Survey Notes Archive
Survey Notes issues from 2002 to the almost present.
Survey Notes is an informative, non-technical magazine on noteworthy and interesting geologic topics in Utah. It is the official UGS newsletter and is produced three times a year.
January 2023
Volume 55, Number 1
Contents
The Utah Geological Survey and the National Park Service
Great Salt Lake’s Gunnison and Cub Islands Come into Focus
Energy News: Potential Impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act on Carbon Capture and Storage in Utah
Glad You Asked: What is a Dropstone?
May 2023
Volume 55, Number 2
Contents
Mapping Geologic Hazards in and Near Bryce Canyon National Park
Digging Up Evidence of Past Earthquakes in Salt Lake Valley
Groundwater & Wetland News: IN-LIEU FEE WETLAND MITIGATION: A Boring Name For an Exciting Idea
GeoSights: Springhill Geologic Park, Davis County, Utah
September 2023
Volume 55, Number 3
Contents
Geologic Diagnostic: An “MRI” for the Earth
The Development of Field Spectroscopy for Minerals Exploration: Utah, Fieldwork, and Family
Hazard News: An Update on Utah’s Very Active Spring 2023 Landslide Season
Glad You Asked: Cinder Cones of Southwest Utah: What Exactly Are They and How Did They Get There?
January 2022
Volume 54, Number 1
May 2022
Volume 54, Number 2
September 2022
Volume 54, Number 3
January 2021
Volume 53, Number 1
Contents
Utah’s Emerging Northern Paradox Basin Unconventional Oil Play
The Significance of Great Salt Lake’s North Arm on Lake Salinity
Core Center News: Mining Core at the UCRC— Boosting Utah’s Metal Exploration
Glad You Asked – How does Plate Tectonics make for Great Skiing?
May 2021
Volume 53, Number 2
Contents
The Role of Water Quality and Quantity on Future Development Near Bryce Canyon National Park
Groundwater Monitoring Well Installation at Sevenmile Canyon Near Arches National Park
Core Center News: Massive Core Donations Spurred by Low Oil Prices
Glad You Asked: Does the UGS Library House Any Remarkable Rare Books?
Geosights: Cannonball Concretions in a Treeless “Buried Forest,” Carbon County, Utah
September 2021
Volume 53, Number 3
January 2020
Volume 52, Number 1
Contents
An In-depth Look at Ogden Valley’s Groundwater
Is There a Wetland on Your Property? Identification and Next Steps
Energy News: Covenant Oil Field in the Central Utah Thrust Belt Turns 15 Years Old
Glad You Asked: Needing a Great Resource for Teaching Your Students About Utah Fossils?
May 2020
Volume 52, Number 2
September 2020
Volume 52, Number 3
Contents
January 2019
Volume 51 Number 1
May 2019
Volume 51, Number 2
Contents
New Core, New Insights into Ancient Lake Uinta Evolution and Uinta Basin Energy Resources
Drones for Good: Utah Geologists Take to the Skies
Utah Mining Districts at Your Fingertips
Glad You Asked: What Are Those Blue Ponds Near Moab?
GeoSights: Pine Park and the Ancient Supervolcanoes of Southwestern Utah
September 2019
Volume 51, Number 3
January 2018
Volume 50, Number 1
Contents
Groundwater Conditions at the Utah FORGE site
Monroe’s “Sweet” Groundwater Points to Contamination Source
Monitoring Groundwater Response to Large-Scale Juniper Treatments
Utah Hosts Field Conference on Gigantic Landslides
Energy News: AAPG Annual Convention & Exhibition is Coming to Salt Lake City!
Glad You Asked: What is an unconformity?
GeoSights: Crystal Geyser, Grand County
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May 2018
Volume 50, Number 2
Contents
Horizontal Drilling in Utah: Can Utah Compete with Surrounding States?
