Below is a older list (ca. 1997) of articles and abstracts published by staff and students of the NMGRL.
This will soon be updated to include current publications (with links to abstracts).

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ANTHONY, E.Y., McINTOSH, W.C., POTHS, J., WILLIAMS, W.J.W , WHITELAW, M., GEISSMAN, J. (1993) Geochronology and paleomagnetism of the Quaternary western Potrillo volcanic field, Rio Grande rift, New Mexico. U.S. Geological Survey Circular (8th international ICOG meeting), 1107, 10.

CAMPBELL, A., HEIZLER, M.T., DUNBAR, N.W. (1994) ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dating of fluid inclusions in quartz from the Capitan Pluton, New Mexico. Pan American Conference of Fluid Inclusion Res.

ESSER, R.P., HEIZLER, M.T., KYLE, P.R., AND McINTOSH, W.C. (1994) ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dating of anorthoclase, Mount Erebus, Antarctica: Problems of excess Argon in melt inclusions: Proceedings of ICOG Meeting, v. 8.

ESSER, R.P., HEIZLER, M.T., KYLE, P.R., McINTOSH, W.C. (1995) ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar Dating of Mt. Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica. Antarctic J US.

ESSER R. P., McINTOSH W.C., HEIZLER M. T., AND KYLE P. R. (1997) Excess Argon in melt inclusions in zero-age anorthoclase feldspar from Mt. Erebus, Antarctica, as revealed by the ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar method. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 61(18), 3789-3801.

FALKNER, C.M., MILLER, C.F., WOODEN, J.L. AND HEIZLER, M.T. (1995) Petrogenesis and tectonic significance of the calc-alkaline, bimodal Aztec Wash pluton, Eldorado mountains, Colorado River Extensional Corridor. J.. Geophys. Res. (in press).

FOSTER D. A., HARRISON T. M., COPELAND P., AND HEIZLER M. T. (1990) Effects of excess argon within large diffusion domains on K-feldspar age spectra. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 54(6), 1699-1708.

GOFF, F., STIMAC, J.A., LAROCQUE, A.C.L., HULEN, J.B., McMURTRY, G.M., ADAMS, A.I., ROLDAN-M, A., TRUJILLO, P.E., COUNCE, D., CHIPERA, S.J., MANN, D. AND HEIZLER, M.T. (1994) Gold degassing and deposition at Galeras Volcano, Colombia. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., GSA Today, 4, no. 10.

HANSEN V. L., HEIZLER M. T., AND HARRISON T. M. (1988) Mesozoic thermal evolution of the Yukon-Tanana Terrane, Yukon and Alaska; new evidence from ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar data. Geological Society of America 1988 centennial celebration, 111-112.

HARRISON T. M., HEIZLER M. T., AND BURKE K. (1987) Aspects of thermal evolution of Anadarko Basin, Oklahoma. AAPG annual convention with divisions SEPM/EMD/DPA, 565.

HARRISON T. M., HEIZLER M. T., LOVERA O. M., CHEN W., AND GROVE M. (1994) A chlorine disinfectant for excess argon released from K-feldspar during step heating. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 123(1-4), 95-104.

HARRISON T. M., HEIZLER M. T., LOVERA O. M., CHEN W., GROVE M., ROBERTS A. P., VEROSUB K. L., AND NEGRINI R. M. (1994) A chlorine disinfectant for excess argon released from K-feldspar during step heating Middle/late Pleistocene relative palaeointensity of the geomagnetic field from lacustrine sediments, Lake Chewaucan, Western United States. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 123(1-4), 95-104.

HARRISON T. M., LOVERA O. M., AND HEIZLER M. T. (1991) ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar results for alkali feldspars containing diffusion domains with differing activation energy. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 55(5), 1435-1448.

HEIZLER M. AND SAWKA W. N. (1986) ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar thermochronology of western Tasmanian batholiths. AGU 1986 fall meeting and ASLO winter meeting, 1249.

HEIZLER M. T. AND HARRISON T. M. (1986) The chronology of Adirondack epeirogeny. American Geophysical Union, 400.

HEIZLER M. T. AND HARRISON T. M. (1988) Multiple trapped argon isotope components revealed by ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar isochron analysis. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 52(5), 1295-1303.

HEIZLER M. T. AND HARRISON T. M. (1991) The heating duration and provenance age of rocks in the Salton Sea geothermal field, Southern California. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 46(1-2), 73-97.

HEIZLER M. T., HARRISON T. M., ELDERS W. A., AND HERZIG C. T. (1988) Hydrothermal system and provenance ages given by ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar results from drill core sandstones from the Salton Sea system, Southern California. Geological Society of America 1988 centennial celebration, 97-98.

HEIZLER M. T. AND LUX D. R. (1984) ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar incremental release geochronology on hornblende-biotite mineral pairs for the Chain of Ponds Pluton, west-central Maine. The Geological Society of America, 22-23.

HENRY, C.D., KUNK, M.J., AND McINTOSH, W.C. (1994) ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar geochronology and volcanology of silicic volcanism in the Davis Mountains, Trans-Pecos Texas: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 106, p. 1359-1376.

HOISCH T. D., MILLER C. F., HEIZLER M. T., HARRISON T. M., AND STODDARD E. F. (1988) Late Cretaceous regional metamorphism in southeastern California. Rubey colloquium on Metamorphism and crustal evolution of the Western United States, 539-571. 105 Refs.

KNAPP J. H. AND HEIZLER M. T. (1988) ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar geochronology of crystalline thrust nappes of the Late Cretaceous Maria fold and thrust belt, west-central Arizona. Geological Society of America, 173.

KYLE P. R., SUTTER J. F., McINTOSH W. C., CHERRY E., AND NOLTIMIER H. (1983) ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar age spectra and paleaeomagnetic measurements of Ferrar Supergroup samples from the Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica. In Antarctic Earth Science (ed. P. R. J. a. J. B. J. R.L. Oliver), pp. 242. Australian Academy of Science.

LEE, Y.F.S.., MILLER, C.F., UNKEFER, J., HEIZLER, M.T., WOODEN, J.L., MILLER, J.S. (1995) Petrology, emplacement, and tectonic setting of the Nelson pluton, Eldorado Mountains, Nevada. EOS, AGU spring meeting.

LOVERA O. M., HEIZLER M., AND HARRISON T. M. (1993) Argon diffusion domains in K-feldspar; II, Kinetic properties of MH-10. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 113(3), 381-393.

MARCOLINE, J.R., RALSER, S. AND HEIZLER, M.T. (1995) Monte Largo shear zone, Manzano Mountains, New Mexico: Tectonic significance and argon geochronology: New Mexico Geological Society, spring meeting.

MARSHAK S., KYLE P. R., McINTOSH W. C., SAMSONOV V., AND SHELLHORN M. (1981) Butcher Ridge igneous complex, Cook Mountains, Antarctica. Antarctic Journal of the United States 16(5), 54-55.

McINTOSH W. C. (1988) Progress toward calibration of mid-Tertiary geomagnetic polarity history using high-precision ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar geochronology of ignimbrite sequences in SW New Mexico. Geological Society of America 1988 centennial celebration, 65-66.

McINTOSH W. C. (1994) Applications of CO2 laser heaing in ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar geochronology. Eighth International Congress of Geochronology, Cosmochronology, and Isotope Geology, 212.

McINTOSH W. C. AND CATHER S. M. (in press) ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar geochronology of basaltic rocks and constraints on late Cenozoic stratigraphy and landscape development in the Red Hill-Quemado area, New Mexico. Mogollon Slope, West-central New Mexico and east-central Arizona, 45th annual field conference.

McINTOSH W. C. AND CHAMBERLAIN R. M. (1994) ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar geochronology of middle to late Cenozoic ignimbrites, mafic lavas, and volcaniclastic rockes in the Quemado region, New Mexico. In New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 45th Field Conference, Mogollon Slope, west-central New Mexico and east-central Arizona, pp. 165-185. New Mexico Geological Society, Inc.

McINTOSH W. C., CHAPIN C. E., AND SUTTER J. F. (1989) Timing and distribution of Oligocene ignimbrite activity in the Mogollon-Datil volcanic field, SW New Mexico. General assembly of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior.

