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The Middle Rio Grande Basin: Historical Descriptions and Reconstruction
CHAPTER 4 THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE BASIN: HISTORICAL DESCRIPTIONS AND RECONSTRUCTION This chapter provides an overview of the historical con- The main two basins are flanked by fault-block moun- ditions of the Middle Rio Grande Basin, with emphasis tains, such as the Sandias (Fig. 40), or volcanic uplifts, on the main stem of the river and its major tributaries in such as the Jemez, volcanic flow fields, and gravelly high the study region, including the Santa Fe River, Galisteo terraces of the ancestral Rio Grande, which began to flow Creek, Jemez River, Las Huertas Creek, Rio Puerco, and about 5 million years ago. Besides the mountains, other Rio Salado (Fig. 40). A general reconstruction of hydro- upland landforms include plateaus, mesas, canyons, pied- logical and geomorphological conditions of the Rio monts (regionally known as bajadas), volcanic plugs or Grande and major tributaries, based primarily on first- necks, and calderas (Hawley 1986: 23–26). Major rocks in hand, historical descriptions, is presented. More detailed these uplands include Precambrian granites; Paleozoic data on the historic hydrology-geomorphology of the Rio limestones, sandstones, and shales; and Cenozoic basalts. Grande and major tributaries are presented in Chapter 5. The rift has filled primarily with alluvial and fluvial sedi- Historic plant communities, and their dominant spe- ments weathered from rock formations along the main cies, are also discussed. Fauna present in the late prehis- and tributary watersheds. Much more recently, aeolian toric and historic periods is documented by archeological materials from abused land surfaces have been and are remains of bones from archeological sites, images of being deposited on the floodplain of the river. -
Borrador Preliminar Del Plan De Gestion De Recursos Y De La Tierra Propuesto
Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos Borrador preliminar del plan de gestión de recursos y de la tierra propuesto para el Bosque Nacional de Carson [Versión 2] Condados de Río Arriba, Taos, Mora y Colfax en Nuevo México Región Sur del Servicio Forestal Publicación Nro. Diciembre de 2017 De acuerdo con la ley federal de los derechos civiles y con los reglamentos y políticas de derechos civiles del Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos (USDA), el USDA, sus agencias, oficinas y empleados, y las instituciones que participen o administren los programas del USDA tienen prohibido cualquier tipo de discriminación por raza, color, origen nacional, religión, sexo, identidad de género (incluida la expresión de género), orientación sexual, discapacidad, edad, estado civil, estado familiar/parental, ingresos derivados de un programa de asistencia pública, creencias políticas, represalia o acto de venganza por actividad previa a los derechos civiles, en cualquiera de los programas o actividades realizadas o financiadas por el USDA (no todos los fundamentos son aplicables a todos los programas). Los plazos para la presentación de recursos y quejas varían según el programa o el incidente. Las personas con discapacidades que requieran de medios de comunicación alternativos para obtener información sobre el programa (p. ej., Braille, caracteres grandes, cintas de audio, lenguaje estadounidense de señas, etc.) deben contactar a la agencia responsable o al TARGET Center del USDA al (202) 720-2600 (voz y TTY), o ponerse en contacto con el USDA a través del Servicio Federal de Transmisiones al (800) 877-8339. Asimismo, la información de los programas puede estar disponible en otros idiomas además del inglés. -
Mosaic of New Mexico's Scenery, Rocks, and History
Mosaic of New Mexico's Scenery, Rocks, and History SCENIC TRIPS TO THE GEOLOGIC PAST NO. 8 Scenic Trips to the Geologic Past Series: No. 1—SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO No. 2—TAOS—RED RIVER—EAGLE NEST, NEW MEXICO, CIRCLE DRIVE No. 3—ROSWELL—CAPITAN—RUIDOSO AND BOTTOMLESS LAKES STATE PARK, NEW MEXICO No. 4—SOUTHERN ZUNI MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO No. 5—SILVER CITY—SANTA RITA—HURLEY, NEW MEXICO No. 6—TRAIL GUIDE TO THE UPPER PECOS, NEW MEXICO No. 7—HIGH PLAINS NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO, RATON- CAPULIN MOUNTAIN—CLAYTON No. 8—MOSlAC OF NEW MEXICO'S SCENERY, ROCKS, AND HISTORY No. 9—ALBUQUERQUE—ITS MOUNTAINS, VALLEYS, WATER, AND VOLCANOES No. 10—SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO No. 11—CUMBRE,S AND TOLTEC SCENIC RAILROAD C O V E R : REDONDO PEAK, FROM JEMEZ CANYON (Forest Service, U.S.D.A., by John Whiteside) Mosaic of New Mexico's Scenery, Rocks, and History (Forest Service, U.S.D.A., by Robert W . Talbott) WHITEWATER CANYON NEAR GLENWOOD SCENIC TRIPS TO THE GEOLOGIC PAST NO. 8 Mosaic of New Mexico's Scenery, Rocks, a n d History edited by PAIGE W. CHRISTIANSEN and FRANK E. KOTTLOWSKI NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES 1972 NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY STIRLING A. COLGATE, President NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES & MINERAL RESOURCES FRANK E. KOTTLOWSKI, Director BOARD OF REGENTS Ex Officio Bruce King, Governor of New Mexico Leonard DeLayo, Superintendent of Public Instruction Appointed William G. Abbott, President, 1961-1979, Hobbs George A. Cowan, 1972-1975, Los Alamos Dave Rice, 1972-1977, Carlsbad Steve Torres, 1967-1979, Socorro James R. -
