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New Mexico Geological Society Spring Meeting New Mexico Geological Society Spring Meeting Friday, April 27, 2012 Macey Center, 801 Leroy Place NM Tech Campus Socorro, New Mexico 87801 Table of Contents Schedule of Events p. 2 Abstracts, alphabetically by first author p. 6 NMGS Executive Committee President: Nelia Dunbar Vice President: Greg Mack Treasurer: Virginia McLemore Secretary: Mary Dowse Past President: Barry Kues 2011 Spring Meeting Committee Technical Program Chairs: Kate Zeigler and Gary Weissmann Logistical Chair: Dave Love Registration Chair: Connie Apache 1 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS – 2011 NMGS ANNUAL SPRING MEETING, REGISTRATION 7:30 – 8:20, ENTRY/FOYER, MACEY CENTER SESSION 1: THEME SESSION: EVALUATING SESSION 3: VOLCANICS AND TECTONICS HOW CONTINENTAL SEDIMENTARY - AUDITORIUM BASINS FILL: DEVELOPMENT AND PRESERVATION OF SEDIMENTARY 10:15-10:30 A. Tafoya, L. Crossey, K. Karlstrom, V. SUCCESSIONS - AUDITORIUM Polyak, Y. Asmerom and C. Cox URANIUM-SERIES DATING OF TRAVERTINE 8:20 – 8:30 THEME SESSION-WELCOME: FROM SODA DAM, NEW MEXICO: Gary Weissmann CONSTRUCTING A HISTORY OF DEPOSITION, WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR LANDSCAPE 8:30 – 9:00 KEYNOTE TALK: Gary Weissmann, EVOLUTION, PALEOHYDROLOGY AND Adrian Hartley, Gary Nichols and Louis Scuderi PALEOCLIMATOLOGY THE DISTRIBUTIVE FLUVIAL SYSTEM (DFS) PARADIGM: RE-EVALUATING FLUVIAL 10:30-10:45 J. Ricketts, A. Priewisch, M. Kolomaznik FACIES MODELS BASED ON OBSERVATIONS and K. Karlstrom FROM MODERN CONTINENTAL CALCITE-FILLED FRACTURES IN SEDIMENTARY BASINS TRAVERTINE USED TO CONSTRAIN THE TIMING AND ORIENTATION OF 9:00 – 9:15 K. McNamara and G. Weissmann, QUATERNARY EXTENSION ALONG THE GEOMORPHIC CHARACTERIZATION OF THE WESTERN MARGIN OF THE RIO GRANDE GILBERT RIVER DISTRIBUTIVE FLUVIAL RIFT, CENTRAL NEW MEXICO SYSTEM (DFS) AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CRETACEOUS COASTAL FLUVIAL 10:45 – 11:00 G. Jennings, T. Lawton and C. SUCCESSIONS Clinkscales LATE CRETACEOUS U-PB TUFF AGES FROM 9:15 – 9:30 J.Fassett THE LARAMIDE SKUNK RANCH FORMATION, GEOCHRONOLOGIC HISTORY OF DEPOSITION LITTLE HATCHET MOUNTAINS, OF THE UPPER CRETACEOUS PICTURED SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO CLIFFS SANDSTONE, FRUITLAND FORMATION, AND KIRTLAND FORMATION, 11:00 – 11:15 V. McLemore SAN JUAN BASIN, NEW MEXICO AND NOGAL CANYON CALDERA, SOUTHERN SAN COLORADO MATEO MOUNTAINS, SOCORRO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: A PROGRESS REPORT 9:30 – 9:45 D. Love, B. Allen, R. Myers and D. Koning COMPLEX SEDIMENTARY PRESERVATION 11:15 – 11:30 E. Gladish, F. Ramos, N. McMillan AND REMOVAL IN THE NORTHERN AND and M. Row. CENTRAL TULAROSA BASIN, NEW MEXICO, IDENTIFYING