April 2019 - Utah Geological Survey

Photo of the Day (POTD): April 17, 2019

Uinta Basin Photomicrograph. Photo by Michael Vanden Berg.

Photomicrograph of limestone from the Eocene-age Green River Formation showing small ostracod shells surrounding and filling larger
gastropod fossils.

April 17, 2019

Photo of the Day (POTD): April 3, 2019

Nine Mile Canyon Road, Carbon County, Utah. Photo by Emily Kleber.

Cliffs of deltaic sandstone in the Eocene-age Green River Formation tower over Nine Mile Canyon, an area rich in geologic and human history.

April 3, 2019

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