Geologic Meetings & Events

Special Theme: “Our Common Future: Reliability, Robustness, and Resiliency for Effective Risk Management”

A call for abstracts will be made in January, 2020. Abstracts related to the special theme session, or to the geology of New Mexico and adjacent states (including Mexico), will be invited for posters or oral presentations. Abstracts on non-regional topics of interest will also be considered.

Vision for Discovery: Geology and Ore Deposits of the Basin and Range.

The program includes three days of oral and poster presentations and two days of field trips to sites in the Rio Grande Rift north of Las Cruces. Participation from all those who are interested in alluvial fans is welcomed. Past conferences have brought together researchers from a diverse range of Earth science disciplines.

The conference venue is the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum. A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces, with a special group rate of US $99 plus tax (via link on the conference website).

CALL FOR PAPERS: The Four Corners Geological Society and the Grand Junction Geological Society are co-hosting the 2020 Rocky Mountain Section - AAPG Meeting, from September 13-16^th at the Two Rivers Convention Center in Grand Junction, CO. Our theme is 20/20 VISION, TURN HINDSIGHT TO FORESIGHT. We’re pleased to announce that Abstract Submission is now open!

The primary goal of this conference is to gather together the many individuals who have been working on various scientific and related aspects of Fort Stanton Cave (FSC) to share results, cross-fertilize their work with other investigators, and hopefully to stimulate more interest in scientific projects into the future.

We are planning the conference for September 17, 18, and 19^th, 2020, to celebrate the upcoming 20^th year of Snowy River’s discovery. It will be held at New Mexico Tech and NM Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources facilities in Socorro, New Mexico.

The 2020 NMGS Fall Field Conference (Sept. 23-26) will visit the area around Mt. Taylor, a stratovolcano near Grants, New Mexico. The motivations for hosting a conference at Mt. Taylor are two-fold: 1) the completion of the Mt. Taylor geologic map and 2) the conclusion of “Energize New Mexico,” a five-year, NSF-funded program to support research in non-carbon emitting energy resources, including uranium resources. Researchers from the projects will lead or present during the conference. The Mt. Taylor area is rich in geologic history, including the relatively rapid creation of a complex volcanic mountain, the important uranium and coal deposits preserved in the shadows of Mt. Taylor and the resulting mining legacy, and the Jurassic and Cretaceous stratigraphy within and surrounding Mt. Taylor.

Call For Papers

Check the links below for specific topics, dates, and times:

• New Mexico State University, Geological Sciences Colloquium – Wednesdays at 4:00 PM, Gardiner Hall, Room 229, University Department of Geological Sciences
• New Mexico Tech, Bureau/EES Seminar Series — usually Thursdays at 4:00 PM, MSEC 101 during the spring and fall semesters; sponsored by the Bureau of Geology and the Department of Earth & Environmental Science
• University of New Mexico, EPS 401/501 Colloquium Series — Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Fridays at 2:00 PM, Northrop Hall, Room 122 (the large lecture hall at the east end of the building).

(Please contact the Webmaster if any changes or additions to these seminar listings are needed.)

The New Mexico Earth Science Achievement Award honors individuals who have made significant contributions to advancing or facilitating the role of earth science in the areas of education, research, public service, and public policy in New Mexico.

The New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources is accepting nominations for the next annual Earth Science Achievement Award. This award honors individuals who have made significant contributions to advancing or facilitating the role of earth science in the areas of education, research, public service, and public policy in New Mexico.