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Subject: 3rd Annual Ichthyosaur Field Trip
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Geology faculty, please announce in your classes.  Also, there is NO CHARGE for
accompanying faculty members and grad students; we'd like to have as much 
participation by people that can answer undergrads' questions as possible!
Please attend if you possibly can; this has been a fun trip the last two 
years.

ANNOUNCEMENT:  ICHTHYOSAUR FIELD TRIP for Spring Semester '97.

     The Department of Geological Sciences announces the THIRD annual 
ICHTHYOSAUR FIELD TRIP, which will occur over the weekend of April 12 & 
13th, 1997.  (This is the first weekend AFTER spring break.)  As we did 
last year, on Saturday we'll visit Sand Mountain outside Fallon, look at 
Lake Lahontan shorelines, collect metamorphic rocks in Sand Pass, visit 
Kennecott's large gold mine at Rawhide, and see the scarps left by the huge 
(M ~ 7.4) earthquakes of December 1954 at Fairview Peak.  We'll camp at 
Ichthyosaur State Park Saturday night.
     Then on Sunday, we'll have a special tour of the fossil exhibit in the 
morning.  On our return, we'll see some igneous rocks outside Hawthorne, 
look at Walker Lake, and see the old copper-mining pit at Yerington (with a 
brief stop for copper mineral collecting).  
     The trip is open to all undergraduate and graduate students, and is 
especially directed toward beginning undergrads.  We'll provide all 
transportation, and INCLUDE dinner Saturday night and breakfast Sunday 
morning, for a nominal charge of just $10. 

     THE DETAILS:

     What do I need to bring?
     - Camping gear for one night.  (sleeping bag, pad, groundcloth, tent, 
       warm clothes, cup, spoon)
     - Daypack, canteen or water bottle, camera, rain gear, sunblock
     - Hiking boots, notebook & pencils
     - Two lunches (VERY IMPORTANT!)

     When do we leave?
     - 7:00 AM Saturday from LMR parking lot.
       (We'll drive right to Sand Mountain with no stops, so you can sleep 
        on the bus!)

     When do we get back?
     - By 6:00 PM Sunday

     Where do I sign up?
     - Geology Office, LME 400
     - Payment required!

     Further information?
     - Dr. Steve Gillett, 784-4760 or 784-6723
       e-mail:  gillett@seismo.unr.edu