Tag: geologic history

July 17, 2018

Deal of the Day—July 17 through 20, Teacher Appreciation Week

Celebrate “Teacher Appreciation Week” at NBMG! Plan your Fall trips now and save one-third off the regular price of four NBMG guidebooks: http://pubs.nbmg.unr.edu/dealoftheday.asp Reno area:...

October 8, 2014

Earth Science Week Field Trip—October 11 and 12—Sign Up Now!

This annual Earth Science Week field trip is hosted by the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology. Carson Rocks! – A Sesquicentennial Celebration of Some...

July 3, 2014

Eco-Mapping Exercise for Teachers

Geo- and Eco-Mapping around DRI (The Great Altered Rock Walking Tour) by Jonathan G. Price, Elisabeth M. Price, and Daphne D. LaPointe 2014 This geo-...

June 17, 2014

Mixosaurus Exhibit at Keck Museum

The W. M. Keck Museum has a new permanent exhibit, Mixosaurus: Nevada’s Other Ichthyosaur. For more information, please contact: Garrett Barmore Museum Administrator W.M. Keck...

February 4, 2014

NBMG Information Video—Now Available!

The Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology conducts cutting edge, societally relevant science that fosters economic development and public safety and involves training of the...

May 17, 2011

NBMG column in the RGJ: Geothermal energy can help power Nevada

Congratulations to Lisa Shevenell and D.D. LaPointe for recently writing a great column on Nevada’s geothermal energy for the Reno Gazette-Journal newspaper. If you didn’t see the printed version, you can view the full article at http://www.rgj.co…

November 2, 2010

New at NBMG: Revised Highway 50 guidebook now available!

SP26 – Traveling America’s Loneliest Road: A Geologic and Natural History Tour through Nevada along U.S. Highway 50, with GPS Coordinates by Joseph V. Tingley and Kris Ann Pizarro, 134 pages, $24.95 http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/sales/pbsdtls.php?sku=SP26

August 19, 2010

In the News

NBMG Director and State Geologist, Jon Price, receives award from Geological Society of America (Nevada News, July 26) http://www.unr.edu/news/templates/?a=5503 Revised geologic time scale from USGS (July 20, 2010) http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2010/3059

May 14, 2010

New at NBMG: SP35 – A Geologic and Natural History Tour through Nevada and Arizona along U.S. highway 93, with GPS coordinates

by Joseph V. Tingley, Kris A. Pizarro, Christopher Ross, and Philip A. Pearthree, illustrations by Kris Pizarro, publication design by Shelly deLaureal and Jack P. Hursh (2010) The latest in a series of guidebooks published by the Nevada Bureau of…