Richard A. Schweickert
Chairman and Professor, Department of Geological Sciences

Telephone: (775)-784-6901 FAX: (775)-784-1833 E-mail: richschw@unr.edu

Education:

B.S. Geology with distinction and honors, Stanford University, Stanford California, 1967.  Ph.D. Geology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 1972.  Current Position: Professor of Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada; July, 1982 -present.     Department Chairman, June 1993-present.  1994 - present: UNR Foundation Professor.  Research:
Principally structural geology, stratigraphy, tectonics, and crustal evolution in Nevada, California, Alaska, Newfoundland, Antarctica, Scotland, and the Mediterranean for over 25 years; 47 refereed journal articles and symposium papers, 11 field trip guide books, and 60 abstracts. Received and directed research on over $1,158,002 in competitively awarded research grants and contracts since 1987. Served on National Science Foundation Advisory Panels from 1988-1991, Associate Editor of Geological Society of America Bulletin, 1981-1988, Geological Society of America--Cordilleran Section Vice-Chairman, 1992, and Chairman, 1993.

Principal advisor for 9 Ph. D. 's and 12 M. S.'s.
 

Rich Schweickert--Current Research--1998

Methods: regional to ultradetailed mapping, structural and kinematic analysis, stratigraphy, biostratigraphy, trace element and major element geochemistry, petrology, paleomagnetism, U-Pb geochronology

• Research on crustal evolution of the Sierra Nevada region  Stratigraphy and structure of Sierran roof pendants--NSFsupport Sierra Nevada foothills metamorphic belt--no current funding Structural framework of the Lake Tahoe basin--partial NSF support
• Structure and Tectonics Research in Nevada Yucca Mountain region--no current funding Carlin-type gold deposits--no current funding Dixie Valley geothermal area--LBNL and Oxbow geothermal funding
• Allochthonous tectonic units in California and Nevada

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

• Lahren, M.M., Schweickert, R.A., Mattinson, J.M., and Walker, J.D., 1990, Evidence of uppermost Proterozoic to Lower Cambrian miogeoclinal rocks and the Mojave-Snow Lake fault: Snow Lake pendant, central Sierra Nevada, California: Tectonics, v. 9, p. 1585-1608.
• Schweickert, R.A., and Lahren, M.M., 1991, Age and tectonic significance of metamorphic rocks along the axis of the Sierra Nevada batholith: A critical reappraisal, in Cooper, J., and Stevens, C., eds., Paleozoic paleogeography of the western United States, II: SEPM Pacific Section, Vol. 67, p. 653-676.
• Greene, D.C., and Schweickert, R. A., 1995, The Gem Lake shear zone: Cretaceous dextral transpression in the Northern Ritter Range pendant, eastern Sierra Nevada, California: Tectonics, v. 14, p. 945-961.
• Dickinson, W. R., Schweickert, R. A., and Ingersoll, R. V., 1996, Alternate origins of the Coast Range ophiolite (Calif.): 1. Coast Range ophiolite as back-arc-inter-arc basin lithosphere: GSA Today, v. 6, no. 2, p. 2-4.

SELECTED GRANTS:

National Science Foundation: NSF EAR-95-26565--"Mesozoic intra-arc detachment faulting in western Nevada and eastern California"--$123,929, January 1, 1996-June 30, 1998. Schweickert and Lahren.

Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and Oxbow Geothermal Co.: "Structure, stratigraphy, and tectonics of the Dixie Valley Geothermal Site"-$43,125, 6/l/95-5/30/97. Schweickert.

National Science Foundation: NSF-EAR-93-14316-- "Partitioning of Longitudinal Slip in Magmatic Arcs: Mesozoic Crustal Structure and Evolution, California - Nevada Border Near 380 N Latitude"-$95,000, January 1, 1994-June 30, 1996. Lahren and Schweickert.     State Of Nevada-Agency For Nuclear Projects-- "Tectonic and neotectonic evolution of the Yucca Mountain region, southern Nevada"--$86,000, 1994-96. Schweickert.

National Science Foundation: NSF-EAR-92-05666--Paleozoic island arc rocks in Nevada:Implications for the nature of the deep crust and for tectonic evolution of western Nevada, Schweickert, $77,196, 7/l/92-6/30/94. Joint research with French Centre National Recherche Scientifique (CNRS).