Geology Underfoot in Southern Utah
by Richard L. Orndorff, Robert W. Wieder and David G. Futey
Geology Underfoot in Southern Utah
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| Geology of Southern Utah |
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| 1. Reading A Lava Landscape | |
| Snow Canyon State Park |
1
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| 2. Where Dinosaurs Roamed | |
| St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site at Johnson Farm |
11
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| 3. When Water Cleaves Rock | |
| Parowan Gap |
19
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| 4. An Alluring Luster | |
| Frisco and the Horn Silver Mine |
25
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| 5. A Desiccated Remnant of Lake Bonneville | |
| Sevier Lake |
33
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| 6. Folded Rocks | |
| The Virgin Anticline, Quail Creek State Park |
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| 7. In the Heart of the Transition Zone | |
| Hurricane Fault |
49
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| 8. An Ancient Desert Sleeps | |
| The Navajo Sandstone, Zion National Park |
59
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| 9. Water From Stone | |
| Weeping Rock, Zion National Rock |
69
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| 10. Gravity At Work | |
| The Springdale Landslide |
75
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| 11. A Desert Reborn | |
| Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park |
81
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| 12. Cycles of Change | |
| Castle Rock Campground |
89
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| 13. A Record of Explosive Eruptions | |
| Fremont Indian State Park |
97
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| 14. Toolmaker's Delight | |
| Obsidian at Fremont Indian State Park |
107
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| 15. Ice Age Glaciers | |
| Fish Lake Valley |
113
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| 16. Unlikely Neighbors at Red Canyon | |
| Sevier Fault |
121
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| 17. A Fairyland of Color and Form | |
| Bryce Canyon National Park |
129
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| 18. Nature's Palette | |
| Escalante State Park and the Petrified Forest |
139
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| 19. Traveling Through Time | |
| The Waterpocket Fold, Capitol Reef National Park |
145
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| 20. Someone Pass the Tabasco and a Cold Beer! | |
| An Oyster Reef In the Desert |
158
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| 21. A Weathered Army on the March | |
| Goblin Valley State Park |
167
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| 22. Radiation Fever | |
| Temple Mountain Uranium Mines |
175
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| 23. Slithering Through a Slot Canyon | |
| The San Rafael Reef |
181
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| 24. Uplift and Erosion on the Colorado Plateau | |
| Goosenecks of the San Juan River |
191
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| 25. Mesas, Buttes and Spires | |
| Valley of the Gods |
197
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| 26. Bridges Across Time | |
| Natural Bridges National Monument |
205
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| 27. Tse Hane, The Rock That Tells a Story | |
| Newspaper Rock |
213
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| 28. At the Mystery's Core | |
| Upheaval Dome |
221
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| 29. A Sea of Fins | |
| The Fiery Furnace |
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| 30. Weathering the Tests of Time | |
| Arches National Park and the Entrada Sandstone |
236
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| 31. In the Footsteps of Giants | |
| Copper Ridge Dinosaur Tracks |
245
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| 32. Intruders in a Sedimentary Domain | |
| Round Mountain and La Sal Laccoliths |
253
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| 33. Permafrost and Flowing Earth | |
| Periglacial Features in the La Sal Mountains |
261
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| Glossary |
267
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| Sources of More Information |
275
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| Index |
279
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