Cenozoic geology of western Utah: Sites for precious metal and hydrocarbon accumulations (UGA-16)

Edited by: R. S. Kopp and R. E. Cohenour

The guidebook is composed of eleven sections or chapters based on the major emphasis of the papers followed by a Biliography of Utah Cenozoic Geology and road logs for the 1987 field conference. The papers are listed below:

Physiography of western Utah, by C. B. Hunt

Western Utah climatography, by D. J. Stevens and R. C. Brough

General soils distribution in western Utah, by A. R. Southard and T. H. Furst

Flora of western Utah Early Cenozoic to the present, by L. M. Shultz and J. S. Shultz

Ground water in the Great Basin part of the Basin and Range Province, western Utah, by J. S. Gates

Geology of the eastern Great Basin past successes and future problems, by W. L. Stokes

The asteroidal impact theory and some geologic evidence for asteroidal impacts on earth, by R. E. Cohenour and B. J. Sharp

The Great Salt Lake Astrobleme, by R. E. Cohenour

The Great Salt Lake an Overview, by R. E. Cohenour

Physical, chemical, and economic aspects of the Great Salt Lake, Utah, by J. W. Gwynn

Fluctuations of water level, water quality, and biota of the Great Salt Lake, Utah 1847-1986, by D. Stephens and T. Arnow

Lake level control options for the Great Salt Lake, by P. C. Summers and D. L. Anderson

Risk-benefit evaluation of flood mitigation schemes for the Great Salt Lake, by D. S. Bowles and L. D. James

The prediction of the future water levels of the Great Salt Lake, by H. C. Willett and J. T. Prohaska

Drainage history of the Bonneville Basin, by D. W. Taylor and R. C. Bright

Pre-Bonneville Quaternary lakes in the Bonneville Basin, Utah, by C. G. Oviatt and D. R. Currey

Probable Late Cenozoic capture of the Sevier River into the Sevier Desert Basin, Utah, by C. G. Oviatt

Late Cenozoic drainage history of the northern Markagunt Plateau, Utah, by J. J. Anderson

Geomorphology of the Lower Clear Creek Canyon as it affected Fremont occupation, by A. E. Godfrey

Geomorphology of the Lynndyl Dunes, west-central Utah, by D. Sack

Geological implications of artifact distribution on early man sites on Pleistocene shorelines near Sevier Lake, Utah, and Massacre Lake, Nevada, by B. J. Sharp

Pre-Pleistocene Tertiary freshwater ostracode assemblages in Nevada, northwestern Utah, and southern Idaho, by F. M. Swain

A review of Lake Bonneville shoreline faunas (Late Pleistocene) of northern Utah, by M. E. Nelson and J. H. Madsen Jr.

Surficial geology of Hansel Valley, Box Elder County, Utah, by R. M. Robison and J. P. McCalpin

Geology of a Quaternary Travertine Deposit, central Utah, by M. E. Nelson and W. E. Fuchs

Petrography and Lithology of Lake Bonneville sand and gravel deposits, Davis County, Utah, by R. S. Kopp

Quaternary faults and seismic hazards, western Utah, by G. E. Christenson, K. M. Harty, and S. Hecker

Geologic hazards of the St. George area, Washington County, Utah, by G. E. Christenson

Tertiary rocks of the Sevier Desert, Millard County, Utah, by J. L. Baer and L. F. Hintze

Geology of the lower canyon of Beaver River, southwestern Tushar Mountains, Utah, by J. C. Lanigan, Jr., and J. J. Anderson

Late Cenozoic high- and low-angle normal faulting and related igneous events in Gold Hill, northern Deep Creek Mountains, western Utah, by J. P. Robinson

Geological and geochemical character of Cenozoic-age gold and silver deposits in the northeasternmost Great Basin, by L. P. James

Geology and mineral occurrences of northern Keg Mountain, Juab County, Utah, by M. A. Shubat

The geology of the Escalante Silver District, Iron County, Utah a possible caldera setting, by J. W. Biehl and S. K. Grant

Volcanic geology and mineralization, western Bull Valley Mountains, Utah, by F. W. Limbach and A. J. Pansze

Possible relations between Mississippian Antler Mountain and fluvial systems and Tertiary disseminated gold deposits in the eastern Great Basin, by A. K. Chamberlain and C. Scott

Review of the petroleum activity of the Utah portion of the Great Basin, by R. L. Kerns, Jr.

A type model for future oil and gas fields discoveries in the Cenozoic basins of the Eastern Great Basin, by F. C. Moulton

Subsurface Tertiary strata, depositional model, and hydrocarbon potential of the Sevier Desert Basin, west- central Utah, by G. C. Mitchell and R. E. McDonald

Oil and gas possibilities in the overthrust belt of western Utah, by F. C. Moulton

Bibliography of Utah Cenozoic geology 1785 to June 1987, by American Geological Institute

Field conference road logs: Salt Lake City to Delta, Utah, by H. H. Doelling and F. D. Davis

Delta to Beaver, Utah, by F. D. Davis, H. H. Doelling, and G. C. Willis

Beaver to Salt Lake City, Utah, by G. C. Willis and H. H. Doelling

An excursion around the Great Salt Lake, by M. E. Jensen and H. H. Doelling

References for 1987 Utah Geological Association Road Log, by H. H. Doelling, F. D. Davis, M. E. Jensen, and G. C. Willis.

Other Information:
Published: 1987
Pages: 684 p.
Plates: 9 pl.
Location: Beaver County, Box Elder County, Cache County, Davis County, Garfield County, Iron County, Juab County, Kane County, Millard County, Morgan County, Piute County, Salt Lake County, Sanpete County, Sevier County, Tooele County, Utah County, Washington County, and Wayne County
Media Type: Paper Publication