Tag: Quaternary

March 11, 2021

New Geologic Map in Elko County

Geologic Map of the North Half of the Tent Mountain Quadrangle, Elko County, Nevada Authors: Andrew V. Zuza, Seth Dee, and Benjamin J.C. Laabs Year: 2020Series: Open-File Report...

February 7, 2014

New OFR on Eglington Fault—Clark County

Open-File Report 13-12 Evidence for High Contemporary Slip Rates along the Eglington Fault, Clark County, Nevada by Craig M. dePolo, Wanda J. Taylor, and James...

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...

September 2, 2012

Articles on Reno area – in Geosphere

In April 2012, this publication on the Reno area was released:Preliminary revised geologic maps of the Reno urban area, Nevada by Alan R. Ramelli, Christopher D. Henry, and Jerome P. Walker, with contributions by John W. Bell, Patricia H. Cashman,…

June 1, 2012

New at NBMG: Map 175 – Geologic map of the Gass Peak SW quadrangle, Clark County, Nevada

by Alan R. Ramelli, William R. Page, Craig R. Manker, and Kathleen B. Springer2011A 1:24,000-scale, color geologic map of the Gass Peak SW 7.5-minute quadrangle in Clark County, Nevada with descriptions of 30 geologic units. Accompanying text incl…

March 1, 2012

New at NBMG: OF12-1 – Preliminary surficial geologic map along the northwest Lone Mountain and Weepah Hills piedmonts, Esmeralda County, Nevada

by Jeffrey S. Hoeft and Kurt L. Frankel2012 1:24,0000-scale color plate 37×26 inches $15.00 or free on the Web Prepared in cooperation with the National Science Foundation, the Geological Society of America, the Geological Society of Nevada, and t…

November 21, 2011

New at NBMG: Open-File Report 11-9: Preliminary geologic map of the Bunejug Mountains quadrangle, Churchill County, Nevada

by Nicholas H. Hinz, James E. Faulds, and John W. Bell 2011 1:24,000-scale color plate 27.5 x 27 inches $15.00 or available free on the Web: http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/sales/pbsdtls.php?sku=OF11-%209

June 9, 2011

New publication on Wells earthquake

On February 21 at 6:16 a.m. PST, northeastern Nevada was struck by a moment magnitude (Mw) 6.0 earthquake, the largest event in Nevada within the last 42 years, the largest earthquake to occur in the Basin and Range Province in the last 15 years, …

August 19, 2010

New at NBMG: OF10-7 – Preliminary surficial geologic map of Clark County, Nevada

by P. Kyle House, Heather Green, Abbey Grimmer, and the Nevada Digital Dirt Mapping Team This map is the only county-wide surficial geologic map with more than a few units ever to be produced by NBMG (it covers 20,000 sq. km). Thanks to a temporar…