Search Spring Meeting Abstracts

New Mexico Geological Society Annual Spring Meeting
April 15-16, 2021, Virtual Meeting

2021 Proceedings Volume
Online ISSN: 2834-5800
https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2021

Results ordered by Year and Page (in Abstract Volume)

Provenance Trends From Modern Tributaries Along the Western Margin of the Rio Grande Rift, Implications for Drainage Development Post ~1 Ma

Rita L. Adamec, Brian A. Hampton, and Shay P. Ridl

p. 11. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2021.2764

Southeastern New Mexico Subsurface Mapping Project

Alyssa Renee Baca, Keith Diegel, Robert Pine, Colin Cikoski, Katie Zemlick, and Stacy Timmons

p. 12. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2021.2725

Results From Ongoing Water Quality Monitoring (february 2020 to Present) of the Upper Pecos River

Megan Begay, Letisha Mailboy, Kate Diem, Ezekiel Tapia, and Jennifer Lindline

p. 13. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2021.2774

Biostratigraphy/Ecostratigraphy of the Early Pennsylvanian Osha Canyon Formation at Guadalupe Box, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico

Patrick James Carey, Spencer Lucas, and Deborah Petrak Green

pp. 14-15. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2021.2730

Geochemistry of the U-Th-REE mineralized Tajo granite, Socorro County, New Mexico

Haley Dietz and Virginia T. McLemore

p. 16. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2021.2756

Quantitative, Qualitative, and Spatial Evaluation of Groundwater Recharge in the Salt Basin, NM/TX

Beth Ann Eberle and Daniel Cadol

pp. 17-18. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2021.2757

Assessment of Safe Aquifer Yields within the Salt Basin in NM and TX.

Elizabeth Evenocheck and Mark Person

p. 19. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2021.2759

Revisiting the Paleocene dinosaurs of the San Juan Basin in view of naysaying from the vertebrate-paleontologist community

James E. Fassett

pp. 20-21. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2021.2777

Flow Connectivity and Sediment Transport Modeling in Flashy Ephemeral Channel Networks

Sandra Glasgo, Daniel Cadol, Kyle Stark, Madeline Richards, and Jonathan Laronne

p. 22. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2021.2755

Detailed Investigations of Rendija Canyon Rhyodacite, a Complicated Volcanic Complex in the Sierra De Los Valles, Jemez Mountains Volcanic Field, New Mexico

Fraser Goff, Matthew Zimmerer, Donathon Krier, Cathy J. Goff, M. Steven Shackley, Jacob Gehrz, and Siobhan Niklasson

pp. 23-24. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2021.2754

You Don’t Look Like a Geologist – A Conversation on Diversity (or the Lack Thereof) in Our Profession

Deborah Green

p. 25. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2021.2779

A Study of Abandoned Mine Lands in New Mexico

Nicholas G. Harrison, Virginia T. McLemore, Marcus E. Silva, Navid Mojtabai, and John Asafo-Akowuah

pp. 26-27. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2021.2726

Geoarchaeology of Wwii Aircraft in New Mexico, USA

Adrian P. Hunt

p. 28. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2021.2772

The Importance of the Late Pennsylvanian Kinney Brick Quarry Lagerstätte of Central New Mexico for the Development of the Study of Vertebrate Consumulites and Other Bromalites

Adrian P. Hunt and Spencer G. Lucas

pp. 29-30. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2021.2770

Middle-Late Pleistocene geomorphic evolution of the eastern San Marcial basin, southern Rio Grande rift, New Mexico

Daniel J. Koning, David W. Love, Brad D. Sion, Kevin M. Hobbs, Andrew P. Jochems, and Kristin S. Pearthree

pp. 31-32. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2021.2769

Clayton Lake Dinosaur Tracksite Project: Paleontology by Drone

Michael A. Kvasnak, Althea M. Atherton, Bryan Burns, Melodi King, Amber Palmer, Michael Pitula, Tara Spurlock, John Beltran, Spencer G. Lucas, John B. Rogers, Richard P. Watson, and Theresa Watson

pp. 33-34. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2021.2740

A New Testudinoid Turtle from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Fruitland Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico

Asher Jacob Lichtig and Spencer G. Lucas

p. 35. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2021.2735

Fossil Turtles of New Mexico

Asher Jacob Lichtig and Spencer G. Lucas

p. 36. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2021.2736

The Amado Event—a Glacio-Eustatic Signal Across the Middle-Late Pennsylvanian Boundary in Central and Southern New Mexico

