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The geology of Utah, in the western United States, includes rocks formed at the edge of the proto-North American continent during the Precambrian.A shallow marine sedimentary environment covered the region for much of the Paleozoic and Mesozoic, followed by dryland conditions, volcanism, and the formation of the basin and range terrain in the Cenozoic.
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The San Rafael Swell is a large geologic feature located in south-central Utah, United States about 16 miles (26 km) west of Green River. The San Rafael Swell, measuring approximately 75 by 40 miles (121 by 64 km), consists of a giant dome-shaped anticline of sandstone, shale, and limestone that was pushed up during the Paleocene Laramide ...
Thomas H. Morris, Vicky Wood Manning, and Scott M. Ritter, "Geology of Capitol Reef National Park, Utah" in Geology of Utah's Parks and Monuments, Douglas A. Sprinkel, Thomas C. Chindsey, Jr., and Paul B. Anderson, Editors (Salt Lake City; Utah Geological Association; 2003) ISBN 1-882054-10-5
The geology of the Zion and Kolob canyons area includes nine known exposed formations, all visible in Zion National Park in the U.S. state of Utah. Together, these formations represent about 150 million years of mostly Mesozoic-aged sedimentation in that part of North America. [1]
The Utah Geological Survey is based in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.It also has an office in Cedar City, Utah. [1]It is a division of the Utah Department of Natural Resources [2] and is an applied scientific agency, which creates, interprets, and provides information about Utah's geological environment, resources and hazards, in order to promote safe, beneficial, and wise land usage.
The landlocked U.S. state of Utah is known for its natural diversity and is home to features ranging from arid deserts with sand dunes to thriving pine forests in mountain valleys. It is a rugged and geographically diverse state at the convergence of three distinct geological regions: the Rocky Mountains, the Great Basin, and the Colorado Plateau.
The Deseret Limestone, also known as the Pine Canyon Formation, [1] is a geologic formation in Utah.It was formed by the Panthalassa ocean around 340 Ma. It preserves marine fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period or Mississippian age, mostly consisting of tabulate and rugose corals, and other marine invertebrates; vertebrates are represented by conodonts.