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Sean Connell
List of Papers

In press

  1. Connell, S.D., Smith, G.A., Geissman, J.W., and McIntosh, W.C., in press, Climatic controls on nonmarine depositional sequences, Albuquerque Basin, Rio Grande rift, north-central New Mexico, in Hudson, M.R., and Grauch, V.J.S., eds., New Perspectives on the Rio Grande rift: from tectonics to groundwater: Geological Society of America, Special Publication.

  2. Grauch, V.J.S., and Connell, S.D., in press, New Perspectives on the Geometry of the Albuquerque Basin, Rio Grande rift, New Mexico–Insights from geophysical models of rift-fill thickness, in Hudson, M.R., and Grauch, V.J.S., eds., New Perspectives on the Rio Grande rift: from tectonics to groundwater: Geological Society of America, Special Publication.

  3. Kelley, S.A., Kempter, K.A., McIntosh, W.C., Maldonado, F., Smith, G.A., Connell, S.D., Koning, D.J., and Whiteis, J., in press, Syndepositional deformation and provenance of Oligocene to lower Miocene sedimentary rocks along the western margin of the Rio Grande rift, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, in Hudson, M.R., and Grauch, V.J.S., eds., New Perspectives on the Rio Grande rift: from tectonics to groundwater: Geological Society of America, Special Publication.

2005-2010

  1. Read, A.S., and Connell, S.D., 2010, The Sandia Mountains, in Price, L.G., ed., The Geology of New Mexico State Parks and Monuments: New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, p. 201-208.
  2. Connell, S.D., and Love, D.W., 2009, Geology and landscape of the Albuquerque area, in Price, L.G., Bland, D., Johnson, P.S., and Connell, S.D., eds., Water, natural resources, and the urban landscape: The Albuquerque Region: New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Decision-Makers Field Conference, p. 10-17. PDF
  3. Love, D.W., and Connell, S.D., 2009, Geologic hazards in the Albuquerque area, in Price, L.G., Bland, D., Johnson, P.S., and Connell, S.D., eds., Water, natural resources, and the urban landscape: The Albuquerque Region: New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Decision-Makers Field Conference, p. 87-94. PDF
  4. Love, D.W., McCraw, D.J., Chamberlin, R.M., Reiter, M., Connell, S.D., Cather, S.M., and Majkowski, L., 2009, Progress report on tracking Rio Grande terraces across the uplift of the Socorro magma body: New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook 60, p. 415-424. PDF
  5. Connell, S.D. 2008, Refinements to the stratigraphic nomenclature of the Santa Fe Group, northwestern Albuquerque Basin, New Mexico: New Mexico Geology, v. 30, n. 1, p. 14-35. PDF
  6. Cather, S.M., Connell, S.D., Chamberlin, R.M., McIntosh, W.C., Jones, G.E., Potochnik, A.R., Lucas, S.G., and Johnson, P.S., 2008, The Chuska Erg: Paleogeomorphic and paleoclimatic implications of an Oligocene sand sea on the Colorado Plateau: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 120, n. 1/2, p. 13-33. PDF
  7. Connell, S.D., Love, D.W., and Dunbar, N.W., 2007, Geomorphology and stratigraphy of inset fluvial deposits along the Rio Grande valley in the central Albuquerque basin, New Mexico: New Mexico Geology, v. 29, n. 1, p. 13-31. PDF
  8. Connell, S.D., Koning, D.J., Kelley, S.A., and Brandes, N.N., 2007, Oligocene-Miocene sedimentation in the southwestern Jemez Mountains and northwestern Albuquerque basin, New Mexico: New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook 58, p. 195-208. PDF
  9. Connell, S.D., Kim, W., Paola, C., and Smith, G.A., 2007, Interactions between transversely and axially oriented drainages in an asymmetrically subsiding basin (xes06-1): Preliminary results [unpublished]: National Center for Earth-Surface Dynamics, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota, 2006-2007 Industrial Consortium Report, p. 5-18. [PDF]
  10. Koning, D.J., Connell, S.D., Slate, J.L., and Wan, E., 2007, Stratigraphic constraints for Miocene-age vertical motion along the Santa Clara fault, Espanola basin, north-central New Mexico: New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook 58, p. 225-238.
  11. Connell, S.D., Kim, W., Paola, C., and Smith, G.A., 2006, Experimental earthscape run xes06-1: Interactions between transversely and axially oriented drainages in an asymmetrically subsiding basin [unpublished]: National Center for Earth-Surface Dynamics, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota, 2005-2006 Industrial Consortium Report, p. 6-17. [PDF]
  12. Connell, S.D., Hawley, J.W., and Love, D.W., 2005, Late Cenozoic drainage development in the southeastern Basin and Range of New Mexico, southeasternmost Arizona, and western Texas: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Bulletin 28, p. 125-150. PDF
  13. Koning, D.J., Connell, S.D., Morgan, G.S., Peters, L., and McIntosh, W.C., 2005, Stratigraphy and depositional trends in the Santa Fe Group near Espanola, north-central New Mexico: New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook 56, p. 237-257.
  14. Love, D.W., and Connell, S.D., 2005, Late Neogene drainage developments of the southeastern Colorado Plateau, New Mexico: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Bulletin 28, p. 151-169. PDF

