The geochemistry of naturally occurring arsenic (As) has been investigated in the surface waters and ground waters of the shallow alluvial aquifers of the Humboldt River Basin (HRB) in northern Nevada using laboratory experiments, geochemical reaction path modeling, and statisti…
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The Hunter Creek sandstone near Mogul, Nevada, is a Neogene sedimentary unit in the Verdi basin consisting of fluvial, deltaic, and lacustrine facies. Numerous slope failures have occurred in the unit mostly along streams, canals, and the Truckee River. Field mapping showed that…
This thesis presents the results of analytical studies conducted on the off ramp structures of the Las Vegas downtown viaduct. In the first stage, the moment, shear and deformation capacities of the columns were determined by moment-curvature analysis. Then, the existing design …
This dissertation examines the reciprocal relationship between the civic reputation and the cultural landscape of Reno, Nevada from its founding in 1868 to the present. Drawing on a diverse array of materials including travel guides, postcards, pamphlets, city directories, oral …
This dissertation examines how historical events and representation of those events relative to the wider historical context have allowed the media, opinion setters, and the ordinary public to use the names of San Francisco, California, Birmingham, Alabama and Las Vegas, Nevada …
The state of Nevada is experiencing permanent deformation problems with hot mix asphalt pavements at or near intersections. The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) is currently using a Type 2C dense graded mixture in most of its construction. The NDOT Type 2C mixture show…
This dissertation examines the rise and allure of Las Vegas, Nevada between 1900 and 1960 in the context of nationwide conflicts in urban areas over working-class leisure cultures. Focusing specifically on the three most commonly praised aspects of Las Vegas—its economic, theatr…
The relationship of the \delta¹³C and \delta¹⁸O content of Holocene soil carbonates to variations in climate, plant cover, parent material, and soil depth was examined along several elevation transects in the southern Great Basin. \delta¹³C of pedogenic carbonate in three differ…
This study evaluated the properties and laboratory-performance of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) and Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) mixtures with different levels of Recycled Asphalt Pavements (RAP) content: none for control mixtures, around 15% by dry weight of aggregates, and more than 30% by …
Aridland springs are among the most threatened ecosystems in the world (Stevens & Meretsky 2008). Vital to desert ecologies and Indigenous cultures, these complex and individualistic ecosystems have layered histories. To inform management in the changing landscape of Desert Nati…
Critical rhetoricians and legal communication studies scholars have long recognized that rhetoric and ideology are inherent to legal structures, shaping legislation and impacting the lives of those such laws are meant to address. Fewer look to, not just civic discourses, but als…
The Battle Mountain mining district in north-central Nevada hosts deposits of magmatic-hydrothermal origin, including porphyry, skarn, and distal disseminated deposits, as well as sedimentary-rock hosted Au deposits of uncertain origin. This dissertation examines the ages of mag…
Carbonate mineral formation in lakes is a consequence of the interactions of lake water chemistry, physical processes at several scales, and biological influences, all of which are greatly affected by individual lake basin attributes such as basin size and physiography, bedrock …
This thesis looks at an archaeological assemblage from a domestic feature on the Island Mountain site in northeastern Nevada. The site was a Chinese mining settlement active in the late 1800s until the turn of the century. While the community declined after the mining economy we…
This dissertation explores environmental settler colonialism and the creation of water policy in early Nevada. Much of the history of the Comstock Lode is centered in Virginia City with a focus upon silver mining and the engineering that made it all possible. Yet without water, …
Leonard Rockshelter (LRS) is located in Pershing County, Nevada. Robert Heizer excavated the site in 1950 and reported more than 2 m of stratified deposits from which he recovered a modest assemblage of perishable and lithic artifacts. Of interest to the University of Nevada Ren…