Entries by Utah Geological Survey

Tuweep Loop: A Secret Corner of the Southwest

nationalgeographic.com This loop out of St. George, Utah, explores an out-of-the-way corner of the U.S. Southwest. Even in the shadows of Zion and Grand Canyon National Parks, it’s easy to lose the crowds and find your own relatively private pocket of high desert—including a campsite on the rim of America’s most famous gorge that you […]

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Track Makers in Southern Utah: The St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site

blogs.plos.org When it comes to absolutely amazing paleontological resources, Utah arguably reigns supreme within the United States (I may be a bit biased). And with the upcoming Society of Vertebrate Paleontology meeting taking place in Salt Lake City, paleontologists and paleo enthusiasts will be flocking to the Beehive State to discuss and share the latest […]

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Small earthquake shakes southern Uintas

Anyone feel this small earthquake this morning in the southern Uinta Mountains? According to the Univeristy of Utah seismic report on this event, “The Uinta Mountains and Wyoming Basin are stable parts of the North American tectonic plate that are relatively unaffected by geologically young crustal deformation; only minor, ambiguous evidence of possible young faulting […]