General Geology

by James P. Robinson Summary The Gold Hill area of the northern Deep Creek Range near the Utah-Nevada border has undergone a diverse and complicated history of deposition, igneous activity, deformation, and mineralization and long attracted the attention of geologists....

By: Stephanie M. Carney, Michael D. Hylland, William R. Lund, and Robert Ressetar Reports prepared for publication by the Utah Geological Survey (UGS) are expected to be of the highest technical and editorial quality. This guide establishes policies governing the...

First published in 1993, this groundbreaking book is now fully revised and updated with the latest scientific information. Join a team of geologists as they use clear prose, concise illustrations, and dramatic full-color photographs to tell the stories of 21...

This educational and entertaining pocket field guide provides a simplified introduction to the different types of volcanoes, lava flows, pyroclastic flows, and the rocks that are formed as a result of eruption. This guide will appeal equally to novice volcanologists...

What part has North America played in the history of life? How did our continent come to be, and how has it changed over time? What was it like during past ages? What were the climate and geography like, and...

by Taylor Boden and Andrew Rupke This database is a compilation of geochemical analytical data from Mineral Land Assessments (MLAs) prepared by the U.S. Bureau of Mines that cover Wilderness Study Areas in Utah and were prepared from 1982 through...

By: Peter Goodwin, Rebecca Molinari Summary: This report summarizes a recently completed mapping project in Cache County that had three components: mapping wetland and riparian areas to update NWI mapping; applying additional Landscape Position, Landform, Water Flow path, and Waterbody Type...

By: Miles McCoy-Sulentic, Diane Menuz, and Rebecca Lee Wetlands in the arid Central Basin and Range ecoregion of Utah are scarce but provide important functions such as wildlife habitat, water quality improvement, and recreational and aesthetic values. Field surveys were conducted...

by Utah Geological Survey, Kurt N. Constenius, New Mexico Geochronology Research Laboratory, and University of Alaska, Fairbanks

by Andrew Rupke The accompanying database is a compilation of analytical data from carbonate (limestone and dolomite) samples collected in Utah and available at https://ugspub.nr.utah.gov/publications/open_file_reports/ofr-715/ofr-715.zip. A primary purpose of this database is identification of potential high-calcium limestone and high-magnesium dolomite resources...

By: Paul InkenbrandtThe City of Millville, located in a prime location for aquifer storage and recovery (ASR), is having issues with elevated nitrate in the Glenridge well, a public water supply sourced from the Cache Valley principal aquifer. To alleviate...

By: Paul Inkenbrandt, Kevin Thomas, and Christian HardwickNorth Logan City modified a gravel excavation site at the mouth of Green Canyon during the spring of 2011 to retain excess flow from the Green Canyon catchment. From August 2011 to March...

This open-file report makes available raw analytical data from laboratory procedures completed to determine the age of rock samples collected during geologic investigations funded or partially supported by the Utah Geological Survey (UGS). The references listed in table 1 generally...

By: Janae Wallace With the continued demand for U.S. derived energy products, research and development for unconventional sources of oil and gas has increased, including research geared towards unlocking the vast oil sand resources of the Uinta Basin. In particular,...

This open-file report makes available raw analytical data from laboratory procedures completed to determine the age of rock samples collected during geologic investigations funded or partially supported by the Utah Geological Survey (UGS). The references listed in table 1 generally...

By: K. Thomas, R. Q. Oaks, Jr., P. Inkenbrandt, W. Sabbah, and M. Lowe Cache Valley is a rural area in northern Utah experiencing an increase in urbanization and ground-water use. Ground water, mostly from the basin-fill aquifer, provides a...

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By: Z. Gu and M. D. Deo This Open-File Report presents the results of compositional simulations of CO2 floods of the Monument Butte Northeast unit and the Glen Bench field. Both fields produce oil from the Tertiary Green River Formation...

By: J. W. Gwynn and F. V. Hanson This annotated bibliography of Utah tar sands includes references to and information on nearly 100 individual deposits. Each reference is followed by an annotation, typically the reference's table of contents. At the...

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