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Geological Sciences and Engineering

Contact Information for Geological Sciences and Engineering
Phone	(775) 784-6050
Fax	(775) 784-1833
Location	Paul Laxalt Mineral Engineering 401
Address	1664 N. Virginia Street Reno,  NV  89557-0172
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Summer Field Camp

Earn Six Credits in Six Weeks

The Department of Geological Sciences & Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno offers a comprehensive, capstone, six-credit, six-week summer geology field camp.

Using a geologic transect from the western margin of the craton to the active continental margin of northern California, field camp students will gain both an understanding of crustal evolution of western North America and mapping experience in classic localities including:

• The Colorado Plateau
• The Paleozoic passive margin
• Mesozoic fold and thrust belts
• High angle normal faults and detachment faults of the Basin and Range province
• Quaternary deposits and landforms that record a dynamic history of environmental change
• Mesozoic-Cenozoic volcanic arcs in the Sierra Nevada region

A Survey of the Great Basin

For approximately two weeks of the geology field camp, we will utilize our permanent field station in Ruth, Nevada. Other parts of the field camp will involve a mobile camp in parts of Utah, Western Nevada, and the Sierra Nevada.

Especially memorable study areas during the field camp will include:

• Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
• Notch Peak, Utah
• Great Basin National Park, Nevada
• Lake Tahoe, California

Our Alumni Include

Students from all over the U.S. have participated in the University of Nevada's Summer Field Camp: