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Geology of the Chama Basin

2005
456 pages

Spencer G. Lucas, Kate E. Zeigler, Virgil W. Lueth and Donald E. Owen, eds, 2005, 456 pages. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-56

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


SKU: FFC-56

About this guidebook

The 56th New Mexico Geological Society Fall Field Conference will be held in the Chama-Ghost Ranch region, previously visited by NMGS in 1960 (Guidebook 11) and in 1974 (Guidebook 25). This conference moves across much of the southern and eastern Chama Basin. It begins outside of the basin in Espanola, then traverses the western Rio Grande rift and southern flank of the Chama Basin to progress to Ghost Ranch at the end of the first day via Abiquiu, Youngsville, Coyote, and Gallina. The second day moves from Ghost Ranch to Chama, and the last day visits Cumbres Pass, Los Brazos, and Heron Lake. There is also a supplemental road log from Tierra Amarilla to El Vado Dam.

Best Guidebook Award, 2007 — Geoscience Information Society

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)

Rio Grande rift to the Colorado Plateau. First-day road log from Espanola to Abiquiu, Youngsville, Coyote, Gallina and Ghost Ranch

Spencer G. Lucas, Daniel J. Koning, Andrew B. Heckert, Kate E. Zeigler, Adrian P. Hunt, Donald E. Owen, Florian Maldonado, and William R. Berglof, pp. 1-38.

Mini-papers

Quaternary terrace deposits along the lower Rio Chama and the Rio Chama-Rio Grande confluence: stratigraphic relations and possible displacement by the Santa Clara fault

Daniel J. Koning, pp. 6-7.

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Pliocene geologic features at the top of Southern Black Mesa, Espanola Basin, and peculiar alignment of topographic knobs in Servilleta Basalt

Daniel J. Koning, Shari Kelley, and Kirt Kempter, pp. 9-10.

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Dams and lakes of the Chama Basin area

Donald E. Owen, pp. 15-16.

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Preliminary magnetostratigraphic data from the Upper Triassic Poleo Formation (Chinle Group) at Abiquiu Dam, north-central New Mexico

Kate E. Zeigler, John W. Geissman, and Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 17-18.

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The Youngsville mammoth

Spencer G. Lucas, Gary S. Morgan, and Andrew B. Heckert, pp. 19.

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Vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Upper Triassic Salitral Formation, Chinle Group, north-central New Mexico

Kate E. Zeigler, Spencer G. Lucas, Justin A. Spielmann, and Vincent Morgan, pp. 20-21.

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Taphonomy of the Lower Permian Cardillo quarry, Chama Basin, north-central New Mexico

Kate E. Zeigler, Spencer G. Lucas, Amy Henrici, Andrew B. Heckert, and David S. Berman, pp. 22-23.

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Friedrich Von Huene and Triassic stratigraphy in the Chama Basin, New Mexico

Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 24.

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E. D. Cope and the first discovery of Triassic vertebrate fossils in the American West

Spencer G. Lucas, Adrian P. Hunt, and Andrew B. Heckert, pp. 26.

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Menefee Formation at the Gallina Hogback

Michael Iacoboni, pp. 28-29.

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A model for Laramide tectonic development of the Nacimiento-Gallina region

Steven M. Cather, pp. 29-34.

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New Mexico’s Triassic dinosaur district

Andrew B. Heckert, Spencer G. Lucas, Sullivan Robert M., and Adrian P. Hunt, pp. 34-36.

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The sage of Coelophysis

Spencer G. Lucas, Robert M. Sullivan, Adrian P. Hunt, and Andrew B. Heckert, pp. 37-38.

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Mesozoic stratigraphy of the Chama Basin. Second-day road log from Ghost Ranch to Tierra Amarilla and Chama

Spencer G. Lucas, Andrew B. Heckert, Kate E. Zeigler, Donald E. Owen, and Adrian Hunt, pp. 39-56.

Mini-papers

Fossils at Ghost Ranch: The Ruth Hall Museum of Paleontology Collection

Andrew B. Heckert, Spencer G. Lucas, Alex Downs, and Adrian P. Hunt, pp. 40-41.

