Roadside Geology of Utah
by Felicie Williams, Lucy Chronic, and Halka Chronic
Roadside Geology of Utah (Second Edition)
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| Getting Started |
1
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| The Face of the Earth |
1
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| Geologic Time |
1
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| Looking Deeper |
2
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| Rocks and Minerals |
5
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| A Word about Formations |
10
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| Joints, Faults, and Folds |
10
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| Great Events in Utah |
13
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| High, Wide, and Lonesome: The Plateau Country |
25
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| Where Brilliant Colors Meet your Eyes |
25
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| In Earth's Sculpture Garden: Weathering and Erosion |
25
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| The Colorado Plateau: A Raft in a Stormy Sea of Mountain Building |
27
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| Getting to Know Utah's Plateau Country |
28
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| Of What Use Can Such a Desert Be? |
32
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| Road Guides to the Colorado Plateau |
32
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| I-70: Colorado State Line - Green River |
32
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| I-70: Green River - Fremont Junction |
36
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| US 6 / 191: Green River - Price |
42
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| US 40: Heber City - Duchesne |
46
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| US 40: Duchesne - Colorado State Line |
50
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| US 89: Arizona State Line - Kanab |
56
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| US 163: Arizona State Line - Bluff |
60
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| US 191: Arizona State Line - Monticello |
65
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| US 191: Monticello - 1-70 |
71
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| US 191: Helper - Duchesne |
76
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| Utah 9: I-15 - Mt. Carmel Junction |
79
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| Utah 10: Price - Fremont Junction |
83
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| Utah 24: Fruita - I-70 near Green River |
87
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| Utah 95: Hanksville - Blanding |
92
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| Utah 128: Cisco - Moab |
99
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| Utah 276: Natural Bridges - Utah 95 via Halls Crossing at Lake Powell |
103
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| II. Utah's Backbone: The High Country |
109
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| Mountain Building Dramatically Exposed |
109
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| Many Uses for These Mountains |
114
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| Road Guides for Utah's High Country |
114
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| I-70: Fremont Junction - Cove Fort |
114
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| I-80 / 84 loop: Salt Lake City - Uintah |
121
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| US 6: Price - Spanish Fork |
125
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| US 89: Kanab - Panguitch |
130
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| US 89: Panguitch - Sevier |
135
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| US 89: Salina - Thistle |
141
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| US 89: Brigham City - Garden City |
146
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| US 189 and US 40: Provo - Silver Creek Junction |
151
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| US 191 and Utah 44: Vernal - Wyoming State Line |
156
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| Utah 12: Torrey - US 89 near Panguitch |
164
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| Utah 14: Cedar City - Long Valley Junction |
170
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| Utah 24: Sigurd - Fruita |
174
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| Utah 30 and 16: Garden City - Woodruff |
179
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| Utah 39: Woodruff - Ogden |
183
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| Utah 143: Panguitch - Parowan |
188
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| Utah 150: Kamas - Wyoming State Line |
192
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| III. The Great Basin and the Wasatch Front |
197
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| Gaunt Mountain Ranges and Empty Basins |
197
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| Erosion and Weathering in a Landlocked Basin |
199
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| Thick Sediments, Huge Volcanoes, and Mountain Building |
200
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| In the Shadow of Faults |
201
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| People and the Vast Desert |
201
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| The Great Salt Lake and Lake Bonneville |
202
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| Road Guides of the Great Basin and Wasatch Front |
208
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| I-15 and I-84: Idaho State Line - Salt Lake City |
208
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| I-15: Salt Lake City - Spanish Fork |
213
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| I-15: Spanish Fork - Scipio |
219
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| I-15: Scipio - Cove Fort |
222
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| I-15: Cove Fort - Cedar City |
227
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| I-15: Cedar City - Arizona State Line |
230
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| I-80: Wendover - Salt Lake City |
235
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| US 6: Santaquin - Delta |
239
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US 6 / 50: Delta - Nevada State Line |
244
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| Utah 50: Delta - Salina |
248
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| Utah 18: St. George - Beryl Junction |
251
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| Utah 21: Nevada State Line - Beaver |
255
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| Utah 30: Snowville - Nevada State Line |
260
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| Utah 36: Tintic Junction - I-80 |
264
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| Utah 56: Uvada - Cedar City |
268
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| Utah 257: Milford - Hinckley |
271
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| IV. Something Special: Parks, Monuments and Recreation Area |
277
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| Arches National Park |
277
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| Bryce Canyon National Park and Cedar Breaks National Monument |
282
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| Canyonlands National Park |
288
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| Capitol Reef National Park |
296
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| Dinosaur National Monument |
299
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| Glen Canyon National Recreation Area |
305
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| Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument |
312
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| Natural Bridges National Monument |
317
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| Rainbow Bridge National Monument |
320
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| Timpanogos Cave National Monument |
322
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| Zion National Park |
325
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| Glossary |
333
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| Museums, Maps and General References |
347
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| Index |
357
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