heraldextra.com The recent earthquakes and tsunamis in other parts of the world have made some people along the Wasatch Front wonder if they are ready for a natural disaster in their own community. Many have checked their emergency kits, food storages and even building foundations in preparation. In Cedar Hills, there is a different worry […]
www.univers.byu.edu You are in Moab for the weekend, you have slick-rocked all day and now you consult your new smart phone application to find the next place to see and adventure to be had. The “Utah GeoSites” app allows students to navigate to more than 30 geological sites across Utah right from the touch of […]
abc4.com Japan’s magnitude-8.9 earthquake has promptedwarnings from experts that a major temblor along Utah’s Wasatch Front could kill thousands of people and cause billions of dollars in damage. While Utah is unlikely to experience a quake as powerful as the one that devastated Japan, the state could be rocked by one of up to a […]
sltrib.com Thinking a bit about earthquakes today? A lot of people don’t realize that earthquake damage is not covered by basic homeowner’s insurance policies. If an earthquake damages or destroys your home and you don’t have earthquake coverage, you’re still obligated to pay your mortgage – even if you can no longer live in your […]
For a complete announcements and instructions on how to apply, please visit the State of Utah website at: http://statejobs.utah.gov. HAZARDS MAPPING GEOLOGIST (official announcement) Application Period: 02/02/2011 – 03/06/2011 Location: Salt Lake City – Utah Geological Survey – 1594 W. North Temple The incumbent in this position will perform Quaternary geologic and geologic hazard mapping […]
Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons contain some of the most dramatic glacial scenery in the Wasatch Range. This article highlights some of the numerous and varied glacial features in both canyons. Geologic Information: The Cottonwood Canyons and many of their tributaries and high-elevation basins were filled with hundreds of feet of glacial ice between 30,000 […]
deseretnews.com Fossil remains of an athletic sauropod with a potentially mighty kick found in eastern Utah offer a rare bounty of clues into how four-legged herbivores thrived, according to a new study of the discovery. The results, published this week in the British journal Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, show that an unusually large hip bone compared […]
ksl.com Crews tore down a house that fell victim to a slow-moving landslide in North Salt Lake. The home was one of several in the Spring Hill development in North Salt Lake that suffered damage with the slow movement of the hill. It took demolition crews less than an hour to tear down a home […]
ksl.com Demolition crews today are preparing to knock down a house damaged by a slow-moving landslide in the Springhill area. City manager Barry Edwards said a recent report from the Utah Geological Survey indicated there had been “significant movement of the ground” in the past 30 days, creating additional damage to homes in the North […]
sci-tech-today.com Celina Suarez and her twin sister, Marina, had always hoped they’d find dinosaur bones in the backyard of their childhood home in San Antonio, Texas. The pair never found any dinosaur bones behind their home. But they have found dinosaur bones — more than once. It was their find in Utah in 2004 that […]
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