Geology Underfoot in Southern Utah - Table of Contents
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Geology of Southern Utah |
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1. Reading A Lava Landscape
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Snow Canyon State Park
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1
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2. Where Dinosaurs Roamed
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St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site at Johnson Farm
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11
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3. When Water Cleaves Rock
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Parowan Gap
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19
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4. An Alluring Luster
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Frisco and the Horn Silver Mine
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25
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5. A Desiccated Remnant of Lake Bonneville
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Sevier Lake
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33
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6. Folded Rocks
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The Virgin Anticline, Quail Creek State Park
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41
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7. In the Heart of the Transition Zone
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Hurricane Fault
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49
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8. An Ancient Desert Sleeps
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The Navajo Sandstone, Zion National Park
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59
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9. Water From Stone
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Weeping Rock, Zion National Rock
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69
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10. Gravity At Work
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The Springdale Landslide
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75
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11. A Desert Reborn
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Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park
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12. Cycles of Change
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Castle Rock Campground
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13. A Record of Explosive Eruptions
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Fremont Indian State Park
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97
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14. Toolmaker's Delight
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Obsidian at Fremont Indian State Park
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107
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15. Ice Age Glaciers
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Fish Lake Valley
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113
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16. Unlikely Neighbors at Red Canyon
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Sevier Fault
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121
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17. A Fairyland of Color and Form
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Bryce Canyon National Park
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129
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18. Nature's Palette
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Escalante State Park and the Petrified Forest
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139
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19. Traveling Through Time
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The Waterpocket Fold, Capitol Reef National Park
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145
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20. Someone Pass the Tabasco and a Cold Beer!
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An Oyster Reef In the Desert
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21. A Weathered Army on the March
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Goblin Valley State Park
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22. Radiation Fever
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Temple Mountain Uranium Mines
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23. Slithering Through a Slot Canyon
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The San Rafael Reef
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24. Uplift and Erosion on the Colorado Plateau
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Goosenecks of the San Juan River
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25. Mesas, Buttes and Spires
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Valley of the Gods
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26. Bridges Across Time
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Natural Bridges National Monument
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27. Tse Hane, The Rock That Tells a Story
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Newspaper Rock
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28. At the Mystery's Core
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Upheaval Dome
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29. A Sea of Fins
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The Fiery Furnace
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30. Weathering the Tests of Time
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Arches National Park and the Entrada Sandstone
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31. In the Footsteps of Giants
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Copper Ridge Dinosaur Tracks
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32. Intruders in a Sedimentary Domain
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Round Mountain and La Sal Laccoliths
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33. Permafrost and Flowing Earth
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Periglacial Features in the La Sal Mountains
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Glossary
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267
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Sources of More Information
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275
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Index
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279
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