Postcards from the Field
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Photo by Dan Koning
March 23, 2026
Becca Goughnour, Kyle Gallant, and Dan Koning are currently conducting geologic mapping in the Hillsboro area. This postcard shares photographs from this mapping effort that relate to the Santa Fe Group.
Photo by Alison Elder
March 2, 2026
In Winter 2025 the Bureau of Geology began Airborne Electromagnetic (AEM) Surveys to map and characterize aquifers across the state.
Photo by Jon Krupnick
February 20, 2026
Field Geologist Jon Krupnick describes mapping in the the Jicarilla Mountains of central-New Mexico.
October 22, 2024
A group of geologists from the NMBGMR and Maya Elrick from the UNM Earth Science Department recently met up in the Rio Puerco Valley to examine Cretaceous sedimentary rocks. The outcrops will be a featured stop during next week’s New Mexico Geological Society Fall Field Conference.