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Survey Notes is an informative, non-technical magazine on noteworthy and interesting geologic topics in Utah and serves as the official UGS newsletter. You can find past Survey Notes issues in the Survey Notes Archive.

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Current Issue: September 2023 – Volume 55, Number 3

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IN THIS ISSUE

August 31, 2023

Geologic Diagnostic: An “MRI” for the Earth

Photo of a woman eating a meal with 13 month old daughter outdoors.

August 31, 2023

The Development of Field Spectroscopy for Minerals Exploration: Utah, Fieldwork, and Family

Aerial photo of a semi-snow-covered mountainous region, with a home endangered by a landslide.

August 31, 2023

Hazard News: An Update on Utah’s Very Active Spring 2023 Landslide Season

A Google Earth image of a cinder cone located in southern Utah.

August 31, 2023

Glad You Asked: Cinder Cones of Southwest Utah: What Exactly Are They and How Did They Get There?

View looking south at Palisade State Park with the lake and golf course. The light-colored hills to the left and right of the golf course are the upper and lower sandstone units of the Funk Valley Formation. The golf course and lake are in the middle sand and mud unit that is more easily weathered. Flagstaff Limestone lies on top of the Funk Valley sandstone beds on the left side of the photograph.

August 31, 2023

GeoSights: Palisade State Park in Sanpete County, Utah

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Slope-shade model that combines hillshade and slope models. Airborne data for mapping the Wasatch fault zone at the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah.

April 5, 2018

The Wasatch Fault from Above

Eroded from Navajo Sandstone, split iron concretions expose a loosely cemented sand interior surrounded by a hard, layered outer rind of hematite. Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg

September 13, 2017

Glad You Asked: What are Moqui marbles?

March 25, 2015

The Uinta Mountains: A Tale of Two Geographies & More

Colorful volcanic sandstone and mudstone of the Brian Head Formation record initiation of volcanic activity in southwest Utah about 36 million years ago. Here, Eocene-age Brian Head deposits form rugged badlands at the south end of the Sevier Plateau. Dixie National Forest, Garfield County, Utah Photographer: Robert F. Biek; © 2012

August 21, 2014

Glad You Asked: How Do Geologists Know How Old a Rock Is?

Eastward view of research trench across a small (about 3 feet high) fault scarp on the West Valley fault zone in Salt Lake Valley. Photo by Michael Hylland.

May 21, 2012

Evaluating the seismic relation between the West Valley fault zone and Salt Lake City segment of the Wasatch fault zone

September 24, 2009

Glad You Asked: What should you do if you find a fossil?

The dull, light khaki gray color of Fantasy Canyon sandstone transforms to a glowing pale orange at sunset. This sculpture is named “Prowling Coyote.”

January 1, 2009

GeoSights: Fantasy Canyon, Uintah County

$Fragment of the Gunlock Meteorite. The polished slice through meteorite reveals it’s distinctive chondritic texture and fractures possibly due to impact with the surface of the Earth.$

May 1, 2008

Glad You Asked: So you think you have found a meteorite!

January 1, 2005

Glad You Asked: What are fulgurites and where can they be found?

June 1, 2001

Glad You Asked: What Are Minerals Used For?

May 1, 2000

The Rockhounder: Dugway Geode Beds, Juab County

January 1, 2000

Glad You Asked: How was Utah’s topography formed?

April 21, 1996

Glad You Asked: Igneous, Sedimentary, & Metamorphic Rocks

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May 2023
Volume 55, Number 2

Contents

Mapping Geologic Hazards in and Near Bryce Canyon National Park

Digging Up Evidence of Past Earthquakes in Salt Lake Valley

Groundwater & Wetland News: IN-LIEU FEE WETLAND MITIGATION: A Boring Name For an Exciting Idea

Glad You Asked: What do landslides, glaciers, and faults have to do with the lakes on the Wasatch Plateau?

GeoSights: Springhill Geologic Park, Davis County, Utah

Energy News: Utah Returns to Being a Net Energy Importer

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January 2023
Volume 55, Number 1

Contents

The Utah Geological Survey and the National Park Service

Great Salt Lake’s Gunnison and Cub Islands Come into Focus

Energy News: Potential Impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act on Carbon Capture and Storage in Utah

Glad You Asked: What is a Dropstone?

GeoSights: Fossil Mountain, Millard County, Utah

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September 2022
Volume 54, Number 3

Contents

The Utah Flux Network

New, Novel, and Updated! Wetland Mapping Improves Across Utah

Hazard News-Putting Down Roots in Utah’s Earthquake Country Second Edition Provides Updated and New Information

Glad You Asked: What are the Oldest Rocks in Utah?

GeoSights: Trek to Fremont Island (Disappointment Island)

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Current Issue: September 2023 – Volume 55, Number 3

IN THIS ISSUE

Geologic Diagnostic: An “MRI” for the Earth

The Development of Field Spectroscopy for Minerals Exploration: Utah, Fieldwork, and Family

Hazard News: An Update on Utah’s Very Active Spring 2023 Landslide Season

Glad You Asked: Cinder Cones of Southwest Utah: What Exactly Are They and How Did They Get There?

GeoSights: Palisade State Park in Sanpete County, Utah

The Wasatch Fault from Above

Glad You Asked: What are Moqui marbles?

The Uinta Mountains: A Tale of Two Geographies & More

Glad You Asked: How Do Geologists Know How Old a Rock Is?

Evaluating the seismic relation between the West Valley fault zone and Salt Lake City segment of the Wasatch fault zone

Glad You Asked: What should you do if you find a fossil?

GeoSights: Fantasy Canyon, Uintah County

Glad You Asked: So you think you have found a meteorite!

Glad You Asked: What are fulgurites and where can they be found?

Glad You Asked: What Are Minerals Used For?

The Rockhounder: Dugway Geode Beds, Juab County

Glad You Asked: How was Utah’s topography formed?

Glad You Asked: Igneous, Sedimentary, & Metamorphic Rocks

Recent Issues of Survey Notes

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