Using Gravity in a Multidisciplinary Approach to Better Understand the Subsurface at the Utah FORGE Site
Oil and Gas in the Uinta Basin, Utah –What to Do With the Produced Water
Core Center News: Core Like Never Before – An Unprecedented 1600-foot Core from the Green River Formation in the Uinta Basin
GeoSights: Parowan Gap, Iron County
Glad You Asked: Does Utah Really Use More Water Than Any Other State?
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September 2018
Volume 50 Number 3
Contents
Mysteries of the Uinta Mountains – Commonly Asked Questions
Ancient Volcanoes of the Central Wasatch Range
Utah’s Early Cretaceous Fossils Provide Critical Data on the Opening of the Atlantic Ocean
Energy News: The Unsung Hero of Energy Conservation in Utah
Glad You Asked: Why are Natural Resources, such as Coal, Found in Some Places but not in Others?
January 2017
Volume 49, Number 1
Contents
Mapping Wetlands in the Upper Bear River Watershed
UGS’s Role in Contributing Water-Quality Data to the National Ground-Water Monitoring Network
Does Utah Preserve North America’s Oldest Cretaceous Dinosaurs Because of Ancient Salt Deposits?
Energy News: Not All Megawatts Are Created Equal – An Examination of Electric Generation Capacity Factor
Glad You Asked: You Have a Bookstore? In the Digital Age?
GeoSights: The Cockscomb and Kaibab Uplift of Southern Utah
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May 2017
Volume 49, Number 2
Contents
Tooele 30′ x 60′ quadrangle geologic map
Practical uses of geologic maps
Core Center News: Utah Core Research Center receives a treasure trove donation of Greater Aneth oil field cores
Glad You Asked: Do Ants Mine Gold?
GeoSights: A View of the World’s Deepest Pit – Bingham Canyon Mine Overlook
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September 2017
Volume 49, Number 3
Contents
The Wasatch Fault From Above: Re-Mapping The Wasatch Fault Zone Using Airborne High-Resolution Topographic Data
Geologic Hazard Mapping In Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
2017 Flooding And Landslides In Box Elder County, Utah
Glad You Asked: What are Moqui marbles?
Energy News: A Partner in the CarbonSAFE Rocky Mountains Project
GeoSights: Wolverine Petrified Forest, Garfield County
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January 2016
Volume 48, Number 1
Contents
Mapping Utah’s Geology
The New Ogden 30′ x 60′ Geologic Map
Update on the Markagunt gravity slide: Utah’s largest landslide just got bigger – a lot bigger
Energy News: Some impacts of low oil prices on Utah
Glad You Asked: Why are there so many natural arches in Utah?
GeoSights: Smoky Mountain, Kane County
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May 2016
Volume 48, Number 2
Contents
Recent Urban Geologic Mapping of Northwestern Salt Lake Valley
Paleoseismic Investigation of the Taylorsville Fault, West Valley Fault Zone, Utah
UGS Updates Existing and Develops New Guidelines for Investigating Geologic Hazards
Core Center News: Cores from Central Utah’s Covenant Field – Oil-Bearing Ancient Sand Dunes
Glad You Asked: What is Geovandalism?
GeoSights: Point of the Mountain, Salt Lake and Utah Counties
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September 2016
Volume 48, Number 3
Contents
More Than a Grain of Salt: The Salt Crust on Great Salt Lake’s North Arm
Utah Geological Survey is Major Partner in Large Geothermal Project near Milford, Utah
Bingham Canyon’s Manefay Landslides and the Future of the Mine
Core Center News: Cores from Greater Aneth Oil Field – A Trip Back in Time to Utah’s “Bahama Islands” and “Florida Keys”
Glad You Asked: What geologic hazards should I be aware of as a homeowner in Utah?
GeoSights: Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake County, Utah
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January 2015
Volume 47, Number 1
May 2015
Volume 47, Number 2
Contents
Understanding Southeast Utah’s Cane Creek Oil, A Continuing Challenge
Today’s (and Tomorrow’s?) Phosphate
Core Center News: Skyline 16 Green River Formation Core – World Class Lacustrine Teaching Tool
Glad You Asked: Why are there Utah names on Mars?
