POTD March 31, 2014: The Wedge overlook, Emery County, Utah
The Wedge overlook, Emery County, Utah Photographer: Ken Krahulec; © 2012 Little Grand Canyon from The Wedge overlook, Emery County.
View ArticlePOTD April 14, 2014: Goblin Valley State Park, Emery County, Utah
Goblin Valley State Park, Emery County, Utah Photographer: Stevie Emerson; © 2012 Sandstone hoodoos at Goblin Valley State Park, Emery County.
View ArticlePOTD May 13, 2014: San Rafael Swell, Emery County, Utah
San Rafael Swell, Emery County, Utah Photographer: Stephanie Earls; © 2012 Draw rock art panel, San Rafael Swell, Emery County.
View ArticlePOTD May 16, 2014: Little Wild Horse Canyon, Emery County, Utah
Little Wild Horse Canyon, Emery County, Utah Photographer: Gregg Beukelman; © 2012 Navajo Sandstone in Little Wild Horse Canyon, Emery County.
View ArticlePOTD July 15, 2014: San Rafael Swell, Emery County, Utah
San Rafael Swell, Emery County, Utah Photographer: Robert Ressetar; © 2013 Triassic-age sedimentary rocks in the San Rafael Swell, Emery County.
View ArticlePOTD September 30, 2014: San Rafael Swell, Emery County, Utah
San Rafael Swell, Emery County, Utah Photographer: Robert Ressetar; © 2013 Window Blind Peak rises to an elevation of 7,030 feet in the interior of the San Rafael Swell. The resistant Triassic to...
View ArticlePOTD November 18, 2014: Small fault in the Moenkopi Formation, San Rafael...
Small fault in the Moenkopi Formation, San Rafael Swell, Emery County, Utah Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg; © 2013
View ArticlePOTD February 10, 2015: San Rafael Swell and Henry Mountains from Temple...
This photo shows another way that #UtahGeology can really knock you off of your feet. Don’t forget your sea legs as you look out over the vast sea of geology! San Rafael Swell and Henry Mountains...
View ArticlePOTD April 17, 2015: San Rafael Swell, Emery County, Utah
San Rafael Swell, Emery County, Utah Photographer: Taylor Boden; © 2014 Erosion has exposed and sculpted Jurassic-age sedimentary rocks in the southern San Rafael Swell. Near Goblin Valley State Park,...
View ArticlePOTD June 30, 2015: Rochester Panel Rock Art Site, Emery County, Utah
Rochester Panel Rock Art Site, Emery County, Utah Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg; © 2014 Petroglyphs carved into Ferron Sandstone, Rochester Panel Rock Art Site, Emery County.
View ArticlePOTD April 19, 2016: San Rafael Swell, Emery County, Utah
An afternoon escape— San Rafael Swell, Emery County, Utah Photographer: Mark Milligan; © 2015 Small cave-like features called tafoni pockmark the walls of a slot canyon in the southern San Rafael...
View ArticlePOTD May 10, 2016: Little Grand Canyon of the San Rafael River, Emery County,...
Little Grand Canyon of the San Rafael River, Emery County, Utah Photographer: Zach Anderson; © 2016 Short days and low winter sun cause ice to form along the San Rafael River where it cuts through the...
View ArticleInteract with Paleontologists at Cleveland Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry This Week
ecprogress.com The Bureau of Land Management Price Field Office is offering a special opportunity for young scientists and their families to interact with professional paleontologists at work in the...
View Article148 million years later, the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry in Utah remains...
sltrib.com Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry • About 148 million years have passed since dozens of corpses of meat-eating dinosaurs were deposited here, just north of the San Rafael Swell and about 30...
View ArticlePOTD September 28, 2016: San Rafael Swell near Muddy Creek, Emery County
San Rafael Swell near Muddy Creek, Emery County Photographer: Scott Madsen © 2016 Colorful, rounded slopes are typical of the Brushy Basin Member of the Jurassic-age Morrison Formation. Clayey...
View ArticlePOTD October 05, 2016: Bottleneck Peak, San Rafael Swell, Emery County
Bottleneck Peak, San Rafael Swell, Emery County Photographer: Nikki Simon © 2016 The post POTD October 05, 2016: Bottleneck Peak, San Rafael Swell, Emery County appeared first on Utah Geological Survey.
View ArticleRock and Mineral festival celebrates Utah’s rich landscape
sltrib.com Few places on earth offer geology as interesting as that found in Utah. From the Colorado Plateau to the basin and range of the West Desert to the Wasatch Front, the earth on display is...
View ArticlePOTD July 19, 2017: San Rafael Swell, Emery County
San Rafael Swell, Emery County Photographer: Don DeBlieux © 2017 Clam trace fossils on a fallen sandstone block of the Brushy Basin Member of the Jurassic-age Morrison Formation. The post POTD July 19,...
View ArticleLandslide Inventory Map of the Ferron Creek area, Sanpete and Emery Counties,...
NEW PUBLICATION Landslide Inventory Map of the Ferron Creek area, Sanpete and Emery Counties, Utah By: Richard E. Giraud and Greg N. McDonald GET IT HERE: This map presents a landslide inventory for...
View ArticlePOTD February 02, 2018
Goblin Valley State Park, Emery County Photographer: Gregg Beukelman © 2018 Weathering and erosion of the Jurassic-age Entrada Sandstone forms a fantastic array of stone structures locally referred to...
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