Quaternary Studies
Salt deformation in the Paradox region (B-122)
By: H. H. Doelling, C. G. Oviatt, and P. W. Huntoon Bedded salt deposits were identified by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as places suitable to store or dispose of nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. The Paradox Basin,...
$10.45
Quaternary geology of the Black Rock Desert, Millard County, Utah (SS-73)
By: C. G. Oviatt Surficial deposits in the Black Rock Desert of west-central Utah, in an area encompassing 12 7.5-minute topographic quadrangles, were mapped at a scale of 1:100,000. The Black Rock Desert is the southern extension of the Sevier...
$6.95
Geologic excursions in volcanology: eastern Snake River Plain (Idaho) and southwestern Utah, Geological Society of America guidebook - Part III (SS-61)
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...
$6.50
Quaternary tectonics of Utah with emphasis on earthquake-hazard characterization (B-127)
By: S. Hecker This report consolidates and synthesizes information on Quaternary faulting, folding, and volcanism in Utah and characterizes recent tectonic activity throughout the state. The primary purpose is to provide a comprehensive reference on fault-specific seismic sources and surface...
$17.50
Contributions to Quaternary geology of the Colorado Plateau (San Juan County) G.E. Christenson (SS-64)
By: C. G. Oviatt, J. F. Shroder, and R. E. Sewell The Colorado Plateau is a unique area for the study of Quaternary deposits and processes since it has been the site of continuous stream downcutting, cliff retreat, and landscape...
$5.50
Engineering geology of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, Utah (B-126)
By: W. R. Lund, editorGeologic exposures in the Salt Lake City region record a long history of sedimentation and tectonic activity extending back to the Precambrian Era. Today, the city lies above a deep, sediment-filled basin flanked by two uplifted...
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Fault Trace Mapping and Surface-Fault-Rupture Special Study Zone Delineation of the East and West Cache Fault Zones and Other Regional Faults, Utah (RI-286)
by Adam I. Hiscock, Emily J. Kleber, Susanne U. Jänecke, Greg N. McDonald, Robert Q. Oaks Jr., and Tammy Rittenour This report presents detailed mapping of the East Cache fault zone (ECFZ), West Cache fault zone (WCFZ, Dayton-Oxford, Mantua area,...
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Geology of Salt Lake County (B-69)
By: Arthur L. Crawford and R. L. Threet The wealth and variety of geologic features to be found in Salt Lake Countyare for an area its size probably unexcelled anywhere in the world.Its layered rocks record events spanning more than a...
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Quaternary geology of part of the Sevier Desert, Millard County, Utah (SS-70)
By: C. G. Oviatt This report describes the Quaternary geology and Quaternary geologic history of part of the Sevier Desert in east-central Millard County, Utah. Surficial deposits in the map area consist of fine-grained lacustrine deposits of Lake Bonneville and...
$8.25
Geologic excursions in neotectonics and engineering geology in Utah, Geological Society of America guidebook - Part IV (SS-62)
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...
$11.00
Structural properties of the American Fork, Provo, and part of the Spanish Fork subsegments, Wasatch normal fault zone, Utah (OFR-186)
By: R. L. Bruhn, J. J. Lee, and W. A. Yonkee This report discusses the structure of the southern Wasatch fault zone between the Traverse Mountains and Springville, Utah. This includes the central and northern part of the Provo rupture...
$3.80
Proceedings volume, Basin and Range Province Seismic-Hazards Summit (MP 98-2)
By: W. R. Lund, editor The Western States Seismic Policy Council (WSSPC) and the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology (NBMG) hosted the Basin and Range Province (BRP) Seismic-Hazards Summit in Reno, Nevada, May 13-15, 1997, to review important technical...
$16.00
Soils as a tool for applied Quaternary geology (MP 91-3)
By: P. W. Birkeland, M. N. Machette, and K. M. Haller This manual provides a brief summary of materials discussed during a short course entitled Soils as a tool for applied Quaternary geology that was taught May 30-June 1, 1990....
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Geologic Map of Unconsolidated Deposits in the Hogup Bar Quadrangle, Box Elder County, Utah (MP 15-2dm)
By: Daren T. Nelson and Paul W. JewellThe Hogup Bar quadrangle is located southeast of Park Valley, Utah, and west of the northwest arm of Great Salt Lake. Late Pleistocene Lake Bonneville sediments and related shorelines dominate the landscape, and...
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Consensus preferred recurrence-interval and vertical slip-rate estimates: review of Utah paleoseismic-trenching data the Utah Quaternary Fault parameters Working Group (B-134)
By: W. R. Lund This report presents the results of the Utah Quaternary Fault Parameters Working Group (hereafter referred to as the Working Group) review and evaluation of Utah’s Quaternary fault paleoseismic-trenching data. The purpose of the review was to...
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