Central Utah: Diverse Geology of a Dynamic Landscape (UGA-36)
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Edited by: G. C. Willis, M. D. Hylland, D. L. Clark, and T. C. Chidsey, Jr. The geology of central Utah creates unparalleled educational opportunities. Curious amateurs to seasoned explorationists find understanding by observing the plethora of geologic features and the intertwined relationships between stratigraphy, structure, and volcanism. Indeed, geologists from around the world come to study central Utah’s ancient deltas, wave-dominated marine shorelines, Laramide uplifts, and thrusted crustal blocks. Piecing together its depositional and tectonic histories has been an ongoing challenge for geologists and geophysicists for many decades. The serious geoscientist would do well to visit central Utah time and time again. This publication explores the geologic features found throughout the region. Listed below are the articles found in the publication: Structural geology of the central Utah thrust belt, by D. D. Schelling, D. K. Strickland, K. R. Johnson, and J. P. Vrona Nature of the Cenozoic-Mesozoic contact in Sevier Valley and tectonic implications, by E. J. Cline and J. M. Bartley Geologic overview of the Fish Lake Plateau, UTAH, by C. M. Bailey, M. S. Harris, and D. W. Marchetti Sequence stratigraphy of the Bridal Veil Limestone member of the Oquirrh Formation (Lower Pennsylvanian) in the central Wasatch Range, Utah – Towards a bashkirian cyclostratigraphy for the Oquirrh Basin, by D. J. Shoore and S. M. Ritter New U-Pb zircon ages from an ash bed in the Brushy Basin member of the Morrison Formation near Hanksville, Utah, by B. J. Kowallis, B. B. Britt, B. W. Greenhalgh, and D. A. Sprinkel Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Morrison-Cedar Mountain Formation boundary, east-central Utah, by B. W. Greenhalgh and B. B. Britt The Cretaceous Canyon Range Conglomerate, central Utah – Stratigraphy, structure and significance, by T. F. Lawton, D. A. Sprinkel, and G. L. Waanders Cenozoic Soldiers Pass volcanic field, central Utah – Implications for the transition to extension-related magmatism in the Basin and Range Province, by E. H. Christiansen, N. Baxter, T. P. Ward, E. Zobell, M. R. Chandler, M. J. Dorais, B. J. Kowallis, and D. L. Clark Geologic evolution and mineral resources of the Marysvale Volcanic Field, westcentral Utah, by C. G. Cunningham, P. D. Rowley, T. A. Steven, and R. O. Rye Petrogenesis of the Oligocene East Tintic volcanic field, Utah, by D. K. Moore, J. D. Keith, E. H. Christiansen, C. Kim, D. G.Tingey, S. T. Nelson, and D. S. Flamm Analysis of Fremont River strath terraces in the area of Capitol Reek National Park, Utah – implications for fluvial landscape evolution and the role of climate forcing, by J. L. Eddleman, S. C. Sorber, T. H. Morris, S. D. Grimshaw, E. Dastrup, W. F. Christensen, and S. L. Morris Pleistocene glaciations in central Utah – a review, by D. W. Marchetti Geomorphic differences between the Tununk and Blue Gate members of the Mancos Shale near Cainville, Wayne County, Utah, by A. E. Godfrey, R. I. Grauch, and M. L. Tuttle Exhumed paleochannels in central Utah – Analogs for raised curvilinear features on Mars, by R. M. E. Williams, T. C. Chidsey, Jr., and D. E. Eby An overview of historical and contemporary seismicity in central Utah, by W. J. Arabasz, R. Burlacu, and K. L. Pankow Spatial and temporal patterns of surface faulting on the Levan and Fayette segments of the Wasatch fault zone, central, Utah, from surficial geologic mapping and scarpprofile data, by M. D. Hylland Petroleum geology of Covenant Oil Field, central Utah thrust belt, by T. C. Chidsey, Jr., J. S. DeHamer, E. E. Hartwick, K. R. Johnson, D. D. Schelling, D. A. Sprinkel, D. K. Strickland, J. P. Vrona, and D. A. Wavrek Structure, reservoir characterization, and carbon dioxide resources of Farnham Dome Field, Carbon County, Utah, by C. D. Morgan Facies analysis and reservoir characterization of outcrop analogs to the Navajo Sandstone in the central Utah Thrust Belt exploration play, by A. Dalrymple and T. H. Morris History of uranium production, Marysvale District, Piute County, Utah, by W. L. Chenoweth Production, history, geology, and mineralogy of selected mining districts of the Marysvale Volcanic Field, by C. Ege Ground-water flow, water-level trends, and the connection between Fairfield Spring and the basin-fill-aquifer in Cedar Valley, Utah County, north-central Utah, by J. L. Jordan and W. Sabbah Science-based land-use planning tools to help protect ground-water quality, Sanpete Valley, Sanpete County, Utah, by J. Wallace, M. Lowe, and C. E. Bishop Baseline water-quality data for the Sugarville area of Millard County, Utah, with emphasis on nitrate concentrations in the shallow unconfined aquifer, by M. Lowe, J. Wallace, and J. S. Horn Fault-related ground-water compartmentalization in the East Tintic Mining District, Utah, by S. Hamaker and R. Harris Impact of the Big Hole Fault on fluid flow in the Navajo Sandstone, northern San Rafael Swell, Utah, by T. E. Lachmar and W. M. Schieb Biostratigraphy of the North-Horn Formation at North Horn Mountain, Emery County, Utah, by R. Difley Paleontological discoveries of James A. “Dinosaur Jim†Jensen in central Utah, by R. D. Sheetz and B. B. Britt A review of the Cretaceous floras of east-central Utah and western Colorado, by W. D. Tidwell, B. B. Britt, and L. S. Tidwell Structural geology of the central Utah Thrust belt – a geological field trip road log, by D. D. Schelling and J. P. Vrona Classic geology and reservoir characterization studies of central Utah, by T. H. Morris, C. D. Morgan, M. T. Eckels, S. M. Ritter, and R. M. Faatz Other Information: |