Entries by Utah Geological Survey

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UTAH GEOLOGISTS DELIGHT WITH CALENDAR PHOTOS

deseretnews.com Utah experts who know the stories behind the state’s dazzling rock formations, towering mountains and sheer sandstone cliffs put their expertise behind a camera and are showcasing their work in the 2013 edition of the Utah Geology Calendar. READ MORE GET IT HERE OTHER STORIES: ksl.com    

VOLCANO POWER POSSIBILITES ERUPTING IN UTAH'S BLACK ROCK DESERT

desertnews.com The land south of here is mostly flat, sprawling and full of cheatgrass and sagebrush, a landscape that belies its hidden treasure thousands of feet below the surface. In this wind-whipped region of west central Utah lies a volcano, a literal hotbed of geothermal energy that has the potential to erupt with cheap, dependable […]

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2012 UGS Geothermal Drilling Video

Click for files available for download Discovery of a new type of geothermal energy resource in Utah offers hope for significantly more potential across the western U.S., and a boost in geothermal power production. In 2011 and 2012, Utah Geological Survey geoscientists, in partnership with a U.S. Geological Survey research drilling crew, drilled nine temperature […]

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Survey Notes volume 44 number 3

This issue contains: Utah’s Potash Resources and Activity Energy News: A Longer Term View of the Results of U.S. Energy Policy UGS Uses Geophysics to Explore for New Geothermal Resources Oil Shale vs. Shale Oil: What’s the Difference? Glad You Asked: Sizing Up Titans—Navajo Erg vs. Sahara Ergs; Which was the larger sand box? GeoSights: […]

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New Utah Dinosaur Named after Martha Hayden, Assistant to the Utah State Paleontologist

Martharaptor greenriverensis, a puzzling dinosaur lacking a complete skeleton, has been named after its co-discoverer Martha Hayden. Hayden, a dedicated advocate of paleontology, has served for more than 20 years as the assistant to several Utah state paleontologists. She has also donated numerous volunteer hours in her paleontological endeavors, and works with the Utah Geological […]

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New Publications

LATE HOLOCENE EARTHQUAKE HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM CITY SEGMENT OF THE WASATCH FAULT ZONE AT THE HANSEN CANYON, KOTTER CANYON, AND PEARSONS CANYON TRENCH SITES, BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH By Christopher B. DuRoss, Stephen F. Personius, Anthony J. Crone, Greg N. McDonald, and Richard W. Briggs This report (28 p. + 5 appendices, and 3 […]

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New Geologic Maps of the St. George Area

The Utah Geological Survey (UGS) published two new geologic maps for the St. George area of Washington County. The maps will be useful to government officials, land and resource managers, geological consultants, geological engineers, and other interested persons to identify and plan for geologic hazards; identify, develop, and protect geologic resources; and to aid in […]

North Creek Trench time-lapse

A 3-minute, time-lapse video, taken over 10 days, showing the excavation and study of the North Creek trench on the Nephi segment of the Wasatch fault zone.  

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Utah's Online Interactive Geologic Maps

Until now, Utah’s online geologic maps were difficult for the general public to find and view, lacking an online interface. With the advent of ArcGIS for Server, displaying Utah’s geologic maps in one online location is now possible: http://geology.utah.gov/apps/intgeomap/index.html A mosaic of over 400 of Utah’s geologic maps is draped over the user’s choice of […]

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UGS scientist Hellmut Doelling honored in naming of Utah’s newest raptor dinosaur; Yurgovuchia doellingi

Utah Geological Survey (UGS) paleontologists have uncovered three new dromaeosaur (“raptor”) dinosaurs near the base of Utah’s Cretaceous fossil record (130-120 million years ago) in eastern Utah on Bureau of Land Management lands near Arches National Park. The paper describing these new dinosaurs — New dromaeosaurids (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of Utah and […]