THE MAGMA SOURCE(S) OF DUE TO DEFLATION, BASE LEVEL CHANGES, THE CARRIZOZO LAVA FLOW, SOUTH- DOWN-WIND ACCUMULATIONS, AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO RECYCLING 11:30 – 11:45 T. Jonell, J. Amato and F. Ramos U-PB ZIRCON AND SR-ISOTOPE 9:45 – 10:00 D. Koning and S. Connell CONSTRAINTS ON AGE AND COMPARISON OF MIOCENE TECTONISM CONTAMINATION OF PALEOGENE VOLCANIC AND PALEOCLIMATE WITH RIFT-BASIN ROCKS OF THE BURRO MOUNTAINS, SEDIMENTATION AND DRAINAGE SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO POSITIONS, ESPAÑOLA BASIN, NEW MEXICO 11:45 – 12:00 S. Lucas, K. Krainer, W. Nelson and J. 10:00 – 10:15 BREAK Spielmann PENNSYLVANIAN STRATA AND ANCESTRAL ROCKY MOUNTAIN TECTONISM IN SIERRA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO 2 SESSION 2 – PALEONTOLOGY SESSION 4: HYDROLOGY, – GALENA ROOM GEOMORPHOLOGY, AND GEOTHERMAL - AUDITORIUM 9:00 - 9:15 A. Cantrell, T. Suazo, J. Spielmann and S. Lucas 2:15 – 2:30 C. Gierke and T. Newton VERTEBRATE COPROLITES FROM THE HOW TREES INTERACT WITH THEIR LOWER PERMIAN (LOWER WOLFCAMPIAN) ENVIRONMENT: A STABLE ISOTOPE STUDY GALLINA WELL LOCALITY, JOYITA HILLS, SOCORRO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO 2:30 – 2:45 E. Fitch and G. Meyer HOLOCENE FIRE-RELATED ALLUVIAL 9:15 – 9:30 C. Pilbro CHRONOLOGY AND GEOMORPHIC ECOLOGY OF EARLY EOCENE SAN JUAN IMPLICATIONS IN THE JEMEZ MOUNTAINS, BASIN, NM PHENACOLEMUR JEPSENI WITH NM PHENACOLEMUR CITATUS AND PHENACOLEMUR PRAECOX FROM BIGHORN 2:45 – 3:00 G. Jimenez, L. Crossey, K. Karlstrom, J. BASIN, WY – A STUDY OF MICROWEAR AND Ricketts, A. Tafoya, T. Anan and A. Mohammed DENTAL VARIATION AS A PROXY FOR RECONSTRUCTING QUATERNARY PLUVIAL EOCENE CLIMATE CHANGE EPISODES USING TRAVERTINES OF EGYPT’S WESTERN DESERT 9:30 – 9:45 J. McDonnell A STUDY OF THE HOLOTYPE OF 3:00-3:15 M. Sophy and S. Kelley ALLOTRIOCERAS FLOWER 1955 GEOTHERMAL EXPLORATION OF THE WINSTON GRABEN, CENTRAL NEW MEXICO, 9:45 – 10:00 T. Suazo, A. Cantrell, S. Lucas and J. USA Spielmann AETOSAURUS FROM THE UPPER TRIASSIC 3:15 – 3:30 S. Kelley, R. Broadhead, R. Salaz and BULL CANYON FORMATION, QUAY COUNTY, M. Tewelde NEW MEXICO, AND ITS BIOCHRONOLOGICAL GEOTHERMAL POTENTIAL OF THE SIGNIFICANCE SOUTHERN RATON BASIN, NEW MEXICO 12:00 – 1:30: LUNCH ON YOUR OWN IN SOCORRO 1:30 – 1:45: NMGS BUSINESS MEETING IN AUDITORIUM 1:45-2:15: NMGS AWARDS CEREMONY AND C. LEWIS MEMORIAL IN AUDITORIUM 3 SESSION 5: POSTERS – COPPER ROOM 8. M. Foucher, A. Romero and J. Lindline 7:30-8:20 poster set up ERUPTION CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CIENEGA CINDER CONE, CERROS DEL RIO 10:-10:15 poster preview VOLCANIC FIELD, NEW MEXICO 3:30- 5:00 poster viewing 9. K. Madalena, K. Zeigler and S. Sumida 1. A. Brister and M. Petronis AN UNUSUALLY LARGE METOPOSAURID PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM A LATE AMPHIBIAN FROM THE SALITRAL PLEISTOCENE TO HOLOCENE FORMATION OF THE CHINLE GROUP (UPPER PALEOCLIMATIC STUDY OF THE LAKE TRIASSIC: CARNIAN?) ON LANDS SEDIMENT CORES, NORTHERN NEW MEXICO BELONGING TO THE PUEBLO OF JEMEZ 2. A. Priewisch, L. Crossey, E. Embid, K. Karlstrom, 9. J. McDonnell V. Polyak, Y. Asmerom, J. Ricketts and A. Nereson THE SIPHUNCLE IN A SPECIMEN OF LARGE-VOLUME QUATERNARY DOMATOCERAS FROM THE SAN ANDRES TRAVERTINE DEPOSITS IN THE RIO GRANDE FORMATION, NEW MEXICO RIFT AND JEMEZ LINEAMENT, NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA: IMPLICATIONS FOR 10. P. Vakhlamov, L. Crossey, C. Dahm, V. Acuna PALEOCLIMATE, LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION, and A. Ali AND NEOTECTONICS EVALUATING SOLUTE SOURCES IN THE UPPER GILA RIVER, NEW MEXICO 3. D. Bond, L. Rinehart, W. Layman and S. Lucas A GIANT PHYTOSAUR (REPTILIA: 11. R. Trujillo, M. Petronis and J. Lindline ARCHOSAURIA) SKULL FROM THE GARITA ANISOTROPY OF MAGNETIC CREEK FORMATION (UPPER TRIASSIC: SUSCEPTIBILITY, ROCK MAGNETIC, AND ADAMANIAN) OF NORTH-CENTRAL NEW PALEOMAGNETIC DATA FROM MAFIC DIKES MEXICO IN THE ESPAÑOLA BASIN, RIO ARRIBA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO 4. J. Gilbert and T. Lawton COMPARING DETRITAL ZIRCON U-PB AGE 12. J. Tasker, M. Gomez, K. Devaney, L. Bothern INVESTIGATION OF SOIL POLLUTION DATA TO DETERMINE PROVENANCE SOURCES IN THE EL PASO REGION USING RELATIONSHIPS OF UPPER JURASSIC AND SEM, MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY AND XRF LOWER CRETACEOUS STRATA, SOUTHWEST ANALYSIS NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHEAST ARIZONA 13. S. Machin, J. Amato and T. Lawton 5. J. Nybo, W. McIntosh and S. Semken THE BEARTOOTH-MOJADO CONNECTION: AR-AR PHLOGOPITE GEOCHRONOLOGY OF USING MID-CRETACEOUS SEDIMENTARY THE NAVAJO VOLCANIC FIELD AND THE ROCKS TO UNDERSTAND THE TECTONIC SHIP ROCK DIATREME OF NORTHWEST NEW HISTORY OF SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO MEXICO DEFINE A 1.4 MA PULSE OF POTASSIC MAGMATISM 14. P. Sealey and S. Lucas EARLY CAMPANIAN AMMONITES AND 6. K. Krainer, S. Lucas, J. Spielmann and D. OTHER MOLLUSCS FROM THE POINT Vachard LOOKOUT SANDSTONE NEAR CABEZON, PENNSYLVANIAN SANDIA FORMATION IN SANDOVAL COUNTY, NEW MEXICO THE SIERRA NACIMIENTO, NEW MEXICO: EVIDENCE OF TECTONISM OF THE ARM 15. S. Cather, C. Chapin and S. Kelley PEÑASCO UPLIFT DIACHRONOUS EPISODES OF CENOZOIC EROSION IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH 7. S. Lucas, K. Krainer, J. Spielmann and B. Cornet AMERICA AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO NEW OUTCROPS OF THE UPPER ROCK UPLIFT, PALEOCLIMATE, AND CRETACEOUS “BOQUILLAS FORMATION” IN PALEOALTIMETRY THE FRANKLIN MOUNTAINS NEAR EL