Utah Geological Survey

Lehi F. Hintze

The sad passing of Lehi F. Hintze, a geologist who gave a lot of his time and career to Utah and the Utah Geological Survey.

heraldextra.com

Lehi Ferdinand Hintze passed away 1 July 2014 in Provo, Utah. He was born 14 April 1921 in Denver, Colorado to Ferdinand F. and Henrietta Jones Hintze. In 1942 in Salt Lake City he married Ione Peaches Nelson of Brigham City. After graduation from the University of Utah and service in the Army Field Artillery he obtained a Ph.D. in Geology from Columbia University. He taught geology for 35 years at Oregon State University and Brigham Young University, and is noted for his 1980 Geologic Map of Utah, an academic work titled Geologic History of Utah, and the Geologic Highway Map of Utah.

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Glad You Asked: July 3, 2014

We reflect on our American heritage with July 4th on the horizon and our weekend adventures coming up. How about a little Utah history to go with it? Sedimentary rocks are telling teachers in piecing together Utah’s geologic history. Check it out in our “Glad You Asked” article HERE!

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Dinosaur hunter is making prehistory

latimes.com

Scott Richardson is up at dawn, standing atop a rocky ridgeline near his base camp, a solitary figure in the slanting light. He surveys a primordial wilderness of dry creek beds and stands of juniper and pinyon pine.

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POTD July 2, 2014: Wasatch Range, Utah County, Utah

Wasatch Range, Utah County, Utah
Photographer: Stevie Emerson; © 2013

Glacially carved Timpanogos Basin in the Wasatch Range, Utah County.

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Super-Rare Baby Dinosaur Footprints Modeled In 3D

Who knew paleontology could be so cute.

huffingtonpost.com

Tiny tracks found in Colorado are so small that they could belong to a kitten. But these footprints actually belong to baby stegosaurs — the only such tracks ever found.

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