Longmire2 and L. McFadden1 1Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 2Los Alamos National laboratory, CST-10 Group, Los Alamos, NM, 87545 A study of soil chemical and
Soils and geomorphology as a key to carbon cycling times in Palo Duro Canyon, central Rio Grande rift
Carol J. Treadwell Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Landscape evolution in Palo Duro Canyon, a Rio Grande tributary, has implications for carbon storage and cycling times in
Lead distribution and availability in contaminated soils at the Cuba smelter site, Socorro, New Mexico: Micromorphological, textural, and mineralogical study
Christopher P. Wolf1, P. S. Mozley1 and George S. Austin2 1Dept. of Geoscience, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 2New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of
In situ-produced 14Carbon in Late Quaternary lava flows of the Zuni-Bandera volcanic field, New Mexico
William M. Phillips1, N. A. Lifton1, J. Quade1 and A. J. T. Jull1 1Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721 The buildup of in situ-produced radiocarbon (14Cis) is potentially useful for dating geomorphic
Jemez River terraces: Preliminary constraints on Quaternary incision, terrace ages, and breaching of the Valles Caldera, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
John B. Rogers Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 The Jemez Mountains volcanic field in northern New Mexico, erupted catastrophically at 1.12 Ma, depositing the upper Bandelier Tuff
40Ar/39Ar geochronology of late Miocene to Pleistocene basalts of the Zuni-Bandera, Red Hill-Quemado, and Potrillo volcanic fields, New Mexico
William C. McIntosh New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 New 40Ar/39Ar age detenninations of basalts from the Zuni-Bandera, Red Hill-Quemado, and Potrillo volcanic fields have been obtained as part of
Characteristics of an early Pennsylvanian cycle in the Big Hatchet Mountains of New Mexico
E. W. Fry1 and D. B. Johnson1 1Department of Geoscience, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 As part of a larger study of cyclic sedimentation, a locally restricted karst surface was
A preliminary biogeochemical survey at the Copper Flat porphyry deposit near Hillsboro, New Mexico
R. J. Duncan P.O. Box 3458 c/s, Socorro, NM, 87801 A preliminary biogeochemical survey was conducted in areas around the Copper Flat Cu-Mo porphyry deposit. The purpose of the survey was to determine if copper
What is the Cochiti Formation?
Gary A. Smith1 and Alexis Lavine1 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 The definition, extent, and significance of the Neogene Cochiti Formation (CF) has beenasource of frustration for
Evidence for the evolution of a late Mississippian eolian environment in southwestern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona
David J. Sivils1 and David B. Johnson1 1Department of Geoscience, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 The limited distribution of outcrops and paucity of petrographic analyses of Upper Mississippian rocks in
Geochronology and geochemistry of basalts of the Zuni-Bandera volcanic field: A review and update
A. William Laughlin1, F. V. Perry2 and G. Woldegabriel2 1ICF Kaiser Engineers, Inc., Los Alamos, NM, 87544 2Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545 Basaltic volcanism within the 2500 km2 Zuni-Bandera volcanic field has
Sedimentation, deformation, and erosion related to Los Lunas volcanoes, central New Mexico
David W. Love1, C. B. Reynolds2, B. Hallett3, R. P. Lozinsky4 and T. Niemyjski5 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 2 4409 San Andres Avenue SE, Albuquerque, NM, 87110 3
Temporal, spatial, and chemical patterns of Quaternary basaltic volcanism in the Zuni-Bandera volcanic field, Cibola County, New Mexico
Joseph E. Andrew1 and A. M. Kudo1 1Dept. Earth and Planetary Science, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Field investigations of the Chain of Craters area of the Zuni-Bandera volcanic field suggest a strong
Eruptive history of the 3.9 Ma high-silica rhyolite volcano at No Agua Peaks, Taos County, New Mexico
James M. Barker1 and Richard M. Chamberlin1 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 Compositionally zoned, high-silica rhyolite ash-flow tuffs are commonly interpreted as the inverted equivalents of large vertically zoned
Pumice mining and environmental concerns in New Mexico
George S. Austin New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, 87801 Pumice is a volcanic rock, commonly rhyolitic, used as a building material since the Roman Empire because of its light color,