Jurassic-age Navajo Sandstone, Grand County, Utah
Photographer: Kent Brown
Arches in the making (alcoves) in massive cliffs of Jurassic-age Navajo Sandstone, near Moab, Grand County.
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Adam McKean, one of our Geologists here at the Utah Geological Survey, is featured as a guest author on the blog The Traveling Geologist. Check it out!
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Urban geologic mapping may sound like a mapping geologist’s nightmare with all the private property, disturbed land, and development rapidly covering up the geology. Despite these difficulties, my experience with it has been exciting and challenging. Why map geology in and near the city? The simple answer is that urban areas need surficial geologic maps to aid in geologic-hazard identification and mitigation. Additionally, a good geologic map provides the basic geologic information needed for further geologic, groundwater, geotechnical, and engineering investigations.
Here is the first post for “Spot the Rock.” It is a mysterious place where hissing and bubbling ground can be found. Be sure to turn up your volume to listen to it boil and toil. Can you spot this rock? Tell us where you think it is! The location will be revealed next week.
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Hey geo friends! Today we kick off an exciting new feature—”Spot the Rock”. Check out this press release for more info, and stay tuned for the inaugural post of “Spot the Rock” later today!
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The Utah Geological Survey (UGS) kicks off a new way to familiarize yourself with the state. It is called “Spot the Rock” and it is a way to show off Utah’s spectacular geologically themed sights.
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Peter Makovicky introduces us to Siats meekerorum, a new species of dinosaur discovered and described by him and Lindsay Zanno!
Watch the YouTube video HERE
For more information, read their paper HERE
and THIS RELEASE from The Field Museum
Devils Garden, Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Garfield County, Utah
Photographer: Ken Krahulec
Metate Arch is sculpted by weathering and differential erosion of two sandstone layers along the contact of the Gunsight Butte and overlying Cannonville Members of the Jurassic-age Entrada Sandstone. The arch is about 17 miles southeast of Escalante, just east of the Straight Cliffs.
Capitol Reef National Park, Wayne County, Utah
Photographer: Stevie Emerson
The Fremont River cuts through the Waterpocket Fold, Capitol Reef National Park, Wayne County.
Hear now, hear now!
Jim Kirkland, our Utah State Paleontologist, is interviewed on the KPCW Park City NPR radio science show, Cool Science Radio. Check it out! His interview begins in the second half of the interview at 27 minutes, but give the whole thing a listen. Enjoy!
What in the world is a gooseneck? When it comes to describing a landform, fowl play (pun intended) may seem apparent. Even when you are standing in front of one, the answer is not obvious. Not until you get a look from above does this name start to make sense.
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- Microbial Carbonate Reservoirs and the Utah Geological Survey’s “Invasion” of London
- Utah Still Supplying Gilsonite to the World After 125 Years
- Frack Sand in Utah?
- Energy News
- 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?
- Teacher’s Corner
- Survey News
- New Publications
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