PASO, TEXAS 4 16. T. Williamson, S. Brusatte, D. Peppe, R. Secord 21. G. Pruthvidhar., V.T. McLemore, N. Dunbar and A. Weil TRACE ELEMENTS IN THE COPPER FLAT NO EVIDENCE FOR CONFORMABLE PORPHYRY DEPOSIT, HILLSBORO MINING CONTACT BETWEEN THE OJO ALAMO DISTRICT, SIERRA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO SANDSTONE AND THE NACIMIENTO FORMATION 22. Rinehart, L. F., and Lucas, S. G. FUNCTION OF DERMAL BONE TEXTURE IN 17. T. Schlossnagle, F. Phillips, M. Person and A. MIDDLE TRIASSIC TEMNOSPONDYL Campbell AMPHIBIANS FROM NEW MEXICO. EVALUATION OF CHEMICAL GEOTHERMOMETERS FOR ESTIMATING 23. Voigt, S., Lucas, S.G., Rinehart RESERVOIR TEMPERATURES OF NEW EARLY PERMIAN TETRAPOD ICHNOFAUNA MEXICO GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS FROM THE SANGRE DE CRISTO FORMATION OF NORTH-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO 18. K. Zeigler and B. Allen A PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE 24. Spielmann, J.A. and Lucas, S.G. BULL GAP QUADRANGLE, LINCOLN A JULIFORM MILLIPEDE FROM THE UPPER COUNTY, SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO PENNSYLVANIAN (VIRGILIAN) BURSUM FORMATION, CARRIZO ARROYO, CENTRAL NEW MEXICO 19. R. Salaz, S. Kelley, G. Woldegabriel and M. Albrecht 25. Spielmann, J.A. and Lucas S.G. U-SERIES DATING AND STABLE ISOTOPE REVISION OF REDONDASAURUS ANALYSIS OF TRAVERTINE DEPOSITS NEAR (ARCHOSAURIA: PARASUCHIDAE) FROM PONDEROSA, NM: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE UPPER TRIASSIC (APACHEAN) OF THE DEFINING THE EASTERN LIMIT OF THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST VALLES OUTFLOW PLUME 20. E.A. Morton, and S.L. Bilek DYNAMIC EARTHQUAKE TRIGGERING ABOVE THE SOCORRO MAGMA BODY, NEW MEXICO 5 A GIANT PHYTOSAUR (REPTILIA: ARCHOSAURIA) SKULL FROM THE GARITA CREEK FORMATION (UPPER TRIASSIAC: ADAMANIAN) OF NORTH-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO BOND, D.C.1, RINEHART, L.F.1, LAYMAN, W.L.1, and LUCAS, S.G.1, (1) New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road, Albuquerque NM 87104-1375 Phytosaurs are large, semi-aquatic, carnivorous reptiles known from Upper Triassic strata in North America, Brazil, Europe, Turkey, North Africa, Madagascar, India, and Thailand. The Chinle Group of New Mexico yields many phytosaur fossils. A giant skull, mandible, and associated postcranial fossils representing a Rutiodon-grade phytosaur, possibly Leptosuchus, was collected by the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (NMMNH) in 2009 and 2010. NMMNH locality 1176 in the Garita Creek Formation of the Chinle Group, (Santa Fe County) normally yields metoposaurid amphibian (Koskinonodon perfectum) remains in an extensive bone bed designated the Lamy Amphibian quarry.
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