U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02–172
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02–172
Field Guide to Geologic Excursions in Southwestern Utah and Adjacent Areas of Arizona and Nevada
William R. Lund, Editor
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PREFACE This field guide contains road logs for field trips planned in conjunction with the 2002 Rocky Mountain Section meeting of the Geological Society of America held at Southern Utah University in Cedar City, Utah. There are a total of eight field trips, covering various locations and topics in southwestern Utah and adjacent areas of Arizona and Nevada. In addition, the field guide contains a road log for a set of Geological Engineering Field Camp Exercises run annually by the University of Missouri at Rolla in and around Cedar City. |
| Download or view any of the nine individual chapters of this report: | |||
| Chapter | Chapter Title | File Name | File Size |
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| 1 | Structural Development and Paleoseismicity of the Hurricane Fault, Southwestern Utah and Northwestern Arizona By William R. Lund, Wanda J. Taylor, Philip A. Pearthree, Heidi Stenner, Lee Amoroso, and Hugh Hurlow |
chap1.pdf | 7.2 MB |
| 2 | Influence of Proterozoic and Laramide Structures on the Miocene Extensional Strain Field, North Virgin Mountains, Nevada/Arizona By Mark C. Quigley, Karl E. Karlstrom, Sue Beard, and Bob Bohannon |
chap2.pdf | 1.9 MB |
| 3 | The Navajo Aquifer System of Southwestern Utah By Victor M. Heilweil, Dennis E. Watt, D. Kip Solomon, and Kimball E. Goddard |
chap3.pdf | 5.2 MB |
| 4 | Geology and Mineral Resources of the Marysvale Volcanic Field, Southwestern Utah By Peter D. Rowley, Charles G. Cunningham, John J. Anderson, Thomas A. Steven, Jeremiah B. Workman, and Lawrence W. Snee |
chap4.pdf | 724 KB |
| 5 | Upper Cretaceous Marine and Brackish Water Strata at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah By T.S. Dyman, W.A. Cobban, L.E. Davis, R.L. Eves, G.L. Pollock, J.D. Obradovich, A.L. Titus, K.I. Takahashi, T.C. Hester, and D. Cantu |
chap5.pdf | 5.6 MB |
| 6 | The Geology of the Grand Staircase in Southern Utah: A Road Log and Guide for Public School Teachers By Larry E. Davis and Robert L. Eves |
chap6.pdf | 1.4 MB |
| 7 | Associated Miocene Laccoliths, Gravity Slides, and Volcanic Rocks, Pine Valley Mountains and Iron Axis Region, Southwestern Utah By David B. Hacker, Daniel K. Holm, Peter D. Rowley, and H. Richard Blank |
chap7.pdf | 65.3 MB |
| 8 | Hydrology and Ground-Water Conditions of the Tertiary Muddy Creed Formation in the Lower Virgin River Basin of Southeastern Nevada and Adjacent Arizona and Utah By Michael Johnson, Gary L. Dixon, Peter D. Rowley, Terry C. Katzer, and Michael Winters |
chap8.pdf | 1.5 MB |
| 9 | Geological Engineering Field Camp Exercises By P.M. Santi and R.C. Laudon |
chap9.pdf | 536 KB |
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