Geology of Utah's Far South (UGA-43)

Edited By: John S. MacLean, Robert F. Biek, and Jacqueline E. Huntoon

This publication contains 35 geological papers and 2 road guides describing the geology of Utah's Far South. The papers are arranged by topics: Geomorphology, Hydrogeology, Reservoir Properties, Stratigraphy, Paleontology, Structural Geology & Volcanism, and Field Trip Road Guides. The publication also includes a memoriam to Dr. Lehi F. Hintze.

Other Information:
Published: 2014
Pages: 35
Plates: 2
Scale: N/A
Location: Utah
Media Type: Anthology

Article Titles:

GEOMORPHOLOGY

AN IMPROVED METHOD FOR CALCULATING THE MANNING ROUGHNESS COEFFICIENT FOR ESTIMATION OF STREAM DISCHARGE THROUGH SLOT CANYONS IN SOUTHERN UTAH

by Holly A. Ivie, Steven H. Emerman, Dylan B. Dastrup, Andrew W. Simister, Jeff Selck, Devin R. Howard, and Andrew W. Fletcher

PRELUDE TO SEVEN SLOTS: FILLING AND SUBSEQUENT MODIFICATION OF SEVEN BROAD CANYONS IN THE NAVAJO SANDSTONE, SOUTH-CENTRAL UTAH

by David B. Loope, Ronald J. Goble, and Joel P. L. Johnson

HYPOTHESIS: THE PINNACLES OF THE CHESLER PARK/GRABEN REGION OF CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK RESULT FROM PALEOSTREAM INDURATION AND INVERTED TOPOGRAPHICAL RELIEF

by Clyde L.

THE EFFECTS OF LAKE POWELL ON SEDIMENT AGGREGATION IN THE LOWER REACHES OF THE SAN JUAN RIVER

by Gary L. Gianniny, Logan Hartle, and Cynthia E. Dott

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY OF HOLOCENE VALLEY-FILL ALLUVIUM AND ARROYO CUTFILL EVENTS IN THE UPPER ESCALANTE RIVER, SOUTHERN UTAH

by Anne Hayden-Lesmeister and Tammy R. Rittenour

HOLOCENE ALLUVIAL STRATIGRAPHY OF KITCHEN CORRAL WASH, SOUTHERN UTAH

by William M. Huff and Tammy R. Rittenour

MIDDLE TO LATE HOLOCENE CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY OF ALLUVIAL FILL DEPOSITS ALONG KANAB CREEK IN SOUTHERN UTAH

by Michelle S. Nelson and Tammy R. Rittenour

HYDROGEOLOGY

GEOLOGIC AND HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS OF THE NAVAJO LAKE AREA, MARKAGUNT PLATEAU, SOUTHWESTERN UTAH

by Carl Ege

INVESTIGATION AND SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT OF THE NAVAJO SANDSTONE AQUIFER NEAR BLANDING, UTAH

by Neil I. Burk, William D. Loughlin, and Clay M. Conway

RESERVOIR PROPERTIES

RESERVOIR PROPERTIES AND CARBONATE PETROGRAPHY OF THE ANETH UNIT, GREATER ANETH FIELD, PARADOX BASIN, SOUTHEASTERN UTAH

by Thomas C. Chidsey, Jr. and David E. Eby

PETROPHYSICAL HETEROGENEITIES OF THE PERMIAN WHITE RIM SANDSTONE, SOUTHEAST UTAH: IMPLICATIONS FOR RESERVOIR PROPERTIES AND LONG-TERM STORAGE OF CO 2

by Marko A. Gorenc, Marjorie A. Chan, and Brian J. McPherson

IRON-RICH HORIZONS IN THE JURASSIC NAVAJO SANDSTONE, SOUTHWESTERN UTAH: PROGRESSIVE CEMENTATION AND PERMEABILITY INVERSION

by Gregory B. Nielsen, Marjorie A. Chan, and Brenda Beitler Bowen

COLORATION AND DIAGENETIC HISTORY OF JURASSIC NAVAJO SANDSTONE AT COYOTE BUTTES, PARIA CANYON-VERMILION CLIFF WILDERNESS, UTAH AND ARIZONA

by Winston M. Seiler and Marjorie A. Chan

PETROLEUM POTENTIAL APPRAISAL OF THE ESCALANTE ANTICLINE, GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: AN EXERCISE IN APPLIED HYDRODYNAMIC THEORY TO PREDICT A MISSED OIL RESERVOIR

by David L. Allin

STRATIGRAPHY

FACIES GEOMETRIES AND CLIMATIC INFLUENCE ON STRATIGRAPHY IN THE EOLIAN-SABKHA TRANSITION IN THE PERMIAN CEDAR MESA SANDSTONE, SE UTAH

by Richard P. Langford and Alexandra Massad

DEPOSITIONAL SETTING OF THE HOSKINNINI MEMBER OF THE TRIASSIC MOENKOPI FORMATION, SOUTHEASTERN UTAH

by Russell F. Dubiel, Jacqueline E. Huntoon, John D. Stanesco, and Stephen T. Hasiotis

UNCONFORMABLE CONTACT OF THE LOWER JURASSIC WINGATE AND KAYENTA FORMATIONS, SOUTHEASTERN UTAH

by Spencer G. Lucas and Lawrence H. Tanner (Appendix included in paper)