GeoSights: Sheep Creek Canyon Geological Area, Daggett County
September 2015
Volume 47, Number 3
Contents
UGS Paleontologists Collect Dinosaur Megablock
Deep Nitrate in an Alluvial Valley: Potential Mechanisms for Transport
Energy News: Updated Map Shows Utah’s Many Oil and Gas Fields
Glad You Asked: What is an Earthquake Early Warning System, and Does Utah Have One?
January 2014
Volume 46, Number 1
Contents
Microbial Carbonate Reservoirs and the Utah Geological Survey’s “Invasion” of London
Utah Still Supplying Gilsonite to the World After 125 Years
Energy News: Utah Hosts Petroleum Geology Convention
GeoSights: St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site at Johnson’s Farm, Washington County
Glad You Asked: How can sedimentary rocks tell you about Utah’s history?
May 2014
Volume 46, Number 2
Contents
Wetland Monitoring in Snake Valley
UGS Groundwater & Spring Flow Monitoring in Snake Valley
When Sharks, Rays & Sawfish Ruled Utah’s Rivers
Energy News: UGS Set to Publish Major Study on Potential Paleozoic Shale-Gas Resources
GeoSights: Volcanic Features in the Black Rock Desert, Millard County
September 2014
Volume 46, Number 3
January 2013
Volume 45, Number 1
Contents
May 2013
Volume 45, Number 2
September 2013
Volume 45, Number 3
Contents
Rock Fall: An Increasing Hazard in Urbanizing Southwestern Utah
New Geologic Data Resources for Utah
Energy News: Are Ownership and Production Patterns of Utah Petroleum Resources Related?
Glad You Asked: Where is the Coolest Spot in Utah?
GeoSights: The Goosenecks of the San Juan River, San Juan County, Utah
January 2012
Volume 44, Number 1
Contents
Northwest Utah—Could it be Utah’s Newest Energy Hotspot?
What is a Metamorphic Core Complex?
Every Record Must Fall—An Update on the Largest Arches in the World
Energy News: Utah’s Gordon Creek Field to Test Commercial-Scale Storage of Carbon Dioxide
Glad You Asked: Is There Coral in Great Salt Lake?
May 2012
Volume 44, Number 2
September 2012
Volume 44, Number 3
Contents
Utah’s Potash Resources and Activity
Energy News: A Longer Term View of the Results of U.S. Energy Policy
UGS Uses Geophysics to Explore for New Geothermal Resources
Oil Shale vs. Shale Oil: What’s the Difference?
Glad You Asked: Sizing Up Titans-Navajo Erg vs. Sahara Ergs; Which was the larger sand box?
January 2011
Volume 43, Number 1
Contents
May 2011
Volume 43, Number 2
Contents
Exploring Utah’s Other Great Lake
Utah Shales May Contain The “Right Stuff”—Natural Gas
Historical Maps—More Than Meets The Eye
Energy News: Natural Buttes Field—Utah’s “Tight” Sandstone Gas Warehouse
Glad You Asked: What is the Correct Name of …?
September 2011
Volume 43, Number 3
January 2010
Volume 42, Number 1
Contents
Utah Potash:Resources, Production, and Exploration
Major Oil Plays in Utah and Vicinity
The Mercur District: A History of Utah’s Top Gold Camp
Energy News: Legislative Directives to the Utah State Energy Program 2009
Glad You Asked: What are Those Lines on the Mountain? From Bread Lines to Erosion-Control Lines
May 2010
Volume 42, Number 2
Contents
Modeling Ground-Water Flow in Cedar Valley
The Fossil Preparation Lab at the Utah Geological Survey: Bringing Earth’s Ancient Past to Life
Utah Geological Survey’s West Desert Ground-Water Monitoring Network: Progress Report
Energy News: Saline Water Disposal in the Uinta Basin, Utah
Glad You Asked: How many islands are in Great Salt Lake?
