General Geology

Driving through Nevada, you may be miles from nowhere, but you are never far from an interesting rock, the shoreline of an ice age lake, or an active or historic mine. The Silver State has some of the most diverse...

By Albert B. Dickas Rocks racing across a lakebed in Death Valley. Perfectly preserved 36-million-year-old tsetse flies in Colorado. Dinosaur trackways cemented into ancient floodplains in Connecticut. A gaping rift in the Idaho desert. What do these enigmatic geologic phenomena...

Examining in detail at least one amazing fossil site in every state, Albert Dickas clearly explains the critters preserved in the rocks, from sharks and rhinoceroses to trilobites and horn corals. At some sites, you can sift through the shale...

A Waterproof Fold-out Guide to Gems, Minerals, and Crystals Quick Identification and Unusual Characteristics Appearance and Crystal Shape Color and Hardness A colorful quick identification guide to rocks and minerals in the region. Identification of rocks and minerals is based...

By: J. B. Willis and G. C. Willis Did you know that hot springs near Wasatch Mountain State Park are heated by deeply buried magma? That Utah once lay far south of the Equator? That glaciers flowed down canyons in...

By: R. F. Biek The first thing most visitors to Quail Creek State Park notice, apart from the improbably blue and refreshing waters of the reservoir itself, are the brightly colored, layered rocks of the surrounding cliffs. In fact, Quail...

By: C. M. Wilkerson A great introduction to Utah’s geologic history! This publication uses both images to demonstrate the different environments of Utah during the last 570 million years and a large table to discussion the events that occurred during...

THE PUZZLE IS HERE.  COME AND GET YOURS TODAY The Natural Resources Map & Bookstore has recently released a new jigsaw puzzle titled "Ancient Lake Bonneville". This 500-piece puzzle offers a captivating glimpse into the prehistoric lake that once covered...

By: C. M. Wilkerson The Utah Geological Survey's "Building Stones of Downtown Salt Lake City" publication offers a fascinating walking tour of the city's historic buildings, showcasing the diverse range of building stones used in their construction. The tour begins...

This informative guide covers the five billion years of history that have given the earth its present form, including: The earth's relation to the rest of the universeThe rocks and minerals of which it is madeThe effects of glaciers, gravity,...

Edited by: D. T. Griffen and W. R. PhillipsAs the science of geology moves forward, it is important to give critical areas, such as the Beaver Dam Mountains, a re-examination. Recent thinking on extensional tectonics makes this publication and discussions...

This map (54x42) is a collaboration among the U.S. Geological Survey, the Geological Survey of Canada, and the Mexican Consejo de Resursos Minerales. The Tapestry map combines one-kilometer resolution digital elevation data with a new geological map from the Decade...

THE PUZZLE IS HERE.  COME AND GET YOURS TODAY The Historic Great Salt Lake & Adjacent County Jigsaw Puzzle is a fascinating piece that brings history to life through its intricate design. This puzzle, based on the Historic Great Salt...

by Robert F. Biek, Jeffrey G. Eaton, Peter D. Rowley, David B. Hacker, Stephen R. Mattox, Christopher Bailey, and David W. Marchetti Summary: The west half of the Loa 30'x60' quadrangle covers the Awapa Plateau and adjacent areas along the...

This completely revised, full-color second edition of Roadside Geology of Hawai'i details the evolution of this volcanic island chain, from its first tumultuous appearance above the sea to ongoing eruptions, including the 2018 eruption of Kīlauea. Erosional landscapes dominate the...

This self-actuating CD contains four publications as image files; three were scanned from the only available copies. Image quality is adequate for use at screen resolution. Remember that, the older they are, roadlogs may not reflected highway changes, roadcut changes,...

“A triumph. Fedarko doesn’t describe awe; he induces it.” —The New York Times Book Review * “Passionate…memorable…life-affirming.” —The Wall Street JournalFrom the author of the beloved bestseller The Emerald Mile, a rollicking and poignant account of an epic 750-mile odyssey, on foot,...

By: K. D. Gurgel, editor The papers contained in this Guidebook were solicited by the organizers of the GSA Rocky Mountain and Cordilleran Sections and have been edited and given a common format. These papers come from field trips led...

By: J. D. Keith and C. S. Kim The Tertiary rocks of the southern portion of the Eureka quadrangle were mapped in order to resolve several questions concerning the volcanic stratigraphy and location of vents, calderas, and productive intrusions in...

By: H. H. Doelling, F. D. Davis, and C. J. Brandt Kane County, with its 4105 square miles, lies along the south-central margin of Utah and is found in the western part of the Colorado Plateaus physiographic province. It is...