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New Mexico Geological Society Annual Spring Meeting
April 17, 2026

Program and Abstracts

Online ISSN: 2834-5800

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Friday, April 17, 2026

Breakfast (burritos, muffins, fruit, coffee, tea, lemonade)

  Macey Upstairs Lobby: 7:30 AM - 8:15 AM

Welcome and Opening Remarks

  Auditorium: 8:15 AM - 8:20 AM

Theme Session- Lessons Learned from New Mexico's Landscapes:

 Auditorium: 8:20 AM - 10:00 AM
 Chair: Steve Wells
A Seismic-Hydraulic Approach to Monitoring Bedload Flux
— Daniel Cadol, Loc Luong, John Mitchell McLaughlin, and Susan Bilek
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Predicting Remotely Sensed Burn Severity using Bayesian Statistical Methods for Pre-fire Hazard Assessment
— Abelino Fernandez Leger, Dan Cadol, and Enrico Zorzetto
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
Geomorphic Implications of Late Pleistocene Pediment-Terrace Deposits on the Eastern Chuska Mountain Front in the Chaco River Watershed, Navajo Nation and McKinley County, New Mexico
— Kevin M. Hobbs
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Lessons Learned from the Desert Soil-Geomorphology Project, Southern New Mexico
— Curtis Monger and John W. Hawley
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Reconciling Faulting, Stratigraphy, and Paleoclimate in Low-Slip-Rate Basins: Climatic Modulation of Fault-Controlled Hanging-Wall Wedges in the Northwestern Albuquerque Basin, New Mexico
— Sean D. Connell, Daniel J. Koning, and Andrew P. Jochems
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Towards a Return to Stewardship: Lessons Learned from Watersheds and Communities Under Stress in the Eastern Navajo Nation
— Lani Tsinnajinnie
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM

Economic and Environmental Geology:

 Galena Room: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
 Chair: Nels Iverson
Hydrothermal Calcite-Fluid REE Partitioning Experiments at 200 °C and Saturated Water Vapor Pressure
— Willa Obringer and Alexander Gysi
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Geological Evolution and Mineral Deposits of the Eureka and Sylvanite Districts in the Little Hatchet Mountains
— Sarah Ann Moses, Virginia McLemore, Nels Iverson, and Nicole Hurtig
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
Uranium In-Situ Recovery (ISR) in New Mexico
— Benjamin Russ
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Geochemical Assessment of Critical Minerals in Mine Wastes in Central and Southern New Mexico
— Sebastian Nipah, Virginia McLemore, and Richard Kelley
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Geochemical Characterization of Critical Minerals in Mine Waste in the Carlsbad Potash District, and at the Questa Mine, New Mexico
— Lawrence Sarpong, Virginia T. McLemore, and Richard Kelley
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Wildfires & Mining Legacy: Interfacial Reactions Affecting Metal Mobility
— Eresay Alcantar-Velasquez, Lawrence Rael, Kahleya Chapmen, Katelin Fisher, Sakshi Patil, Eliane El Hayek, Angelica Benavidez, Abdul-Mehd Ali, Michael N. Spilde, Angélica Sáenz-Trevizo, Adrian Brearley, José M. Cerrato, and Johanna M. Blake
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM

Morning break featuring drinks, snacks, conversation

  Macey Upstairs Lobby: 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Keynote Address:

 Auditorium: 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
 Chair: Steve Wells
Keynote Address: Post-Fire Hydrologic Impacts and Lessons Learned From the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire, San Miguel, Mora and Taos Counties, New Mexico
— Jay Lazarus, Jim Riesterer, Paul Drakos, and Dane Goble
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

NMGS Business Meeting and Awards Ceremony

  Auditorium: 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM

Presentation of NMBGMR Earth Science Achievement Award to Dave Love

  Auditorium: 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Student-Professional Mixer Luncheon (ticket required)

  Deju House: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Lunch Break

  Socorro restaurants or New Mexico Tech cafeteria: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Hydrogeology:

 Auditorium: 1:30 PM - 3:15 PM
 Chair: Rachel Coyte
Watershed Aspect as the Dominant Control on Water Budgets: Results from an Eleven-Year Paired Basin Study
— Amy C. Lewis and Dan C. Cadol
1:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Three Years of Water Quality Data After the 2022 Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire; Amounts, Trends, and Impacts
— Jennifer Lindline, Kiara Takacs, Daniel Chadborn, and Marine Foucher
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM
Water Salinity and Trace Element Composition in the Bosque del Apache
— Antonio Chavez and Rachel Coyte
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Quantifying Surface and Groundwater Interactions in the San Acacia Reach, New Mexico
— Racha Berjaoui and Rachel M. Coyte
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Hydrogeological Controls on Redox Parameters in Arid Shallow Alluvial Systems
— Alexander Nelson Forsyth and Rachel Coyte
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Resistivity-to-Lithology Relationships Derived from Airborne Electromagnetic Surveys and Well Logs in New Mexico
— Amy Jordan, Sean D. Connell, Seogi Kang, Noah Dewar, Stacy Timmons, and Laila Sturgis
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM
Hydrogeophysical Imaging of Aquifers: Building a Statewide Hydrogeologic Framework for New Mexico
— Sean D. Connell, Amy Jordan, Peter Guerra, Ahsan Jamil, Seogi Kang, Noah Dewar, Stacy Timmons, and Laila Sturgis
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Tectonics, Stratigraphy, and Paleontology:

 Galena Room: 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
 Chair: Shari Kelley
He:N2 Ratios of Gases and What They Can Tell Us About Basement Generating Capacity of Helium: Clues From New Mexico
— Ronald F. Broadhead
1:30 PM - 1:45 PM
The Late Paleozoic Peñasco Uplift, Northern New Mexico
— Spencer G. Lucas and Karl Krainer
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM
Ichnofossil Assemblage of the Cambro-Ordovician Bliss Formation, Caballo Mountains, southern New Mexico: Greater Ichnoiversity Than Previously Recognized
— Paul T. May, Spencer G. Lucas, and Anton Becker-Stumpf
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM
The Utility of Track Width in Dinosaur Trackway Studies
— John B. Rogers and Spencer G. Lucas
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Rio Grande Terrace Stratigraphy and Ages near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
— Daniel J. Koning, Brad D. Sion, Richard P. Lozinsky, Kathleen Rodriguez, Andrew P. Jochems, and Nelia Dunbar
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Posters, afternoon snacks, cash bar with one free drink ticket

  Macey Upstairs Lobby: 3:15 PM - 5:00 PM

Poster Session:

 Macey Upstairs Lobby: 3:15 PM - 5:00 PM
 Chair: Nelia Dunbar
Quantifying Arroyo-Derived Sediment Inputs to the Middle Rio Grande
— Isabella Oviedo and Marisa Repasch
Booth: 1
Using Detailed Flash-Flood Sediment Transport Data to Validate Hydraulic Models
— Tiffany Spence and Daniel Cadol
Booth: 2
How Beaver Occupation Influenced Burn Severity, Habitat Resilience, and Landscape Recovery from the Hermits Peak Calf Canyon Fire
— Colman Lee, Jennifer Lindline, and Marine Foucher
Booth: 3
Improved bedrock mapping and analysis of fault geometry in the San Ysidro Quadrangle, NM
— Eli Roy Froning, Cameron Chavez Reed, Marisa Repasch, and Karl Karlstrom
Booth: 4
Origin and Climate Implications of Sedimentary Chert in Western Pangea: Middle Pennsylvanian Gray Mesa Formation, Placitas, New Mexico
— Blaine Cecil, Spencer G. Lucas, Jeffrey M. Rahl, James E. Barrick, and William A. DiMichele
Booth: 5
Investigation of the Possible Cretaceous Strata Exposed Along the Western Boundary Fault Zone, Franklin Mountains, El Paso, TX
— Yazmin Acuna, Daniela Jimenez, Victoria Olvera, Jay Chapman, Lily Jackson, and Richard Langford
Booth: 6
Syntectonic Deposition, Provenance, and Geochronology of the American Flag Formation, Oracle, Arizona: Constraints on Late Cretaceous–paleogene Deformation
— Alejandra Flores Aguilera, James B. Chapman, Lily J. Jackson, and Paulina Alverado
Booth: 7
New Petrologic Data on the Tooth of Time Landmark, Cimarron Range, New Mexico; Insights into its Origin and Emplacement
— Isaiah Archuleta, Jennifer Lindline, Marine Foucher, and Thomas Albers
Booth: 8
The Pemada Canyon Dike, an Extension of Previously Identified Volcanic Fields Within the Colorado Plateau or a Unique, Standalone Magmatic Event?
— Matthew Avery Ponce, Kevin M. Hobbs, Laura Waters, and Julia Ricci
Booth: 9
New Probe, Who Dis?
— Nels Iverson
Booth: 10
Critical Minerals Potential of Leaching Mine Wastes in Eureka, Hillsboro, McGhee Peak and Steeple Rock Districts in New Mexico, USA
— Rebecca A. Boakye, Virginia T. McLemore, Nicole Hurtig, and Bonnie Frey
Booth: 11
Mineral Chemistry, Architecture, and Fluid Evolution of the Victorio W–Mo–Be–F Magmatic–Hydrothermal System
— Jakob Newcomer and William Chavez
Booth: 12
Geologic Evolution and Mineralization of Distal Mineral Deposits: A Comparative Study of Luna and Sierra County, Southwestern New Mexico
— Samantha Beauchaine, Nels Iverson, Nicole Hurtig, and Virginia McLemore
Booth: 13
Microbial Communities in Legacy Mine Waste in New Mexico
— Melina C. Karavousanos, Mackenzie B. Best, Daniel S. Jones, and Virginia T. McLemore
Booth: 14
Is New Mexican Gypsum an Analog for Martian Sulfates? Insights from Geochemical, Mineralogical, and Depositional Signatures
— Luc E. Carbonneau and Daniel S. Jones
Booth: 15
A Play Fairway Techno-Economic Analysis of Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) Resources Potential in the Southern Albuquerque Basin Under Private Surface and Minerals Ownership Status
— James C. Witcher
Booth: 16
Groundwater discharge behavior at Government Spring, Central New Mexico
— Matthew Kaspar, Benjamin Tobin, and Margaret Furtner
Booth: 17
Microplastics Occurrence and Distribution in Freshwater Systems of an Arid Region: a Case Study From the Fort Stanton Cave Area, New Mexico
— Angela Bosco Mensah and Ranalda Tsosie
Booth: 18
Looking to the Past to Prepare for the Future: A spatiotemporal land use analysis of the irrigable acreage of La Acequia del Finado Francisco Martinez del Llano Quemado in Taos County, New Mexico
— Kamren S. Moore, Jennifer Lindline, Marine Foucher, and Michael Petronis
Booth: 19
Preliminary Data on Flow and Seepage for Assessing Surface Water–Groundwater Exchange in the Low Flow Conveyance Channel, Middle Rio Grande
— Tin Trung Nguyen and Dan Cadol
Booth: 20
Hyper-Resolution Hydrologic Modeling of Mountain Terrain in New Mexico Using HydroBlocks-Noah-MP
— Bernard Nkrumah Attobrah and Enrico Zorzetto
Booth: 21
Upper Cretaceous selachians and teleost from the Semilla Sandstone Member of the Carlile Shale, southeastern San Juan Basin, New Mexico
— Randy J. Pence, Luke Toll, and Spencer G. Lucas
Booth: 22
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Campanian) Ammonites and Inoceramids From the Hagan Basin, Sandoval County, New Mexico
— Paul L. Sealey and Spencer G. Lucas
Booth: 23