Utah Landforms
Landforms
Landforms
- Landforms Presentation (PowerPoint)
- Volcanoes & Volcanic Activity
- Glaciers
- Faults
- What is the Grand Staircase? (pdf)
Public Information Series #64 - Utah Caves (pdf)
Public Information Series #42 Information on caving groups, Timpanogos Cave, and Lehman Caves. - Have meteorites or meteorite craters been found in Utah?
- GeoSights of Utah
- Update on the Markagunt gravity slide: Utah’s largest landslide just got bigger – a lot bigger
- Where is the coolest spot in Utah?
- Sizing Up Titans – Navajo Erg vs. Sahara Ergs. Which was the larger sand box?
- What are keeper potholes & how are they formed?
- Ancient Exhumed River Channels of the Morrison and Cedar Mountain Formations (now ridges and small buttes)
- Geologic Stretching – How many inches per year do Salt Lake City, Utah and Reno, Nevada move away from each other?
- The Earth’s Surface, the only Constant is Change.
Physiographic Provinces
Physiographic Provinces
- How was Utah’s topography formed? (major physiographic provinces)
- Physiographic Provinces
Arches
Arches
- Why are there so many natural arches in Utah?
- An update on the largest arches in the world (January 2012)
- What is the Biggest Natural Arch in the World? (May 2009)
- Wall Arch, a Fallen Giant (Grand County)
- Natural Arches in the Cedar City Area (Iron County)
Mountains
Mountains
- What are those lines on the mountain? From bread lines to erosion-control lines
- The Dome/ Diapir/ Dome Mountain Dilemma
- Dome Mountains (Activity for 3rd grade)
- What Utah mountain range honors prominent geoscientists of the 19th century and who were they?
- The Traverse Mountains
- The Uinta Mountains: A Tale of Two Geographies
Water
Water
- Lake Bonneville: A Brief History
Flash-animated Lake Bonneville through time. - Great Salt Lake & Lake Bonneville
- Why is Bear Lake so blue? And other commonly asked questions (pdf)
Public Information Series #96 - What are “Potholes” and how are organisms able to live in them?
- Why does a river run through it?
Geographic Names
Geographic Names
- Why are there Utah names on Mars?
- How can I name a mountain?
- What is the correct name of…?
- What Utah mountain range honors prominent geoscientists of the 19th century and who were they?