September 2010
Volume 42, Number 3
Contents
Utah’s Pleistocene Fossils: Keys for Assessing Climate and Environmental Change
Glad You Asked: Ice Ages – What are they and what causes them?
Teacher’s Corner: Teaching Kits Available for Loan
Geosights: Glacial Landforms in Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons, Salt Lake County, Utah
January 2009
Volume 41, Number 1
May 2009
Volume 41, Number 2
September 2009
Volume 41, Number 3
Contents
New Geologic Hazards Mapping in Utah
Landslide Inventory Mapping in Twelvemile Canyon, Central Utah
Second Damaging Y Mountain Rock Fall in Four Years
Large Rock Fall Closes Highway Near Cedar City, Utah
GeoSights: Utah’s belly button, Upheaval Dome
Glad You Asked: What should you do if you find a fossil?
Energy News: Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Demonstration Project Underway in Utah!
January 2008
Volume 40, Number 1
May 2008
Volume 40, Number 2
Contents
UGS Excavates New Fault Trenches on the Weber Segment of the Wasatch Fault Zone
UGS Compiles GIS Database Showing Geologic-Hazard Special-Study Areas for the Wasatch Front
UGS Responds to the Magnitude 6.0 Wells, Nevada, Earthquake
Glad You Asked: So you think you have found a meteorite! Now, how can you verify your find?
The Gunlock Meteorite Finds a New Home at the UGS
GeoSights: G.K. Gilbert Geologic View Park, Salt Lake County, Utah
The Green Pond Landslide, Imperceptibly Moving Ground
September 2008
Volume 40, Number 3
Contents
Ancient Exhumed River Channels of the Morrison and Cedar Mtn Formations
Great Salt Lake – The Titanium Connection
Glad You Asked: Glacial Striations and Slickensides
Utah Energy and Mineral Statistics Web Site
Energy News: Geothermal Energy Development in Utah
January 2007
Volume 39, Number 1
May 2007
Volume 39, Number 2
Contents
Utah Core Research Center: Aiding Utah’s Petroleum Development
Tight Gas Reservoirs, Uinta Basin
Geosights: Celebrate 50 Years of Utah State Parks with 40 Geocaches
Glad You Asked: I am Thinking of Buying a House at “X” Address… Is It Near a Fault?
Energy News: The Status of Wind Energy Development in Utah
September 2007
Volume 39, Number 3
January 2006
Volume 38, Number 1
May 2006
Volume 38, Number 2
September 2006
Volume 38, Number 3
January 2005
Volume 37, Number 1
May 2005
Volume 37, Number 2
September 2005
Volume 37, Number 3
January 2004
Volume 36, Number 1
April 2004
Volume 36, Number 2
Contents
Improving Our Understanding of Earthquake Hazards in Utah
New Guidelines for Evaluating Surface- Fault-Rupture Hazards in Utah
Storing Carbon Dioxide Emissions Underground — New Projects
GeoSights: Sand Dunes at Little Sahara Recreation Area
Glad You Asked: Have meteorites or meteorite craters been found in Utah?
July 2004
Volume 36, Number 3
January 2003
Volume 35, Number 1
Contents
Maps Show Potential Geologic Effects of a Magnitude 7 Earthquake
Debris Flows in Utah – New Guidelines
Fire-Related Debris Flows Damage Houses
Energy News: Salt Lake City to Again Host the AAPG Annual Convention in 2003
Glad You Asked: Are there glaciers in Utah’s mountains?
GeoSights: Pink Water, White Salt Crystals, Black Boulders, and the Return of Spiral Jetty!
Triggered Seismicity in Utah from the Denali Fault Earthquake
April 2003
Volume 35, Number 2
August 2003
Volume 35, Number 3
January 2002
Volume 34, Number 1
June 2002
Volume 34, Number 2
September 2002
Volume 34, Number 3