2002-2004

  1. Connell, S.D., 2004, Geology of the Albuquerque basin and tectonic development of the Rio Grande rift in north-central New Mexico: New Mexico Geological Society Special Publication 11, p. 359-388.
  2. Kelson, K.I., Bauer, P.W., Connell, S.D., Love, D.W., Rawling, G.C., and Mansell, M., 2004, Initial paleoseismic and hydrogeologic assessment of the southern Sangre de Cristo fault at the Taos Pueblo: New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook 55, p. 289-299. PDF
  3. Connell, S.D., Cather, S.M., McIntosh, W.C., and Dunbar, N., 2002, Stratigraphy of the Tanos and Blackshare formations (lower Santa Fe Group), Hagan embayment, Rio Grande rift, New Mexico: New Mexico Geology, v. 24, n. 4, p. 107-120. PDF
  4. Koning, D.J., Connell, S.D., Pazzaglia, F.J., and McIntosh, W.C., 2002, Redefinition of the Ancha Formation and Pliocene-Pleistocene deposition in the Santa Fe embayment, north-central New Mexico: New Mexico Geology, v. 24, n. 3, p. 75-87. PDF

1996-2001

  1. Allen, B.D., Connell, S.D., Hawley, J.W., and Stone, B.D., 1998, Core drilling provides information about Santa Fe Group aquifer system beneath Albuquerque's west side: New Mexico Geology, v. 20, n. 1, p. 9-13. [abstract]
  2. Connell, S.D., Koning, D.J., and Cather, S.M., 1999, Revisions to the stratigraphic nomenclature of the Santa Fe Group, northwestern Albuquerque Basin, New Mexico: New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook 50, p. 337-353. [abstract]
  3. Connell, S.D., and Wells, S.G., 1999, Pliocene and Quaternary stratigraphy, soils, and geomorphology of the northern flank of the Sandia Mountains, Albuquerque Basin, Rio Grande rift, New Mexico: New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook 50, p. 379-391. [abstract]
  4. Connell, S.D., Allen, B.D., and Hawley, J.W., 1998, Subsurface stratigraphy of the Santa Fe Group using borehole geophysical logs, Albuquerque area, central New Mexico: New Mexico Geology, v. 20, n. 1, p. 2-7. [abstract]
  5. Maldonado, F., Connell, S.D., Love, D.W., Grauch, V.J.S., Slate, J.L., McIntosh, W.C., Jackson, P.B., and Byers, F.M., Jr., 1999, Neogene geology of the Isleta Reservation and vicinity, Albuquerque Basin, New Mexico: New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook 50, p. 175-188. [abstract]
  6. Pazzaglia, F.J., Connell, S.D., Tedford, R.H., Hawley, J.W., Personius, S., Smith, G.A., Cather, S.M., Lucas, S.G., Hester, P., Gilmore, J., and Woodward, L.A., 1999, Second-day trip 2 road log, Albuquerque to San Ysidro, Loma Creston, La Ceja, and Sand Hill fault: New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook 50, p. 47-66.
  7. Pazzaglia, F.J., Lucas, S.G., Estep, J., Connell, S.D., Karlstrom, K.E., Black, B., Smith, G.A., Hawley, J.W., Johnson, P., Cather, S.M., and Stearns, C.E., 1999, First day road log, Albuquerque to Placitas, Hagan basin, and Espinaso Ridge: New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook 50, p. 1-26.

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1990-1995

  1. Connell, S.D., and Seward, A.E., 1990, Evidence of Holocene fault activity on the Elkhorn fault, in Larson, R.A., and Buckley, C.I., eds, Geology and engineering geology of the western Soledad basin, Los Angeles County, California: Southern California Section of the Association of Engineering Geologists, 1990 Annual Field Trip Guidebook, p. 132-144.
  2. Connell, S.D., Wells, S.G., Williamson, T.N., 1994, Determination of the Holocene-Pleistocene boundary along the Mojave River, Summit Valley to Victorville, California, in Everson, G.D., and Schneider, J.S., eds., Kelso Conference Papers in Anthropology, Number 4: California State University, Bakersfield, Museum of Anthropology, p. 95-105.
  3. Wells, S.G., Connell, S.D., and Martin, J.J., 1993, Geomorphic and soil stratigraphic evaluation of a faulted alluvial sequence, eastern Coachella Valley, California, in Reynolds, R., and Reynolds, J., eds., Ashes, basins and faults: Mojave Desert Quaternary Research Center Symposium Guidebook, San Bernardino County Museum Association, p. 39-49.

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