Tag Archive for: Utah Geology
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Things are humming right along at Arches National Park.
That is, scientists who wondered about possible internal damage in the 88-foot-long Mesa Arch at Canyonlands National Park-one of more than 2,000 sandstone arches in two national parks in that part of Utah–now have an answer. They learned by employing seismometers to hear the arches’ natural humming, then monitored the sounds for telling changes. Their report was recently accepted for publication in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
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Few places have a better fossil record of Cambrian life than Utah. In Exceptional Cambrian Fossils from Utah—A Window Into the Age of Trilobites, the authors present an exhaustive summary of invertebrate fossils collected from Utah’s Spence, Wheeler, Marjum, and Weeks Formations. The fossils include sponges, corals, comb jellies, snails, velvet worms, and of course trilobites, among many others. Together, these fossils provide an exceptional view of Cambrian life.
Utah is full of wonders from the bird’s eye to the ground below. This group of individuals document adventures through southern Utah’s slot canyons. You’ve gotta see it for yourself.
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Our team ventures to the far southwest corner of Utah to discover the hidden secrets and natural wonders of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.