F depending on cloud cover, weather patterns, and elevation. Spring rains, though not common or long-lasting, can be cold and penetrating, so raingear is essential. As we approach July, the daytime temperatures can occasionally get above 100 o F, and shade may be sparse. Afternoon thunderstorms are common in some years, but usually pass fairly rapidly. In short, you should be prepared to deal with most any kind of weather.
Participants are responsible for transportation from their home to and from Reno.
Dr. James Faulds Camp Director Jim is a structural geologist, who conducts geologic mapping, structural analyses, and regional tectonic studies in structurally complex terranes, including the Basin and Range province, Antler orogenic belt, and major strike-slip fault zones in the Walker Lane. Much of his work has focused on extensional tectonics, particularly the geometry and kinematics of overlapping normal-fault zones and the relations between magmatism and extension. His other interests include paleoclimate and regional geology and evolution of western North America. James Trexler Jim is a sedimentologist and stratigrapher, who focuses on the field investigation of tectonically influenced sedimentary basins. He is interested in developing ideas about the stratigraphic and sedimentologic signals of plate-tectonic activity, and how sedimentary basins are generated in zones of collision, transverse slip, and extension.