Bibliography: Fort Stanton Cave

PUBLICATIONS (Some of the articles in professional journals are not available for download due to copyright issues.)

Davis, D. G., 2004a. The Exploration and Survey of Snowy River: Priority Seven, Fort Stanton's New Frontier. Rocky Mountain Caving 21(1), Winter 2004, p. 10-11, 16-17, 20-22, 27-31.

Davis, D. G., 2004b. A Brief History of the Exploration of Fort Stanton Cave. Rocky Mountain Caving 21(1), Winter 2004, p. 11-14.

Davis, D. G. & Land, L., 2006. Recently Discovered Passages in Fort Stanton Cave, New Mexico, and implications for speleogenesis and regional geomorphic processes in the northern Sacramento Mountains, in Land, L., Lueth, V., Raatz, B., Boston, P., & Love, D. (eds.), New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 57th Field Conference, Caves and Karst of Southeastern New Mexico, p. 219-226.

Davis, D. G., 2007. Water Returns to Fort Stanton Cave. Rocky Mountain Caving 24(2), Spring 2007, p. 8-9.

Davis, D. G., 2008a. Return to Snowy River: Fort Stanton Cave Goes On! Rocky Mountain Caving 25(2), Spring 2008, p. 24-31.

Davis, D. G., 2008b. Fort Stanton Cave: Snowy River South: Still No End! Rocky Mountain Caving 25(3), Summer 2008, p. 26-29.

Davis, D. G., 2008c. Understanding Fort Stanton's Snowy River. Rocky Mountain Caving 25(4), Autumn 2008, p. 14-16.

Davis, D. G., 2009a. Beyond Mount Airy: New Exploration in Fort Stanton Cave. Rocky Mountain Caving 26(2), Spring 2009, p. 11-16.

Davis, D. G., 2009b. Fort Stanton Cave Notes: The Summer 2009 Expedition. Rocky Mountain Caving 26(3), Summer 2009, p. 12-14.

Davis, D. G., 2010. Some Highlights of the Fall 2009 Fort Stanton Expedition. Rocky Mountain Caving 27(1), Winter 2010, p. 16-20.

Davis, D. G., 2010. Fort Stanton Cave: The Second Attempt to Survey Hoeman's Passage. Rocky Mountain Caving 27(2), Spring 2010, p. 22-23.

McLean, J., 2004. Fort Stanton's Priority Seven Dig: DISCOVERY! Rocky Mountain Caving 21(1), Winter 2004, p. 15-16.

Ganter, J., 2004. Northbound in Snowy River. Rocky Mountain Caving 21(1), Winter 2004, p. 18-20.

Hallinger, D. E., 1964, Caves of the Fort Stanton area, New Mexico, New Mexico Geological Society, 15th Field Conference Guidebook, p. 181-184.

Harris, R., 2007. A Week at Fort Stanton Cave. Rocky Mountain Caving 24(4), Autumn 2007, p. 8-9.

Land, L., 2011, Geophysical prospecting for new cave passages: Fort Stanton Cave, New Mexico, USA, Proceedings of the Twelfth Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst, St. Louis, Missouri (in press).

Land, L., Polyak, V. & Newton, B. T., 2010, The Snowy River formation in Fort Stanton Cave, New Mexico: Results from radiometric dating and hydrologic observations of the world’s longest speleothem, in Eaton, M. & Landres, P, compilers, Decade of Discovery in the National Landscape Conservation System, May 24-28, 2010, Albuquerque, NM: Proceedings RMRS-P-000. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, p. ??

Lindsley, P., 2006, Fort Stanton Cave Project, Oztotl Caver, Vol 25, No. 4, July. 2006, p. 5-8.

Lyles, J., 2004. Fort Stanton Cave: Exploration to Crystal Creek and Metro. Rocky Mountain Caving 21(1), Winter 2004, p. 23-26.

Lyles, J., 2008. Fort Stanton Cave: Snowy River North Expedition. Rocky Mountain Caving 25(2), Spring 2008, p. 32-34.

McLean, J., 2004. Fort Stanton's Priority Seven Dig: Discovery! Rocky Mountain Caving 21(1), Winter 2004, p. 15-16.

McLean, J. & Luke, B., 2006, Electrical Resistivity Surveys of Karst Features Near Fort Stanton, Lincoln County, New Mexico, Land, L., Lueth, V., Raatz, B., Boston, P., & Love, D. (eds.), Caves and Karst of Southeastern New Mexico: New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook 57, p. 227-231.