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Taphonomy and sedimentology of the Upper Triassic Canjilon Quarry (Painted Desert Member of Petrified Forest Formation, Chinle Group), Chama Basin, north-central New Mexico

Jeffrey W. Martz and Kate E. Zeigler, pp. 41-43.

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New fossil fish locality in the Middle Jurassic Todilto Formation at Ghost Ranch, north-central New Mexico

Adrian P. Hunt, Spencer G. Lucas, and Alex Downs, pp. 45.

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The Snyder Quarry: A fire-related Upper Triassic fossil assemblage in north-central New Mexico

Kate E. Zeigler, pp. 48-50.

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J. S. Newberry and the geology of the Chama Basin

Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 53.

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The unsung revolt in Tierra Amarilla

Owen, Donald E., Jr., pp. 55-56.

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The San Juan volcanic field and Cretaceous depositional systems: Third-day road log from Chama to Cumbres Pass, Los Brazos, and Heron Lake

Spencer G. Lucas, Andrew B. Heckert, Kate E. Zeigler, Donald E. Owen, Adrian P. Hunt, Brian S. Brister, Larry S. Crumpler, and Justin A. Spielmann, pp. 57-68.

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Cooper Arroyo Sandstone Member of the Mancos Shale (Cretaceous) of the Chama Basin

Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 64-65.

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The San Juan-Chama Project

Kristan Cockerill, pp. 65-66.

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Tierra Amarilla to El Vado Dam: Third-day supplemental road log

Spencer G. Lucas, Donald E. Owen, Kate E. Zeigler, Adrian P. Hunt, and Andrew B. Heckert, pp. 69-70.

Roadlog References

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Plates

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Papers

Regional tectonic inferences for the 1.4 Ga-Holocene lateral slip history of the Picuris-Pecos and related faults, northern New Mexico

Steven M. Cather, J. Michael Timmons, and Karl E. Karlstrom, pp. 93-104.

Gravity and flexure models of the San Luis, Albuquerque, and Tularosa basins in the Rio Grande rift, New Mexico, and southern Colorado

Chloe Peterson and Mousumi Roy, pp. 105-114.

Paleomagnetism and mangetostratigraphy of the Upper Triassic Petrified Forest and Poleo formations, north-central New Mexico, and the Bluewater Creek and Lower Petrified Forest Formations, central New Mexico

Kate E. Zeigler, John W. Geissman, and Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 115-128.

The Pennsylvanian section at Chaves Box, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico

Spencer G. Lucas, Barry S. Kues, Kate E. Zeigler, and Karl Krainer, pp. 129-138.

Lithofacies of the Pennsylvanian Osha Canyon Formation at the type section, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico

Karl Krainer and Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 139-144.

Stratigraphy and correlation of the Permo-Carboniferous Cutler Group, Chama Basin, New Mexico

Spencer G. Lucas and Karl Krainer, pp. 145-159.

Review of Upper Triassic stratigraphy and biostratigraphy in the Chama Basin, northern New Mexico

Spencer G. Lucas, Kate E. Zeigler, Andrew B. Heckert, and Adrian P. Hunt, pp. 170-181.

Surface and subsurface stratigraphy of the Burro Canyon Formation, Dakota Sandstone, and intertongued Mancos Shale of the Chama Basin, New Mexico

Donald E. Owen, Angelique M. Forgas, Shawn A. Miller, Ryan J. Stelly, and Owen, Donald E., Jr., pp. 218-226.

The White Rock Mesa Member of the Dakota Sandstone (Cretaceous) of the San Juan Basin, New Mexico and Colorado, a formal new lithostratigraphic unit to replace the informal “Dakota Main Body”

Donald E. Owen and Owen, Donald E., Jr., pp. 227-230.

Age of the Cretaceous Menefee Formation, Gallina Hogback, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico

Spencer G. Lucas, Justin A. Spielmann, Dennis R. Braman, Brian S. Brister, Lisa Peters, and William C. McIntosh, pp. 231-235.

