kcpw.org You wouldn’t know it from experience, but the Wasatch Front is one of the most seismically at risk areas in Utah and in the Intermountain West. Scientists are looking at thousands of years of earthquake history to learn more about the hazard we face. Kim Schuske has this story. LISTEN HERE MORE INFO
sltrib.com Early explorers and pioneers often found precisely the right words to describe land formations as they named features they encountered while trekking west. On July 27, 1850, for example, Robert Chalmers led a group of about 300 gold miners headed to California across the Bonneville Salt Flats using the Hastings Cutoff. Seeing a mountain […]
Dixie National Forest, Kane County, Utah Photographer: Tyler Knudsen Golden aspen, blue sky, and dark basaltic lava provide dramatic contrast along the Navajo Lake Loop Trail on the Markagunt Plateau. The geologically young Quaternaryage lava erupted from a nearby cinder cone and flowed across Duck Creek, creating a natural dam that formed Navajo Lake.
deseretnews.com An Estonia company that claims it has perfected turning oil shale into fuel oil during the past 30 years wants to mine rock from a remote region of the Uintah Basin, tapping 2.6 billion barrels of oil in the decades to come. That staggering production, 50,000 barrels of oil per day, would represent one-third […]
aapg.org Geologic intervals that may have looked a bit ho-hum when pierced by the drill bit on its way to the Real Target can, on second look, yield some pleasant surprises. The Uteland Butte Member of the Eocene Green River Formation in the Uinta Basin in Utah is one of these. It’s the basal member […]
Navajo Indian Reservation, San Juan County, Utah Photographer: Phil Powlick The wind has formed ripples on the surface of a dune in Monument Valley along the Utah-Arizona border.
Kolob Canyons, Zion National Park, Washington County, Utah Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg Jurassic-age Navajo Sandstone forms the massive red cliffs of the often-overlooked Kolob Canyons area of Zion National Park. Hanging valleys are present where relatively small tributary streams have eroded downward at a slower rate than the larger trunk stream.
Core Workshop: Microbial Carbonate Reservoirs from Utah Field Trip: Modern and Ancient Microbial Carbonates in Utah—Examples from Great Salt Lake and the Uinta Basin’s Tertiary (Eocene) Green River Formation To register for either the short course, field trip, or both, go online at: RMSAAPG2013.COM and look for short course #4 and field trip #5. Details […]
Rose Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah. Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg Step Mountain is aptly named for several resistant Tertiary-age andesite dikes that display exceptional horizontal columnar joints.
Dr. Jim Kirkland, State Paleontologist with the Utah Geological Survey, will be speaking at Anasazi State Park (http://www.stateparks.utah.gov/park/anasazi-state-park-museum) this Friday, July 12, at 1:00 pm as part of the Boulder Heritage Festival. Jim’s talk is titled “Utah’s Outstanding Dinosaur Heritage.” This event is free to the public. For more information, go to http://www.boulderutah.com/heritage/.
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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