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A group of people stand in a line smiling for a photo in front of a helicopter. They're standing on the top of a mountain.

Understanding the geology of Chilean volcanoes

Geology professor receives renewed funding to continue work on Cordón Caulle

A view of the Keck Museum through the main doors.

Keck Museum ranked third best museum in Sierra Nevada

Over 56,000 votes were cast

A view of a distant mountain peak from another mountain with a green valley and pine trees below. The sky is cloudy.

Public invited to participate in free, expert-led geology field trip to Sierra Valley on Oct. 19

The Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology hosts annual Earth Science Week field trip

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