Maps for Teachers

Most Popular || Posters || Other Maps
Earthquake Fault || Liquefaction || Radon

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Most Popular Maps

United States Relief Map, 1991, 28"x 19", U.S. Geological Survey National Atlas, $5.50.
Easy to see landforms such as volcanoes, plateaus, deltas, and folded mountains

Dynamic Planet This Dynamic Planet - World Map of Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Plate Tectonics, 2006, 58"x 41", color, U.S. Geological Survey, $12.00.
Excellent wall map that includes text and explanations, as well as directions and speeds of plate movements.

Posters

PI-54

Utah: a geologic history from Paleozoic to Present, by R.W. Reading, A.E. Godfrey, and D.A. Prevedel, 1998, 35" x 18", PI-54 $2.00
Ten colorful illustrations of Utah's changing landscapes over time with explanatory text.

Utah: a geologic history (pdf - 46MB)
Utah: a geologic history (web page)

Cross Section Wasatch Front Geologic Cross Section of the Central Wasatch Front, design by Brian Maebius, 1999, 24"x 18.5", color, $5.00
Describes the rock layers and shows how they are folded and faulted.

Earthquake Fault Maps

Page-size maps covering portions of selected counties in Utah, explanatory text on back.  Free.
Counties: Cache, Davis, Salt Lake, Tooele, Utah, Washington, Weber.

Earthquake fault maps (online)

Liquefaction-potential Maps

Page-size maps covering portions of selected counties in Utah, color, explanatory text on back.  Free
Counties: Cache, Davis, Salt Lake, Tooele, Utah, Weber.

Liquefaction-potential maps (online)

Radon-hazard Potential Maps

Page-size maps covering portions of selected counties in Utah, explanatory text on back.  Free.
Counties:  Cache, Davis, Salt Lake, Tooele, Utah, Washington, Weber.

Radon-hazard potential maps (online)

Other Maps

National Geographic United States

Extensive selection of topographic, relief, and satellite image maps covering large and selected (Great Salt Lake, National Parks, etc.) areas.

Topographic maps of Utah (to purchase)
Topographic maps of Utah (online)

Wall maps (to purchase)
Includes relief, satellite image, and National Geographic maps.


Ordering information
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