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Carlsbad Region (New Mexico and West Texas)

1993
357 pages

David W. Love, John W. Hawley, Barry S. Kues, George S. Austin, and Spencer G. Lucas, eds, 1993, 357 pages. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-44

$10.00

Research papers are free to download.
Roadlogs, mini-papers and some other sections are available in print.


SKU: FFC-44

About this guidebook

The 1993 New Mexico Geological Society/West Texas Geological Society joint Fall Field Conference tours the Permian-dominated landscape of southeastern New Mexico and adjacent areas of west Texas. This area is a common stomping ground for the West Texas Geological Society (WTGS), but the Field Conference is only the second one in the Carlsbad region for the New Mexico Geological Society (the first since 1954, Guidebook 5). We feel the collaboration between the two societies has produced a guidebook covering an extremely wide-ranging array of geologic interests, including Precambrian tectonics, Permian sequence stratigraphy, Triassic, Cretaceous and upper Cenozoic stratigraphy, Laramide structures, sulfur deposits in Neogene karst basins, Quaternary soils, overviews of potash and oil and gas resources, Guadalupe Mountain caves, the WIPP site and landfill locations. The first-day road log is from Carlsbad to Whites City, Orla, Loving, Potash Enclave and return to Carlsbad. The trip emphasizes the evolution of the Delaware Basin. The second day concentrates on the world-class geology and paleontology of the Guadalupe Escarpment from Whites City to Salt Basin. The road log begins in Carlsbad and then on to Whites City, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Salt Flat, Washington Ranch and return to Carlsbad. The third day traverses Permian basinal, shelf-edge, shelf-crest, inner-shelf and evaporite-shelf facies. The road log goes from Carlsbad to Dark Canyon, Last Chance Canyon, Sitting Bull Falls, and Rocky Arroyo before returning to Carlsbad.

Contents & downloads

Note — Downloads of the papers below are free.

Road logs, mini-papers, and some other sections of recent guidebooks are only available in print.

Front Matter

(includes Dedication, President’s Message, & Conference Organizer’s Message)

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Roadlogs

(each includes listed mini-papers)

First-day road log from Carlsbad to White City, Orla, Loving, Potash Enclave and return to Carlsbad.

George S. Austin, James M. Barker, Joseph E. Crawford, John W. Hawley, David W. Love, Spencer G. Lucas, and Jim W. Adams, pp. 1-42.

Mini-papers

Overview of the geomorphic history of the Carlsbad area

John W. Hawley, pp. 2-3.

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Some principles of calcisol development and soil-geomorphic relationships in southeastern New Mexico

John W. Hawley, pp. 4-5.

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K Hill and Yeso Hills selenite occurrence

Joseph E. Crawford, pp. 8-10.

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Sulfide/barite/fluorite ore deposits, Delaware Basin, New Mexico and west Texas

Carol A. Hill, pp. 10.

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The Castile as a “nonmarine” evapoite

Roger Y. Anderson, pp. 12-13.

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The Castile Formation: A continuing paradox

Alick B. Leslie, Alan Kendall, and Gill Harwood, pp. 13-14.

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Castile microfolding

A. J. Watkinson and J. I. D. Alexander, pp. 14-16.

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Geology of the Pokorny sulfur deposit, Culberson County, Texas

George F. Klemmick, pp. 18-19.

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The geology and development of the Phillips Ranch sulfur deposit

James R. Gulinger, pp. 21-23.

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Progress report on ground-water movement within the sulfur-bearing zones of the lower Castile Formation at Phillips Ranch deposit, Culberson County, Texas

Teri D. Davis, pp. 23-26.

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Upper Neogene valley and depression fills of the Orla, Texas area

John W. Hawley, pp. 27.

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Post-tectonic reheating of portions of the Permian Basin as expressed by iso-reflectance lines on regional structural sections

Charles E. Barker and Mark J. Pawlewicz, pp. 29-30.

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Cenozoic confusion, controversy and collapse at Pierce Canyon

John W. Hawley, David Love, and Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 33-34.

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A total dissolved solids map for the northern portion of the Capitan aquifer

Michael G. Wallace, pp. 38-39.

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Federal management of the potash area in southeastern New Mexico

James A. Olsen, pp. 39-41.

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Second-day road log frm Carlsbad to White City, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Salt Flat, Washington Ranch and return to Carlsbad

Jim W. Adams, John W. Hawley, Lloyd C. Pray, and David W. Love, pp. 43-67.

Mini-papers

The Wallace Pratt Ship-on-the-Desert Research Center, Guadalupe Mountains National Park

Jim W. Adams and Larry E. Henderson, pp. 48-49.

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The Frijoles Ranch complex: Pioneer legacy of the Guadalupes

Brent Wauer and Ben. Gilmore, pp. 53-54.

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The Pinery Station of the Butterfield Overland Stagecoach line

Jim W. Adams, pp. 54-55.