Compilation of Precambrian Isotopic Ages
COMPILATION OF PRECAMBRIAN ISOTOPIC AGES IN NEW MEXICO bY Paul W. Bauer and Terry R. Pollock New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Open-File Report 389 January, 1993 New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Socorro, New Mexico 87801 Table of Contents Introduction . 1 Acknowledgments . 4 Figure 1. Map of New Mexico showing exposures of Precambrian rocks, and mountains and physiographic provinces used in database 5 Table A. Geochronology laboratories listed in database, with number of determinations . Table B. Constants used for age recalculations Figure 2. Histograms of isotopic ages . Figure 3. Graph of igneous rocks which have U-Pb zircon plus Rb-Sr, K-Ar, or @ArP9Arage determinations . 8 Part I. List of isotopic age determinations by isotopic method . 9 a. U-Pbages . 9 b.Pb-Pb model ages . 16 c. Rb-Srages . 21 d. K-Arages . 38 e. Ar-Arages . 42 f. Sm-Nd, Fission-track, Pb-alpha, and determinations of uncertain geochronologic significance 45 Part 11. Comprehensive list of all isotopic age determinations withcomplete data listing . 48 Part III. List of isotopic age determinations by mountain range 94 Part IV. List of isotopic age determinations by rock unit . 102 Part V. List of isotopic age determinations by county 114 Part VI. References . 121 Appendix 1. List of areadesignations by county . 127 1 Introduction This compilation contains information on 350 published and unpublished radiometric ages for Precambrian rocks of New Mexico. All data were collected from original references, entered into a REFLEX database, and sorted according to several criteria. Based on author’s descriptions, samples were located as precisely as possible on 7.5’ topographic quadrangle maps, which are on file at the New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources. -
Trashing Our Treasures
Trashing our Treasures: Congressional Assault on the Best of America 2 Trashing our Treasures: Congressional Assault on the Best of America Kate Dylewsky and Nancy Pyne Environment America July 2012 3 Acknowledgments: Contents: The authors would like to thank Anna Aurilio for her guidance in this project. Introduction…………………………….……………….…...….. 5 Also thank you to Mary Rafferty, Ruth Musgrave, and Bentley Johnson for their support. California: 10 What’s at Stake………….…..……………………………..……. 11 Photographs in this report come from a variety of public domain and creative Legislative Threats……..………..………………..………..…. 13 commons sources, including contributors to Wikipedia and Flickr. Colorado: 14 What’s at Stake……..………..……………………..……..…… 15 Legislative Threats………………..………………………..…. 17 Minnesota: 18 What’s at Stake……………..………...……………….….……. 19 Legislative Threats……………..…………………...……..…. 20 Montana: 22 What’s at Stake………………..…………………….…….…... 23 Legislative Threats………………..………………...……..…. 24 Nevada: 26 What’s at Stake…………………..………………..……….…… 27 Legislative Threats…..……………..………………….…..…. 28 New Mexico: What’s at Stake…………..…………………….…………..…... 30 Legislative Threats………………………….....…………...…. 33 Oregon: 34 What’s at Stake………………....……………..…..……..……. 35 Legislative Threats………….……..……………..………..…. 37 Pennsylvania: 38 What’s at Stake………...…………..……………….…………. 39 Legislative Threats………....…….…………….…………..… 41 Virginia: 42 What’s at Stake………………...…………...…………….……. 43 Legislative Threats………..……………………..………...…. 45 Conclusion……………………….……………………………..… 46 References…………………..……………….………………….. -
Pecos Wilderness Backpacking Trip July 3 - July 9, 2012
The Dallas Sierra Club invites you for a Pecos Wilderness Backpacking Trip July 3 - July 9, 2012 Trip Coordinator: Mark Stein, [email protected], 214.526.3733 Hike, camp and explore the mountains and meadows of high northern New Mexico on an extended Fourth of July weekend! When do we go? We’ll leave the Walmart parking lot (northeast quadrant of I-635 and Midway Road) at 7:00 PM on Tuesday, July 3. Arrive by 6:30 PM to load your gear. We’ve chartered a sleeper bus that converts from aircraft seating to bunks. Leave a car at Walmart if you wish. Neither the Sierra Club nor Wal-Mart assumes responsibility for your car or its contents, but Walmart is open 24 hours, the lot is lighted and we’ve not experienced a problem with parked vehicles. We’ll returns by 6:00 AM on Monday, July 9. Cost is $295 per person if your check and forms arrive by June 4. The price includes transportation, hike leadership by trained, experienced Sierra Club volunteers, beverages on the bus and Forest Service fees. For Trip 1, add $60 for a night’s lodging at the Santa Fe Sage Inn. Registration after June 4 is $325. Any receipts in excess of actual expenses will be applied to leader training and other Dallas Sierra Club activities. Checks payable to “Dallas Sierra Club” should be mailed with the signed liability waiver, medical information form and trip preferences form to Mark Stein, 3733 Shenandoah, Dallas, TX 75205. If you cancel before June 4, we’ll refund all but $30. -
