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James E. Faulds
Research Professor
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering
University of Nevada, RenoBusiness telephone: (775) 682-8751
FAX: (775) 784-1709
E-mail: jfaulds@unr.edu
Education
Ph.D. University of New Mexico, 1989
M.S. University of Arizona, 1986
B.S. University of Montana, highest honors, 1981
Areas of Expertise
Geologic mapping
Structural geology
Tectonics
Paleomagnetism
Geothermal Activity –Great Basin, USA, and western Turkey,
http://www.unr.edu/geothermal/meetings_pres.html
Professional Experience
1997–present, Research Professor, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology and Department of Geological
Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno
2008 (January–August) – Le Studium Fellow at the BRGM (French Geological Survey), Orléans, France
2000–2005, Director, UNR Geology Summer Field Camp
1992–1997, Assistant Professor, University of Iowa
1991–1992, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Iowa
1990–1991, Post-doctoral Research Associate, University of Southern California
1989–1990, Post-doctoral Research Associate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Major Ongoing Projects
Neogene evolution of the northern Walker Lane: An evolving transform plate boundary (NSF and USGS-
statemap funded).
Structural controls on geothermal fields in the northern Great Basin (DOE and industry funded).
Magmatic-extensional relations in the northern Colorado River extensional corridor, southern Nevada and
northwest Arizona (NSF and USGS-statemap funded)
Geologic mapping in Clark County, Nevada (BLM funded).
Evolution of the Searchlight mining district, southern Nevada (NSF and USGS funded).
Cenozoic evaporite deposits in the Basin and Range province – Paleogeographic implications.
Selected Publications
Faulds, J.E., Price, L.M., Snee, L.W., and Gans, P.B., 2010, A chronicle of Miocene extension near the
Colorado Plateau-Basin and Range boundary, southern White Hills, northwestern Arizona:
Paleogeographic and tectonic Implications, in Umhoefer, P.J., Beard, L.S., and Lamb, M.A., eds.,
Miocene tectonics of the Lake Mead Region, central Basin and Range: Geological Society of America
Special Paper 463, p. XXX–XXX, doi: 10.1130/2010.2463(05), in press.
Faulds, J.E., and Henry, C.D., 2008, Tectonic influences on the spatial and temporal evolution of the
Walker Lane: An incipient transform fault along the evolving Pacific-North American plate boundary,
in Spencer, J.E., and Titley, S.R., eds., Ores and orogenesis: Circum-Pacific tectonics, geologic
evolution, and ore deposits: Arizona Geological Society Digest 22, p. 437–470. Click here for PDF file
Faulds, J.E., Howard, K.A., and Duebendorfer, E.M., 2008, Cenozoic evolution of the abrupt Colorado
Plateau-Basin and Range boundary, northwest Arizona: A tale of three basins, immense lacustrine-
evaporite deposits, and the nascent Colorado River, in Duebendorfer, E.M., and Smith, E.I., eds.,
Field Guide to Plutons, Volcanoes, Faults, Reefs, Dinosaurs, and Possible Glaciation in Selected Areas
of Arizona, California, and Nevada: Geological Society of America Field Guide 11, p. 119–151, doi:
10.1130/2008.fl d011(06). Click here for PDF file
Faulds, J.E., Henry, C.D., and Hinz, N.H., 2005, Kinematics of the northern Walker Lane: An incipient
transform fault along the Pacific-North American plate boundary: Geology, v. 33, no. 6, p. 505–508.
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Faulds, J.E., Coolbaugh, M., Bouchot, V., Moeck, I., and Oguz, K., 2010, Characterizing structural
controls of geothermal reservoirs in the Basin and Range, USA, and western Turkey: Developing
successful exploration strategies in extended terranes: Proceedings of the World Geothermal
Congress, Bali, Indonesia, 25–29 April 2010, in press.
Faulds, J.E., Bouchot, V., Moeck, I., and Oguz, K., 2009, Structural controls of geothermal systems in
western Turkey: A preliminary report: Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, v. 33, p. 375–383.
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Jim's Full CV (.pdf)
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