sltrib.com
The PBS series “Nova” tackles 4 billion years of a continent’s history — and Utah is one of the stars.
Great Salt Lake’s North Arm is a little salty, even for Great Salt Lake. The Union Pacific railroad causeway is a factor in the build-up of salt crust in the north arm. The Railroad will be starting a bridge-building project to replace a part of the causeway, mitigating some of the water flow issues. Two of our geologists here at the UGS talk about the salt build up and how it’s affected the North Arm.
ksl.com
One of the strangest and most striking places in Utah — an enormous oddity that scientists say was created accidentally by human engineering — is getting a bit of a remodeling job.
Anyone feel the small earthquake last night? The micro event occurred about 3 miles outside of Mapleton, Utah.
fox13now.com
The United States Geological Surveys (USGS) reported that a 2.9 magnitude earthquake hit Utah Monday morning.
See the Univeristy of Utah Preliminary Earthquake Report HERE.
sltrib.com
At the northern end of a small but rapidly growing southern Utah community lies a modern ghost town.
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