Spencer G. Lucas, Karl Krainer, James E. Barrick, Bruce D. Allen, William A. DiMichele, and Daniel Vachard

pp. 37-38. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2021.2718

The Early Cretaceous Dinosaur Tracksite at Clayton Lake: Overview and Previous Studies

Spencer G. Lucas, Althea M. Atherton, Bryan Burns, Melodi King, Michael A. Kvasnak, Amber Palmer, Michael Pitula, Tara Spurlock, John Beltran, John B. Rogers, Richard P. Watson, and Theresa Watson

pp. 39-40. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2021.2737

Structural evolution of the Reserve graben, New Mexico: Implications for extensional tectonics at the junction of the Rio Grande Rift, Basin and Range, and Colorado Plateau

Samuel Martin, Gary Axen, Jolante van Wijk, Daniel Koning, Matthew Heizler, and Connor Whitman

pp. 41-42. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2021.2761

Vertebrate Micro-Faunal Assemblages of Pogonomyrmex rugosus (Harvester Ant) Hills in the Tocito Sandstone (Late Cretaceous, Coniacian) of Sandoval County, New Mexico

Paul May, Randy Pence, and Spencer G. Lucas

p. 43. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2021.2720

Identifying Factors Controlling Flow Conveyance Losses In The Middle Rio Grande

Katie McLain, Marina Hein, Daniel Cadol, Talon Newton, and Benjamin Duval

p. 44. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2021.2765

Examining Potential Geochemical Indicators of Fenitization in Soil Samples Collected From the Gallinas Mountains, Lincoln County, New Mexico

Virginia T. McLemore and Keith Diegel

p. 45. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2021.2734

Mineral-Resource Potential in New Mexico

Virginia T. McLemore

p. 46. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2021.2762

Environmental Risk Communication and Engagement

Dennis McQuillan and Adria Bodour

pp. 47-49. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2021.2763

A “System of Systems” Approach to Regional Workforce Development

Dorian G. Newton

pp. 50-51. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2021.2727

Extensive Late Cretaceous (Coniacian), Mostly Marine Vertebrate Fossil Assemblages From the Southeastern San Juan Basin, New Mexico

Randy Pence, Paul May, and Spencer G. Lucas

p. 52. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2021.2723

Clayton Lake Dinosaur Tracksite - Surface Hydrology Analysis: Establishing a Baseline for Studies of Surface Erosion

Michael R. Pitula

pp. 53-54. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2021.2773

Clayton Lake Dinosaur Tracksite - Surface Hydrology Analysis: Establishing a Baseline for Studies of Surface Erosion

Michael M. Pitula, Althea M. Atherton, Bryan Burns, Melodi King, Michael A. Kvasnak, Amber Palmer, Tara Spurlock, John Beltran, Spencer G. Lucas, John B. Rogers, Richard P. Watson, and Theresa Watson

pp. 55-56. (withdrawn)

Detrital Zircon Provenance Trends Across the Plio-Pleistocene Upper Santa Fe Group, Implications for Drainage Evolution of the Ancestral Rio Grande Fluvial System

Shay P. Ridl, Brian A. Hampton, and Rita L. Adamec

pp. 57-58. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2021.2766

The Early Cretaceous Dinosaur Tracksite at Clayton Lake: Sedimentological Observations on the Main Track Level

John B. Rogers, Althea M. Atherton, Bryan Burns, Melodi King, Michael A. Kvasnak, Amber Palmer, Michael Pitula, Tara Spurlock, John Beltran, Spencer G. Lucas, Richard P. Watson, and Theresa Watson

pp. 59-60. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2021.2742

The Heteromorph Ammonite Hoploscaphites aff. H. nodosus (Owen, 1852) From the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) of New Mexico and Its Significance

Paul L. Sealey and Spencer G. Lucas

pp. 61-62. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2021.2716

Global context of sediment transport rates from a New Mexican ephemeral channel

Kyle Anderson Stark and Daniel Cadol

p. 63. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2021.2758

Evaluating the tectonic significance of the Moore Gulch shear zone, central Arizona with geochronologic, geochemical, and isotopic analysis of Paleoproterozoic plutonic rocks

Jason Adam Velasquez, Mark Edward Holland, and Sean P. Regan

p. 64. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2021.2760

Refining the age of the Reserve Graben, West-Central New Mexico, with ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dating.

Connor J. Whitman, Sam Martin, Gary Axen, Jolante van Wijk, Matthew Heizler, and Dan Koning

p. 65. https://doi.org/10.56577/SM-2021.2768