Island in the Sky District, Canyonlands National Park, San Juan County, Utah Photographer: Mike Hylland Desert primrose blooms in thin, gravelly soil along the White Rim Trail. The Permian-aged White Rim Sandstone forms a broad, nearly flat bench above the adjacent Green and Colorado Rivers and below towering cliffs (visible in the distance) of the […]
The University of Utah is launching a new graduate program this fall to meet the increasing demands for experienced engineers with knowledge of the petroleum industry. The petroleum engineering Master of Science degree will be offered through the U.’s Department of Chemical Engineering and is designed for students with a bachelor’s degree in engineering. READ […]
Lake Mountains, Utah County. Photographer: J. Lucy Jordan UGS geologists provide oversight and run downhole geophysical logs during ground-water monitoring-well drilling.
San Rafael Swell, Emery County, Utah Photographer: Taylor Boden Boulders of Cretaceous-age Ferron Sandstone, eroded from the top of a distant butte, have come to rest on the Cretaceous-age Mancos Shale on the west flank of the San Rafael Swell.
Slickrock Trail near Moab, Grand County, Utah Photographer: Jim Davis Giant weathering pits or potholes like this one (about 16 feet across at the bottom) in the Jurassic-age Navajo Sandstone typically form along fractures and joints atop fins, knolls, and rounded domes. Potholes are created through a combination of physical, chemical, and biological processes that […]
ksl.com Mexican paleontologists say they have uncovered 50 vertebrae believed to be a full dinosaur tail in the northern desert of Coahuila state. The National Institute of Anthropology and History says the tail is about 15 feet (5 meters) long and resembles that of a hadrosaur or crested duckbill dinosaur. READ MORE MORE INFO
washingtonpost.com Once in a great while, I stumble upon extreme weather video unlike anything I’ve ever seen. Today’s example? A large, violent debris flash flood that gutted a creek basin in southern Utah Thursday afternoon (south of Bryce Canyon National Park, about eight miles north of Lake Powell). READ MORE
Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Kane County, Utah Photographer: Tyler Knudsen The narrow defile of Round Valley Draw exposes layers of ancient petrified dunes of the Jurassic-age Navajo Sandstone. This is one of numerous slot canyons in Utah’s canyon country formed by the scouring action of infrequent but powerful flood waters.
The prestigious 2013 Crawford Award was presented to UGS geologists Rich Giraud and Greg McDonald in recognition for their combined work on the outstanding geologic publication Landslide Inventory Map of the Twelvemile Canyon, Sanpete County, Utah (UGS Map 247DM). The publication includes a 1:24,000-scale landslide inventory map and geodatabase for Twelvemile Canyon, east of Mayfield, […]
ksl.com It’s been a month since a massive rock slide sent boulders the size of trucks tumbling into and across Jones Hole Creek, and a thick layer of cream-colored sandstone dust still coats every surface. READ MORE MORE INFO
The Utah Geological Survey (UGS) is a division of the Utah Department of Natural Resources. Several specialized programs comprise the UGS: Data Management, Energy & Minerals, Geologic Hazards, Geologic Information & Outreach, Geologic Mapping, Groundwater & Wetlands, and Paleontology.
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