McLean, J., 2006, Homebrew Earth-Resistivity Meter, in Speleonics, publication of the electronics section of the National Speleological Society, V26.

Rhinehart, R., 2006a. Seeking Snowy River: Digging in Fort Stanton Cave. Rocky Mountain Caving 23(2), Spring 2006, p. 14-15.

Rhinehart, R., 2006b. The Winds of Snowy River: A Personal Recap of the October 2006 Expedition. Rocky Mountain Caving 23(4), Autumn 2006, p. 10-12.

Rhinehart, R., 2009. Protecting New Mexico's Fort Stanton Cave. Rocky Mountain Caving 26(1), Winter 2009, p. 27.

CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS   

Land, L., Polyak, V. and Newton, B. T., 2010, The Snowy River Formation in Fort Stanton Cave, NM: Results from radiometric dating and hydrologic observations of the world’s longest speleothem, in New Mexico Geological Society, Proceedings Volume, 2010 Annual Spring Meeting, Socorro, New Mexico, p. 23.

Land, L., 2009, World’s longest speleothem: New results from radiometric dating and hydrologic observations, GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 41, no. 7, p. 399.

Land, L., 2007, Preliminary results of surface and subsurface water chemistry sampling in the vicinity of Fort Stanton Cave, Lincoln Co., NM,  National Speleological Society-Southwest Region, Winter Technical Meeting, Las Cruces, NM, Abstracts with Programs.

McLean, J., 2004, Using Earth Resistivity to Find Cave Passages in New Mexico, National Speleological Society-Southwest Region, Winter Technical Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, December 11, 2004.

McLean, J., 2006, The Search for Stagecoach Cave (poster), National Speleological Society-Southwest Region, Winter Technical Meeting, Socorro, NM.

McLean, J., 2008 (Corcoran, J., presenter), Earth Resistivity for Cavers, National Speleological Society-Rocky Mountain Speleoseminar, Boulder, CO.

Spilde, M. N., Kooser, A., Northup, D. E., Boston P. J., Provencio, P. and Polyak, V. (2010) Mineralogical studies in Snowy River Passage, Fort Stanton Cave, New Mexico. Decade of Discovery in the National Landscape Conservation System,  Abstracts with Programs, May 24-28, 2010, Albuquerque, NM. p16.

Spilde M. N., Northup D.E., Polyak V.J., Boston, P.J., Clement, A. and Huges K. J. (2009) Snowy river: A new discovery from an old cave. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v41, n7, p399.

Spilde M. N., Boston P. J., Northup D. E. and Dichosa A. E. (2008) Surface and subsurface manganese biofilms: A comparison of biofilms from desert varnish and caves. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v40, n6, p295.

Spilde M.N., Boston, P.J., Northup, D.E., and Melim, .LA(2008) New Mexico underground: Extreme geomicrobiology of caves in the Southwest." Microscopy and Microanalysis. v14 (Supplement 2), p540 (Invited).

Other Published works, trip reports, and videos

PRESENTATIONS:

Lindsley, P., 2006, DFWG Program: Recent Explorations in Ft. Stanton Cave, Oztotl Caver, Vol 25, No. 4, July. 2006, p. 3.

Lindsley, P., 2008, DFWG Program: Ft. Stanton Cave – New Snowy River Discoveries,  Oztotl Caver, Vol 27, No. 7, July. 2008, p. 2.

BOOKS

Sánchez, Lynda A., Fort Stanton, An Illustrated History (Legacy of Honor, Tradition of Healing), Revised Special Edition, Ruidoso, Write Designs, 2010, ISBN 978-0-9772614-9-9, Chapter 6 “The World Beneath Our Feet” (Fort Stanton Cave and Snowy River Passage) pp.120-139 (discusses early general history, locals who explored the cave and historical or scientific exploration of the cave, the Wheeler Expedition, the cavalry, and discovery of Snowy River Passage and the new BLM NCA).

VIDEOS

We currently offer a short video presentation by Jim Cox on the history and exploration of Snowy River

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NEWSLETTERS

Lindsley, P., 2008, August Meeting Minutes, Oztotl Caver, Vol 27, No. 9, Sept. 2008, p. 14.

MAGAZINE ARTICLES:

Sánchez, Lynda A., “The World Beneath Our Feet”, Ruidoso Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 2 (Summer, 2007) pp 20-23.

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