Geologic Hazards
While natural disasters seem to be infrequent in New Mexico, we are still subject to geologic hazards:
- Mass wasting: rockfall, landslides, and debris flows
- Erosion
- Collapsible soils
- Subsidence
- Karst
- Earthquakes
- Volcanic eruptions
- Radon accumulation in homes
- Arsenic and other toxins in groundwater
- Contaminant plumes
- Mine hazards
- Oil field hazards
- Drought
New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources
New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology
801 Leroy Place
Socorro, NM 87801-4796
information: (575) 835-5420
fax: (575) 835-6333
http://geoinfo.nmt.edu
The New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources is a research and service division of:
