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Information on the Grand Staircase Escalante and Surrounding Areas

Information on Geology in the Grand Staircase-Escalante Area

The Geology in the Grand Staircase Escalante Area is outstanding. Here are a few pictures of some interesting geological features:

The "Grand Staircase" from the air

for more information, see: What is the Grand Staircase? (pdf) (from the Utah Geological Survey)

Slot canyons from the air.

Ripples in the earth's crust: Waterpocket Fold from the air

Eric giving a geology fieldtrip

Ripples in sandstone

Interesting geologic features in the Burr Canyon

Along the road...

Dinosaur fossils (more on our paleo pages)

For More Information...

Here are a few links to different dinosaur/paleontology resources... some of these may be a little technical in nature, but can still provide some very interesting information...

Utah Geological Survey

Utah Geology Association

Here are a few direct links to more Geology Information from the Utah Geological Survey:

• What is the Grand Staircase? (pdf)
• Rainbow of Rocks : mysteries of sandstone colors and concretions in Colorado Plateau Canyon Country (pdf)
• How was Utah's topography formed?
• What is a formation?
• What are those crunchy crusts found on some Utah soils?
• Are there glaciers in Utah's mountains?
• How do geologists know how old a rock is? , pdf
• Dome Mountains
• Volcanoes
• Geologic Stretching - How many inches per year do Salt Lake City, Utah and Reno, Nevada move away from each other?
• The Earth's Surface , the only Constant is Change.
• Utah's State Symbols
• Utah Caves (pdf)
• Survey Notes: Informative, non-technical magazine on noteworthy and interesting geologic topics in Utah.
• Utah: A Geologic History - images of Utah through time, pdf
• Utah's Geologic History , pdf
• Utah's Sevier Thrust System  (from Survey Notes, January 2000)
• Trilobites and the Cambrian Environment of Utah
• Utah's Wildlife in the Ice Age  (from Survey Notes , May 1996 )
• Geology and scenery of the central Wasatch Range , Salt Lake and Summit Counties; road log (pdf) (Public Information Series #9)
• The geology of Snow Canyon State Park , Washington County, Utah (pdf) (Public Information Series #13)

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