Entries by Utah Geological Survey

$720 K AWARDED FOR ENERGY EFFORTS

Deseret News The Utah State Energy Program has awarded a total of $720,000 to several entities to promote energy-related activities. The grants are from American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds. READ MORE

GEOLOGIC REPORT WARNS CENTERVILLE OF POTENTIAL CANYON CATASTROPHE

Joseph M. Dougherty Deseret News A new report by the Utah Geological Survey shows that Deuel Creek in Centerville Canyon, given the right conditions, could dump 196,000 cubic yards of mud on Centerville homes. The last time Deuel Creek had a devastating debris flow event was, well, never. But creeks in similar canyons to the […]

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ENERGY EFFICIENCY FUNDING OPPORTUNITY FOR UTAH'S LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

About $8.5 million dollars are now available to local governments. The money represents a portion of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) American Recovery and Reinvestment Act -Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG), which was allocated in March 2009. The funds were directed to state energy programs, larger cities and counties, and federally recognized […]

OPEN-FILE REPORT 558

40Ar/39Ar GEOCHRONOLOGY RESULTS FOR THE FURNER RIDGE AND TINTIC MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLES, UTAH Utah Geological Survey and Nevada Isotope Geochronology Laboratory This Open-File Report makes available raw analytical data from laboratory procedures completed to determine the age of rock samples collected during geologic investigations funded or partially supported by the Utah Geological Survey (UGS). Table 1 […]

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SURFICIAL GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SALT LAKE CITY SEGMENT AND PART OF ADJACENT SEGMENTS OF THE WASATCH FAULT ZONE, DAVIS, SALT LAKE, AND UTAH COUNTIES (digitized from U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigation Series map I-2106, 1992) Stephen F. Personius and William E. Scott This map shows the surficial deposits and the faults that offset them […]

REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 266

GROUND-WATER SENSITIVITY AND VULNERABILITY TO PESTICIDES, BERYL-ENTERPRISE AREA, IRON WASHINGTON, AND BEAVER COUNTIES, UTAH Mike Lowe, Janae Wallace, Rich Emerson, Anne Johnson, and Rich Riding The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recommended that states develop Pesticide Management Plans for four agricultural chemicals—alachlor, atrazine, metolachlor, and simazine—herbicides used in Utah in the production of corn and […]

Glad You Asked—Why Does A River Run Through It?

Jim Davis Even though we are a “desert” state, Utah’s rivers are world-renowned among river runners and geoscientists. Several of America’s early geologists, including G.K. Gilbert, W.M. Davis, C.E. Dutton, and J.W. Powell contributed to theories of stream evolution from observations made in Utah. Rivers typically originate in the mountains, flow away from them in […]

Glad You Asked—Glacial Striations and Slickensides

What are those groovy rocks and how did they get that way? Carole McCalla On a hike around Lake Blanche below Sundial Peak in Big Cottonwood Canyon, a group of hikers came across long, straight, parallel grooves on a smooth, polished rock surface. Recalling another location where they had seen similar features at the foot […]

Snake Valley Well Data Now Online

A new interactive map of Snake Valley with all of the well data, has recently been added to the Utah Geological Survey (UGS) Web site.  The West Desert Ground-Water Monitoring Network is almost complete and updates are available on a newly developed Google Earth™ interactive map.  The network will monitor ground water for more than […]

Calendar of Utah Geology 2010

The 2010 calendar from the Utah Geological Survey is now available. The ‘Calendar of Utah Geology 2010’ features photographs of geologic vistas from around Utah. UGS staff took all of the photos in the Calendar. READ MORE GET IT HERE