McINTOSH W. C., CHAPIN C. E., SUTTER J. F., AND KUNK M. J. (1990) Use of ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar age spectra and paleomagnetism to unravel the stratigraphy of a large silicic volcanic field, southwestern New Mexico. Seventh international conference on Geochronology, 65.

McINTOSH W. C., GEISSMAN J. W., CHAPIN C. E., KUNK M. J., AND HENRY C. D. (1992) Calibration of the latest Eocene-Oligocene geomagnetic polarity time scale using ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dated ignimbrites. Geology 20, 459-463.

McINTOSH W. C., KYLE P. R., CHERRY E. M., AND NOLTIMIER H. C. (1982) Paleomagnetic results from the Kirkpatrick Basalt Group, Victoria Land. Antarctic Journal of the United States 17(5), 20-22.

McINTOSH W. C., SUTTER J. F., AND CHAPIN C. E. (1990) High-Precision ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar sanidine geochronology of ignimbrites in the Mogollon-Datil volcanic field, southwestern New Mexico. Bulletin of Volcanology 52, 584-601.

McINTOSH W. C., SUTTER J. F., CHAPIN C. E., AND KEDZIE L. L. (1990) High-precision ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar sanidine geochronology of ignimbrites in the Mogollon-Datil volcanic field, southwestern New Mexico. Bulletin of Volcanology 52(8), 584-601.

McINTOSH W. C., SUTTER J. F., CHAPIN C. E., OSBURN G. R., AND RATTE J. C. (1986) A stratigraphic framework for the eastern Mogollon-Datil volcanic field based on paleomagnetism and high-precision ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dating of ignimbrites; a progress report. New Mexico Geological Society thirty seventh annual field conference, 183-195. 37 Refs.

MILLER J. S., HEIZLER M. T., AND MILLER C. F. (1998) Timing of Magmatism ; Basin Formation ; and Tilting At the West Edge of the Colorado River Extensional Corridor : Results From Single-Crystal ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar Geochronology of Tertiary Rocks in the Old Woman Mountains Area ; Southeastern California. Journal of Geology 106(#2), 195-209.

NELSON S. T., HEIZLER M. T., AND DAVIDSON J. P. (1992) New ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar ages of intrusive rocks from the Henry and La Sal Mountains, Utah.

PANTER, K.S., McINTOSH, W.C., AND SMELLIE, J.L. (1994) Volcanic history of Mount Sidley, a major alkaline volcano in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica: Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 56, p. 363-376.

POLYAK V. J., McINTOSH W. C., GUVEN N., AND PROVENCIO P. (1998) Age and Origin of Carlsbad Cavern and Related Caves From ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar of Alunite. Science 279(#5358), 1919-1922.

RALSER, S., HEIZLER, M.T., KARLSTROM, K.E. (1995) ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar Thermochronology of low- temperature shear zones: Manzano Mountains, central New Mexico. New Mexico Geological Society, Spring meeting.

RYERSON F., HARRISON T. M., AND HEIZLER M. T. (1985) Thermal constraints on the emplacement of the rhyolite conduit at Inyo Domes, Long Valley Caldera, California. AGU 1985 fall meeting, 1125.

UNKEFER, J., MILLER, C.F., LEE, S., HEIZLER, M.T., WOODEN, J.L., MILLER, J.S. (1995) Petrologic and tectonic history of dikes in the Eldorado Mountains, southwest Nevada. EOS, AGU spring meeting.

WILCH T. I., McINTOSH W. C., PANTER K. S., AND DUNBAR N. W. (1993) Preliminary report on field investigations and ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar geochronology of the Crary Mountains volcanoes, Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica. Antarctic Journal of the United States 28, 7-9.

WILLIAMS, W.J.W. , MCINTOSH, W.C., POTHS, J., MILLER, J., AND ANTHONY, E.Y. (1994) The Quaternary western Potrillo volcanic field, southern Rio Grande rift: 40Ar/39Ar geochronology and geochemistry. EOS 75, 731.

 

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