Stratigraphy and depositional trends in the Santa Fe Group near Espanola, north-central New Mexico: tectonic and climatic implications

Daniel J. Koning, Sean D. Connell, Gary S. Morgan, Lisa Peters, and William C. McIntosh, pp. 237-257.

Trackway of a giant Arthropleura from the Upper Pennsylvanian of El Cobre Canyon, New Mexico

Spencer G. Lucas, Allan J. Lerner, Joseph T. Hannibal, Adrian P. Hunt, and Joerg W. Schneider, pp. 279-282.

Early Permian vertebrate assemblage and its biostratigraphic significance, Arroyo del Agua, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico

Spencer G. Lucas, Susan K. Harris, Justin A. Spielmann, David S. Berman, Amy C. Henrici, Andrew B. Heckert, Kate E. Zeigler, and Larry F. Rinehart, pp. 288-296.

Taphonomy of the Lower Permian Cardillo Quarry, Chama Basin, north-central New Mexico

Kate E. Zeigler, Spencer G. Lucas, Andrew B. Heckert, Amy C. Henrici, and David S. Berman, pp. 297-301.

The vertebrate fauna of the Upper Triassic (Revueltian: Early-Mid Norian) Painted Desert Member (Petrified Forest Formation: Chinle Group) in the Chama Basin, northern New Mexico

Andrew B. Heckert, Spencer G. Lucas, Robert M. Sullivan, Adrian P. Hunt, and Justin A. Spielmann, pp. 302-318.

The microvertebrate fauna of the Upper Triassic (Revueltian) Snyder Quarry, north-central New Mexico

Andrew B. Heckert and Hillary S. Jenkins, pp. 319-334.

Vertebrate fauna of the Upper Triassic Mesa Montosa Member (Petrified Forest Formation, Chinle Group), Chama Basin, northern New Mexicio

Kate E. Zeigler, Spencer G. Lucas, and Vincent L. Morgan, pp. 335-340.

Taphonomic analysis of a fire-related Upper Triassic vertebrate fossil assemblage from north-central New Mexico

Kate E. Zeigler, Andrew B. Heckert, and Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 341-354.

Definition and correlation of the Lamyan: A new biochronological unit for the nonmarine Late Carnian (Late Triassic)

Adrian P. Hunt, Spencer G. Lucas, and Andrew B. Heckert, pp. 357-366.

Distribution and biochronology of Camarasaurus (Dinosaria, Sauropoda) from the Jurassic Morrison Formation of the Rocky Mountain Region

Takehito Ikejiri, pp. 367-379.

The Mosasaur Prognathodon from the Upper Cretaceous Lewis Shale near Durango, Colorado and distribution of Prognathodon in North America

Spencer G. Lucas, Takehito Ikejiri, Heather Maisch, Thomas Joyce, and Gary L. Gianniny, pp. 389-393.

Dinosaurs, pollen, and the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in the San Juan Basin

Robert M. Sullivan, Spencer G. Lucas, and Dennis R. Braman, pp. 395-407.

Late Hemphillian (Late Miocene) vertebrate fauna from the Black Mesa Quarry, Chamita Formation, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico

Gary S. Morgan, Daniel J. Koning, and Spencer G. Lucas, pp. 408-415.

The geological and geoarchaeological significance of Cerro Pedernal, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico

Gary A. Smith and Bruce B. Huckell, pp. 425-431.

Contrasts in Late Pleistocene to Holocene fluvial behavior along the Middle Rio Chama

Lyman Persico, Grant Meyer, Jed Frechette, Jennifer New, and Chris Hepler, pp. 432-433.

Insights into the petroleum geology and stratigraphy of the Dakota interval (Cretaceous) in the San Juan Basin, northwestern New Mexico and southwestern Colorado

Charles F. Head and Donald E. Owen, pp. 434-444.

Back Matter

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

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Recommended citation

  1. Lucas, Spencer G.; Zeigler, Kate E.; Lueth, Virgil W.; Owen, Donald E.; [eds.], 2005, Geology of the Chama Basin, New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook, 56th Annual Field Conference, 456 pp. ISBN: 9781585460915 https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-56