In more recent times, focus has been on the drought conditions affecting Southern Utah and the Colorado River. But what if the Colorado River were flooding? An interesting insight to the river’s extreme flood history, and research for better understanding of the rare events. latimes.com Scientists say it would have been a catastrophe of unprecedented […]
A great video short that talks about Utah’s expansive fossil record and dinosaur findings due in part to our wide variety of geology. Watch it to find out more about Utah’s contribution to dino discoveries.
Spiral Jetty, Great Salt Lake, Box Elder County, Utah Photographer: Mark Milligan; © 2013 Black basalt boulders of the Spiral Jetty in Great Salt Lake, Box Elder County.
thedalleschronicle.com By the early 1800s, many scientists already recognized life on Earth was ancient, had changed over time, and fossils represented prehistoric extinct creatures. Evolution wasn’t a new idea, but understanding how it worked awaited Charles Darwin’s 1859 publication of “On the Origin of Species.” READ MORE
Could water be found in minerals from Earth’s mantle? New research shows a possibility. livescience.com Deep within the Earth’s rocky mantle lies oceans’ worth of water locked up in a type of mineral called ringwoodite, new research shows. READ MORE
krextv.com Welcome to a place where you can get prehistoric with dinosaur bones and track sites. READ MORE
New ideas that dinosaurs had a “Goldilocks” lifestyle with a mix of both warm and cold blood. Check it out! upr.org If you go to a zoo on a cold day and watch the snakes, you’ll see what it means to be coldblooded. Not much action going on — most reptiles and other coldblooded creatures […]
Perhaps some of you felt the shaking late last night in Salt Lake Valley. The University of Utah seismographs recorded a Magnitude 3.3 earthquake 11 Miles ESE of Centerville, UT, at 10:34 PM. standard.net Although Wednesday night’s earthquake wasn’t particularly impressive, seismically speaking, it sent a shock wave — both literally and figuratively — throughout […]
We’ve got a really great #throwbackthursday for you today— The Geologic Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel. The image by Timothy H. O’Sullivan displays Big Cottonwood Canyon in 1869. #tbt See the photo information HERE
stgeorgeutah.com You don’t have to drive to the Sierras for exceptional gem-hounding or big-wall rock-climbing. Southern Utah’s pristine Mineral Mountains just west of Beaver will fulfill any stone enthusiast’s yearning for rock. READ MORE
The Utah Geological Survey (UGS) is a division of the Utah Department of Natural Resources. Several specialized programs comprise the UGS: Data Management, Energy & Minerals, Geologic Hazards, Geologic Information & Outreach, Geologic Mapping, Groundwater & Wetlands, and Paleontology.
