Take this in over your outdoor daydream today. Provo Falls, Summit County, Utah Photographer: Gregg Beukelman; © 2015 As the Provo River plunges off the south side of the Uinta Mountains along the Mirror Lake Highway, it cascades over innumerable ledges of Precambrian-age Uinta Mountain Group sandstone.
gjsentinel.com Some of the most ferocious meat-eating dinosaurs that trod the earth over what is now Utah also were hunting on land that now is known as Spain, the discovery of a track in Utah suggests. READ MORE
gjsentinel.com The problem of not being able to trace where paleo resources originated may be solved soon, with scientists developing methods of studying the chemistry of fossils and using that information to track where they came from. READ MORE
gjsentinel.com For two years, ReBecca Hunt-Foster helped sweep the layers of dirt away, revealing the prehistoric treasures preserved below. With careful determination, the paleontologists uncovered millions of years of dust and silt, exposing the cache. READ MORE
With all the new dinosaurs being discovered these days, some of the ol’ timers are not to be forgotten. Take a look at the Marshosaurus, an ancient Jurassic predator. phenomena.nationalgeographic.com I’ve spilled more than a little digital ink over the top carnivores of the Jurassic west. Allosaurus, Ceratosaurus, and Torvosaurus are all very dinosaur-y dinosaurs, […]
We hope you all had a great and safe Thanksgiving! Who ate so much turkey that they feel like a turkey? I think I do. Here’s a little something to help you kickstart after a long, holiday weekend— A couple of our geologists here at the UGS helped a team of researchers collect microbialites from […]
Wishing everyone a safe and wonderful Thanksgiving from the Utah Geological Survey! Bluff of Entrada Sandstone at Bullfrog, Kane County, Utah Photographer: Grant Willis; © 2015
phenomena.nationalgeographic.com By now you’ve probably heard about the giant “raptor” uncovered in South Dakota. The dinosaur’s discovery came as quite a shock. For the past century Tyrannosaurus rex has dominated our imaginations as the sole apex predator of the Hell Creek Formation, but Dakotaraptor steini, as Robert DePalma and coauthors dubbed the dinosaurs, was large […]
Hey everyone! Just a reminder that our Utah Natural Resources Map & Bookstore location WILL BE CLOSED Thursday and Friday, November 26th and 27th, for Thanksgiving. You can still VISIT THEM ONLINE for information or holiday shopping!
UGS scientists are part of an exciting research team led by the Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah that will study new techniques for harnessing the Earth’s heat to generate electrical power. Our team will evaluate the establishment of an enhanced underground geothermal project about 10 miles north of Milford, Beaver County. […]
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