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Diversity of life in Guadalupe Mountains National Park

Michael Baldree, pp. 55-56.

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Geology of the west face of the Guadalupe Mountains

Lloyd C. Pray and Jim W. Adams, pp. 63-65.

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History of the Washington Ranch, Eddy County, New Mexico

Peggy L. Burton, Jim W. Adams, and Carl Engwall, pp. 65-67.

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Third-day road log: From Carlsbad to Dark Canyon, Last Chance Canyon, Sitting Bull Falls, Rocky Arroyo and return tp Carlsbad

Jim W. Adams, David W. Love, and John W. Hawley, pp. 69-86.

Mini-papers

Brantley Lake State Park

Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 79-80.

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Globe Plaster Mining Co., Oriental, New Mexico

Virginia T. McLemore, pp. 80.

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Production history and geology of Avalon (Delaware) field

D. L. Cantrell and T. V. Kane, pp. 81-82.

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Standing on sand: A short history of the Carlsbad area

Jed Howard, pp. 84-86.

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Supplemental road log 1: From Pierce Canyon (First day Stop 6) to New Mexico Highway 31/128 junction north of Salt Lake, via Mescalero Plain, Los Medanos (WIPP) and Nash Draw

John W. Hawley and David W. Love, pp. 87-97.

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Summary of Delaware Basin end-stage deposits

Robert M. Holt and Dennis W. Powers, pp. 90-92.

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Environmental evaluation group’s environmental monitoring of the WIPP site

Jim W. Kenney, pp. 92-94.

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New Mexico Environment Department DOE/WIPP oversight

Paul E. Sanchez, pp. 94-96.

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Supplemental road log 2: From junction of NM-137 and Sitting Bull Falls road to Salt Flat graben, via Queen, west Guadalupe Rim, El Paso Gap, Dog Canyon and Crow Flats

David W. Love and John W. Hawley, pp. 99-107.

Supplemental road log 3: From US-285/NM-524 junction, Happy Valley and Carlsbad Civic Center, via truck bypass route and Standpipe road

John W. Hawley, pp. 109.

Roadlog References

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Papers

Elemental sulfur in caves of the Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico

Kimberley I. Cunningham, Harvey R. DuChene, and Charles E. Spirakis, pp. 129-136.

Middle-late Proterozoic extension in the Carlsbad region of southeastern New Mexico and west Texas

Donald C. Adams, Mark A. Ouimette, and Fred Moreno, pp. 137-144.

Geology and mineral resources in the Cornudas Mountains, Otero County, New Mexico and Hudspeth County, Texas

Virginia T. McLemore and James R. Guilinger, pp. 145-153.

Erosional margins and patterns of subsidence in the late Paleozoic west Texas basin and adjoining basins of west Texas and New Mexico

Thomas E. Ewing, pp. 155-166.

Small-scale structures in the Guadalupe Mountains region: Implication for Laramide stress trends in the Permian Basin

Erdlac, Richard J., Jr., pp. 167-174.

A contribution to the evolving stratigraphic framework of middle Permian strata of the Delaware Basin, Texas and New Mexico

Charles H. Kerans, W. M. Fitchen, M. H. Gardner, and B. R. Wardlaw, pp. 175-184.

Sequence stratigraphic framework of the upper San Andres Formation and equivalent basinal strata in the Brokeoff Mountains, Otero County, New Mexico

William M. Fitchen, pp. 185-193.

Anatomy of offlap: Upper San Andres Formation (Permian, Guadalupian), Last Chance Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico

Mark D. Sonnenfeld, pp. 195-203.

Outcrop permeabilities within four facies of a single depositional parasequence, upper San Andres Formation (Permian, Guadalupian/Leonardian), Lawyer Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains, Otero County, New Mexico

Malcolm A. Ferris, Charles Kerans, and Sharp, John M., Jr., pp. 205-210.

Late Triassic vertebrates from the Dockum Formation near Otis Chalk, Howard County, Texas

Spencer G. Lucas, Adrian P. Hunt, and Robert Kahle, pp. 237-244.

Stratigraphy, paleontology and correlation of lower Cretaceous exposures in southeastern New Mexico

Barry S. Kues and Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 245-260.

Post-Pleistocene patterns of shallow groundwater flow in the Delaware Basin, southeastern New Mexico and west Texas

Thomas F. Corbet and Michael G. Wallace, pp. 321-325.

A reconnaissance study of mercury and base metal concentrations in water and stream- and lake-sediment samples along the Pecos River, eastern New Mexico

Virginia T. McLemore, Lynn A. Brandvold, and Donald K. Brandvold, pp. 339-351.

Back Matter

(usually includes a stratigraphic column and/or correlation chart)

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Recommended citation

  1. Love, D. W.; Hawley, J. W.; Kues, B. S.; Austin, G. S.; Lucas, S. G.; [eds.], 1993, Carlsbad Region (New Mexico and West Texas), New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook, 44th Annual Field Conference, 357 pp. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-44