THE WHITMORE POINT MEMBER OF THE MOENAVE FORMATION IN ITS TYPE AREA IN NORTHERN ARIZONA AND ITS AGE AND CORRELATION WITH THE SECTION IN ST. GEORGE, UTAH: EVIDENCE FOR TWO MAJOR LACUSTRINE SEQUENCES

by James I. Kirkland, Andrew R.C. Milner, Paul E. Olsen, & Jennifer E. Hargrave

WHERE THE SEA MEETS THE LAND: THE UNRESOLVED DAKOTA PROBLEM IN UTAH

by Kenneth Carpenter

COMPOSITIONAL, PALEONTOLOGICAL AND DETRITAL-ZIRCON DATA FROM CRETACEOUS STRATA OF THE HENRY MOUNTAINS BASIN AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CONNECTIONS WITH DISPERSAL SYSTEMS OF WAHWEAP AND KAIPAROWITS FORMATIONS IN SOUTHERN UTAH, U.S.A.

by Timothy F. Lawton, Jeffrey G. Eaton, Karl N. Godfrey, and William L. Schellenbach

LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY AND BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE CHINLE FORMATION (UPPER TRIASSIC) IN SOUTHERN LISBON VALLEY, SOUTHEASTERN UTAH

by Jeffrey W. Martz, Randall B. Irmis, & Andrew R.C. Milner

ANCIENT LAKES OF ZION NATIONAL PARK

by Wayne L. Hamilton

PALEONTOLOGY

FOSSIL PLANTS FROM A PROXIMAL ALLUVIAL-FAN COMPLEX: IMPLICATIONS FOR LATE PALEOZOIC SEDIMENTARY PROCESSES IN WESTERN TROPICAL PANGEA

by Jacqueline E. Huntoon, Krystle Boks, Len Mankowski, Tara L. Campbell Wyrembelski, Russell F. Dubiel, and John D. Stanesco

FOSSIL FLORAS FROM THE PENNSYLVANIAN-PERMIAN CUTLER GROUP OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH

by William A. DiMichele, C. Blaine Cecil, Dan S. Chaney, Scott D. Elrick, and W. John Nelson

STRATIGRAPHY AND ICHNOLOGY OF EARLY TRIASSIC SWIM TRACK SITES IN GLEN CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, UTAH

by Tracy J. Thomson.

FIRST KNOWN POST-TRIASSIC OCCURRENCE OF THE PALM-LIKE PLANT FOSSIL SANMIGUELIA BROWN

by Sidney Ash, Andrew R.C. Milner, David Sharrow, and David Tarailo

ANIMAL TRACK SITES NOTED DURING LAKE POWELL PIPELINE PROJECT PALEONTOLOGY SURVEYS, UTAH AND ARIZONA by Alden H. Hamblin

VERTEBRATES OF THE IRON SPRINGS FORMATION, UPPER CRETACEOUS, SOUTHWESTERN UTAH

by Jeffrey G. Eaton, James D. Gardner, James I. Kirkland, Donald B. Brinkman, and Randal L. Nydam

A LARGE INSECTIVORE FROM THE DUCHESNEAN (LATE MIDDLE EOCENE) OF SOUTHERN UTAH

by Jeffrey G. Eaton

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY AND VOLCANISM

NEW CONSTRAINTS ON THE EXTENT, AGE, AND EMPLACEMENT HISTORY OF THE EARLY MIOCENE MARKAGUNT MEGABRECCIA, SOUTHWEST UTAH: ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST SUBAERIAL GRAVITY SLIDES

by Robert F. Biek, David B. Hacker, and Peter D. Rowley

THE MINERSVILLE GRAVITY SLIDE AND METALLIC MINERAL POTENTIAL AT BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTHERN BLACK MOUNTAINS, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH

by Peter D. Rowley, Keith Norlin, Jesse A. Maxwell, and David J. Maxwell

THE 2.7 - 2.1 MA TWIN PEAKS CALDERA: STRATIGRAPHY AND PETROGENESIS

by Racheal Johnsen, Eugene I. Smith, and J. Douglas Walker

REACTIVATION OF CONJUGATE FRACTURES IN THE CLARON FORMATION NEAR BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK, UTAH

by John S. MacLean

THE APEX MINE, UTAH: A COLORADO PLATEAU-TYPE SOLUTION-COLLAPSE BRECCIA PIPE AND A TSUMEB, NANIBIA, ANALOGUE

by Karen J. Wenrich and Earl R. Verbeek

NAMAKIERS IN TRIASSIC AND PERMIAN FORMATIONS IN THE PARADOX BASIN (USA) WITH COMPARISONS TO MODERN EXAMPLES IN THE ZAGROS FOLD BELT, IRAN

by Donald L. Rasmussen

ROAD GUIDE TO THE GEOLOGY OF CEDAR CANYON AND CEDAR BREAKS NATIONAL MONUMENT, IRON COUNTY, UTAH

by Tyler R. Knudsen and Robert F. Biek

FIELD-TRIP

ROAD GUIDE TO UTAH'S SOUTHWESTERN HIGH PLATEAUS: CEDAR CITY to TROPIC, KANAB to SPRINGDALE, HURRICANE

by Robert F. Biek