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Geologic Hazards Staff
The Geologic Hazards Program helps protect Utah's public health
and safety by investigating geologic hazards and environmental concerns
involving geology; provides state and local governments and the
public with information and technical services; develops small-
and large-scale geologic-hazard maps; and performs detailed studies
of geologic hazards.
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Geologic-Hazards Projects
Helps protect Utah's public health and safety by providing information
to reduce losses from geologic hazards. Major projects include:
- Salt Lake Valley geologic-hazards mapping
- investigating the paleoseismicity of the Weber segment of the Wasatch fault
- investigating the paleoseismicity of the Brigham City segment of the Wasatch fault
- Ogden Valley geologic-hazards mapping
- Cache Valley geologic-hazards mapping
- Zion National Park geologic-hazards mapping
- Cedar City metropolitan area geologic-hazards mapping
- Norwood Tuff landslide investigations
- mapping and investigating the West Valley fault zone
- Wasatch Front landslide monitoring and investigations
- Quaternary geologic mapping for use in producing geologic-hazard maps
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