Quaternary Studies

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, with its thick salt...

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 Desert between the Cricket...

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 during the meeting. Holocene...

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 rupture to facilitate the...

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 range blocks, the Wasatch...

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 denudation during much of...

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. During the seminar, we...

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, and James Peak faults...

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 billion years: withinan hour...

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 of pre-Bonneville lakes, vast...

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 during the meeting. Paleoseismicity...

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 segment. Subsequent work resulted...

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 issues in characterizing seismic...

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 record the transgression and...

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 (1) critically evaluate the...