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Utah paleontologists are looking for one enormous helicopter to lift a herd of dinosaurs
It may sound like fiction or a scene from Jurassic Park, but there’s a herd of Utahraptors near Moab and paleontologists are trying to figure out how to move it.
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An earthquake of local magnitude 2.7 occurred at 5:32 a.m., Tuesday, about 90 miles southeast of Cedar City in northern Arizona according to the U.S. Geological Survey website. The USGS also lists the quake at 3.0 magnitude because it uses a different rating system. A micro-earthquake of local magnitude 2.0 occurred last Wednesday 5 miles south of Hurricane; and another 2.0 occurred Sunday 13 miles north-northwest of Ivins.
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GRAPHICS ART SPECIALIST II
This is a full-time, career service position, located in Salt Lake City, Utah.
CLOSES: 5/12/2013
Job Characteristics: The incumbent in this position is responsible for design and layout of publications for both electronic and printed media, including books, magazines, brochures, posters, pamphlets, video and interactive CD-ROM, for the Utah Geological Survey. With minimal supervision, the incumbent will conceptualize, design, and layout high-quality publications using computer software (desktop publishing, graphics and multimedia programs) for print and multimedia formats, and work with Utah Geological Survey authors and other editorial staff to create specific graphics and design work for special projects (brochures, professional geologic posters, etc.). As part of the application process, in addition to completing the on-line application, applicants will be required to provide non-returnable samples of work or provide web link to a portfolio on the application. Applicants must have a strong portfolio that displays knowledge of design principles, color theory, layout skills, and typography.
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A new exhibit at the Natural History Museum of Utah uses art to celebrate the state’s geology recorded in ancient dunes and seabeds and the memory of East High School English teacher Cheryl Grubb Funston.
On commission from the Funston family, Salt Lake City painter Mark Knudsen created the landscape triptych depicting three famous Utah formations: Wingate sandstone, Entrada sandstone and Mancos shale. Museum officials on Tuesday hung the three paintings on a wall that visitors pass on their way between the Earth and Sky galleries.
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Billions of dollars in destruction. Hundreds dead.
Such carnage is what seismologists predict will happen when the big earthquake destined to hit Utah strikes.
Essentially, the area between the Wasatch and Sierra Nevada mountain ranges is stretching like a rubber band. It will eventually break along a fault line running along the Wasatch foothills length.
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Salt Lake Valley, home to the Salt Lake City segment of the Wasatch fault zone and the West Valley fault zone, has been the site of repeated surface-faulting earthquakes (of about magnitude 6.5 to 7). New research trenches in the area are helping geologists and seismologists untangle how this complex fault system ruptures and will aid in forecasting future earthquakes in the area.
UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GIS ANALYST
(BUSINESS ANALYST) This is a full-time, career service position, located in Salt lake City, Utah. CLOSES: 5/05/2013
The incumbent in this position is responsible for Geographic Information System (GIS) map and database products for the Utah Geological Survey Geologic Mapping Program. The incumbent will scan, vectorize and prepare GIS databases and various explanatory files of geologic maps; produce derivative maps and databases; design and prepare maps and related materials for public release; and assist geologists in completing new or revised geologic maps.
To be considered for this position, you must complete and submit an application through the State of Utah jobs website at http://statejobspostings.utah.
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.
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