Southwestern Trees
I SOUTHWESTERN TREES A Guide to the Native Species of New Mexico and Arizona Agriculture Handbook No. 9 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Forest Service SOUTHWESTERN TREES A Guide to the Native Species of New Mexico and Arizona By ELBERT L. LITTLE, JR., Forester (Dendrology) FOREST SERVICE Agriculture Handbook No. 9 U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE DECEMBER 1950 Reviewed and approved for reprinting August 1968 For sale by the Superintendent oí Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 - CONTENTS Page Page Introduction . 1 Spurge family (Euphorbiaceae) . 76 Vegetation of New Mexico and Cashew family (Anacardiaceae) . 78 Arizona 4 Bittersweet family (Celastraceae) 79 Forests of New Mexico and Arizona 9 Maple family (Aceraceae) .... 80 How to use this handbook 10 Soapberry family (Sapindaceae) . 82 Pine family (Pinaceae) .-..,.. 10 Buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae) . 83 Palm family (Palmae) 24 Sterculla family (Sterculiaceae) . 86 Lily family (Liliaceae) 26 Tamarisk family (Tamaricaceae) . 86 Willow family (Salicaceae) .... 31 Allthorn family (Koeberliniaceae) 88 Walnut family (Juglandaceae) . 42 Cactus family (Cactaceae) .... 88 Birch family (Betulaceae) .... 44 Dogwood family (Cornaceae) . , 95 Beech family (Fagaceae) .... 46 Heath family (Ericaceae) .... 96 Elm family (Ulmaceae) 53 Sapote family (Sapotaceae) ... 97 Mulberry family (Moraceae) ... 54 Olive family (Oleaceae) 98 Sycamore family (Platanaceae) . 54 Nightshade family (Solanaceae) . 101 Rose family (Rosaceae) 55 Bignonia family (Bignoniaceae) . 102 Legume family (Leguminosae) . 63 Honeysuckle family (Caprifo- liaceae) 103 Rue family (Rutaceae) 73 Selected references 104 Ailanthus family (Simaroubaceae) 74 Index of common and scientific Bur sera family (Burseraceae) . 75 names 106 11 SOUTHWESTERN TREES A Guide to the Native Species of New Mexico and Arizona INTRODUCTION The Southwest, where the low, hot, barren Mexican deserts meet the lofty, cool, forested Rocky Mountains in New Mexico and Ari- zona, has an unsuspected richness of native trees. -
Draft Forest Plan
United States Department of Agriculture Santa Fe National Forest Draft Land Management Plan Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Mora, and Los Alamos Counties, New Mexico Forest Santa Fe Southwestern Region MB-R3-10-28 Service National Forest June 2019 Cover photo: Santa Fe National Forest visitors camping under the stars in the Pecos Ranger District. In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the responsible Agency or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English. To file a program discrimination complaint, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, AD-3027, found online at http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html and at any USDA office or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. -
Chaco's Place in the Formalized Landscape.Pdf
CHACO’S PLACE IN THE FORMALIZED LANDSCAPE DESIGN AND SURVEYING OF LARGE SCALE GEOMETRIES AS Hopi ceremonial instrument RITUAL PRACTICE DENNIS DOXTATER - UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA Biographic Note The author is a licensed architect with professional academic and practice experience in architecture and landscape architecture. A professional Bachelor of Architecture is from the University of Washington, Seattle, with a M.A. in Socio-Cultural Anthropology at the same institution. A Doctor of Architecture comes from an interdisciplinary program at the University of Michigan. Present status is Professor Emeritus in the College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture at the University of Arizona. The ancestral Doxtater name is Oneida Indian. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 1 READING THIS BOOK FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS 3 Social organization 3 Introducing probability comparisons between existing and random patterns 4 “Reading” the design analyses 6 A note to archaeologists 9 1. Toward an Evolutionary Theory of Formalized Large Scale Ritual 11 Frameworks in the Landscape Shamanistic use of “web” structures in the landscape 11 Ritually used cross frameworks in the larger landscape 26 Archaeological interpretations of the interim between shamanistic and 32 historic landscapes Possible origins of ritual landscape cross structures on the Southern Colorado 39 Plateau 2. Probability Comparisons: Alignment Involvement of Great Kiva 51 Locations Existing literature on random comparisons 51 Influence of large scale natural topography on alignments 52 Natural features used in the analysis 57 Locations of great kiva sites 58 Comparing BMIII/PI and PII/PIII 70 3. A Surveyed East Meridian and First Triadic Structure of Chaco 79 The first built ceremonial site as mediator of a large scale bipolar line 84 Intercardinal axes and a triadic ritual definition in Chaco Canyon 86 Great kiva linkage to the landscape: “villages” in the West 93 PROBABILITY TEST: THE MOUNT WILSON MERIDIAN 97 4. -
