Entries by Utah Geological Survey

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Moab Giants museum will feature dinosaur footprints

Big things are happening in Moab. Have you heard of the Moab Giants Museum? Read more to find out about this wonderful new addition to southern Utah! deseretnews.com With the summer blockbuster “Jurassic World” opening in theaters, there’s plenty of opportunity to be entertained — or frightened — by dinosaurs. READ MORE

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What Killed the Dinosaurs in Utah’s Giant Jurassic Death Pit?

smithsonianmag.com Utah is dinosaur country—so much so that the state has a scenic byway system called the Dinosaur Diamond that connects ancient final resting places across the desert. But among the sites holding preserved tracks and dusty fossils, one boneyard stands out as a 148-million-year-old mystery: the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry. READ MORE

Compilation of 1970s Woodward-Lundgren & Associates Wasatch fault investigation reports and low-sun-angle aerial photography, Wasatch Front and Cache Valley, Utah and Idaho

By: Steve D. Bowman, Adam I. Hiscock, and Corey D. Unger This nine DVD set contains a descriptive 8-page report and digital files created from the Wasatch fault investigation project performed for the Utah Geologic and Mineralogical Survey (now the Utah Geological Suvey) and U.S. Geological Survey by Woodward-Lundgren & Associates. The project was performed […]

Beautiful Utah: Arches National Park

huffingtonpost.com They’re called “Miracles of Nature,” and it’s not possible to find a higher concentration of them anywhere in the world outside of Utah. Arches National Park contains so many natural red sandstone arches that there isn’t a specific count (over 2000 have been found in the park), and erosive forces over the course of […]

Dropping Into Utah’s Captivating Canyons

Utah is full of wonders from the bird’s eye to the ground below. This group of individuals document adventures through southern Utah’s slot canyons. You’ve gotta see it for yourself. video.nationalgeographic.com Our team ventures to the far southwest corner of Utah to discover the hidden secrets and natural wonders of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. VIEW HERE