Geologic and natural history tours in the Reno area
By: by Becky Weimer Purkey and Larry J. Garside ; illustrated by Kris Ann Pizarro.
Contributors: Garside, Larry J.; Mackay School of Mines.; United States. Bureau of Land Management.; Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology.
Series: Special publication / Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology ;; 19; Special publication (Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology) ;; 19.
Publisher: Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada; For sale by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Reno
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
Subjects: Natural history -- Nevada -- Reno Region -- Guidebooks.; Geology -- Nevada -- Reno Region -- Guidebooks.; Reno Region (Nev.) -- Guidebooks.; Nevada -- Guidebooks.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-210).
"Publication ... was made possible with the assistance of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management"--P. [2] of cover.
"There are many people fascinated by the intriguing landscapes in the Reno-Lake Tahoe-Pyramid Lake areas who would not normally be aware of these [technical] reports [by the staff at the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology and the Bureau of Land Management], nor enjoy wading through the technical language in them.  This book is intended to fill gaps in the ... available publications on tourist attractions and the natural history ... [and] to provide a geologic guide ... [to] the area's many sites of natural beauty and historical importance"--P. 5.