The Oil and Gas Resources of New Mexico SECOND EDITION
NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES BULLETIN 18 STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES PLATE 1 Ship Rock, northwestern San Juan County. An igneous intrusion with radiating dikes. In the Rattle- snake pool, less than five miles away, oil and gas have accumulated in Cretaceous strata similar to those in the foreground. (Spence Air Photos.) NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES RICHARD H. REECE President and Director BULLETIN NO. 18 The Oil and Gas Resources of New Mexico SECOND EDITION Compiled by ROBERT L. BATES Geologist, State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO 1942 CONTENTS Page The State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources ---------------------------------------------------- 12 Board of Regents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 Introduction, by Robert L. Bates -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 General statement ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 Purpose and scope of the report -------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 Acknowledgments -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------14 Geography and general geology, after D. E. Winchester ---------------------------------------------- 15 The Rocks ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 General statement, by Robert L. Bates ------------------------------------------------------------ -
Perennial Festuca (Gramineae) of New Mexico 1
Perennial Festuca (Gramineae) of New Mexico Item Type Article Authors Allred, Kelly W. Publisher University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) Journal Desert Plants Rights Copyright © Arizona Board of Regents. The University of Arizona. Download date 25/09/2021 08:18:24 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10150/555884 Festuca Allred 3 Perennial Festuca (Gramineae) of New Mexico 1 Kelly W. Allred Range Science Herbarium (NMCR), Department of Animal & Range Sciences New Mexico State University. Las Cruces, NM 88003 U.S.A. Wooton and Standley. in their landmark .. Flora ofNew Mexico" of 1915. gave the first accounting on a state-wide basis of the F estuca in New Mexico. They reported a total of seven species of this genus, five of which were perennials (Table 1). Four taxa haYe been recognized consistently since that time: ari=onica. brach.lphy/la (with a fine-tuning of the infraspecific status). sororia. and tlmrberi. Taxa corresponding to idalwensis and saximontana were added by Tidestrom & Kittell ( 1941 ). Allred ( 199 3) brought the total to ten (including one ornamental). and this work culminates in a treatment of 14 perennial species found to grow in New Mexico. The classification and identification of Festuca species has changed considerably during the last 25 years by the use of micro-morphological features such as leaf anatomy. chromosome number, and pubescence of the ovary apex, as well as the more recent use of molecular information (e.g .• Aiken & Lefkovitch 1984; Aiken et al. 1997. 1998; Dube & Morrisett 1996; Fjellheim et al. 2001; Guldahl et al. 2001 ). Circumscription of taxa now largely depends on these newer features, though their recognition is assisted by the more easily observable characteristics ofleaf, panicle. -
Fire Lookout History of the Santa Fe National Forest
United States Department of Agriculture Fire Lookout History of the Santa Fe National Forest Santa Fe April Forest Service National Forest 2017 Cover. Barillas Lookout North Patrol Point, Melvin Fitzgerald, Assistant Ranger (mid-1950s, archeology binder 53, no. 5590, Santa Fe National Forest Supervisor’s Office) Fire Lookout History of the Santa Fe National Forest Barbara Zinn Barillas Fire Lookout, Santa Fe National Forest Prepared for Santa Fe National Forest Fire Management Program 11 Forest Lane Santa Fe, New Mexico 87508 Report No. R2017031000012 (Manuscript on File, Supervisor’s Office, Santa Fe National Forest, Heritage Program) Table of Contents List of Figures ........................................................................................................................................... vi List of Abbreviations ............................................................................................................................... ix Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................................................x Introduction ................................................................................................................................................1 Previous Research on Santa Fe National Forest Lookouts .....................................................................1 Terminology .............................................................................................................................................2