nature.com On Maine’s rugged coast, just north of the tourist town of Boothbay, an underground seismometer is listening for earthquakes. Engineers activated it on 26 September, completing the US$90-million Transportable Array, an ambitious effort to blanket the contiguous United States with a moveable grid of seismic monitors (see ‘On the march’). READ MORE
deseretnews.com Weighing in at more than 2 tons and two dozen feet long, a new species of dinosaur related to Tyrannosaurus rex was fierce enough to be dubbed “King of Gore.” The discovery of “Lythronax argestes” at the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah was announced Wednesday at the Natural History Museum of Utah and […]
sciencedaily.com A remarkable new species of tyrannosaur has been unearthed in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM), southern Utah. The huge carnivore inhabited Laramidia, a landmass formed on the western coast of a shallow sea that flooded the central region of North America, isolating western and eastern portions of the continent for millions of years during […]
Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park, Kane County, Utah. Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg Beetle on rippled dune face, Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park, Kane County, Utah.
usu.edu Utah State University’s Department of Geology announces the opening of a new museum on the school’s Logan campus, along with the return of the department’s popular ‘Rock and Fossil Day,’ Saturday, Nov. 9, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. All ages are invited to the free event, which features a variety of hands-on educational activities along […]
blogs.kqed.org For something that is supposed to keep track of 4 billion years of history, the geologic time scale is quite a fuzzy and slippery yardstick. After two centuries of careful research and argumentation, the world’s geologists have only recently adopted a system to literally nail down the different time periods taught in geology school. […]
nps.gov Cambrian Fossils in Utah’s West Desert, Millard County Utah is recognized for having the longest and most diverse dinosaur record in the nation. Yet, the Cambrian rocks in Utah’s West Desert contain one of our nation’s best records of the early evolution of life on Earth. View a slideshow of rocks and fossils from […]
Desolation Canyon, Emery County, Utah Photographer: Tyler Knudsen Rippled sand bar along the Green River in Desolation Canyon, Emery County, Utah
Snow Canyon State Park, Washington County, Utah Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg Eroded cross-beds in the Navajo Sandstone capture spherical hematite (iron oxide) concretions that have weathered out of overlying strata. The Navajo Sandstone comprises “fossilized” sand dune deposits of Early Jurassic age.
deseretnews.com Have a hankering to see a hoodoo? Do you find argillite alluring? Savor scallops, and not the seafood kind? Those vastly unique geologic features showcased in landscapes across Utah are captured in the photography displayed by the 2014 Utah Geology Calendar, an annual tradition that reflects the work and expertise of geologists with the […]
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