Non-technical Publications

Great Salt Lake: an overview of change, edited by J. Wallace Gwynn, 584 p. + 16-p. color insert, 6/02, ISBN 1-55791-667-5, DNR Special Publication $17.95
Contains multi-disciplinary articles on the history, scientific research, artistic aspects, management, development, utilization, and other subjects related to Great Salt Lake and its extended environs including the Bonneville Salt Flats. It is an update to and expansion of its predecessor, Great Salt Lake - a scientific, historical and economic overview, published more than 20 years ago by the Utah Geological Survey. This volume is intended to be: (1) a valuable reference for those managing the lake and planning for its future, (2) a credible springboard for future, lake-related research and information volumes, and (3) an up-to-date reference for all who are interested in Great Salt Lake.

Commonly asked questions about Utah's Great Salt Lake and ancient Lake Bonneville, by J.W. Gwynn, 22 p., 1996, $2.25 PI-39
Color pamphlet that answers questions about the Great Salt Lake and Lake Bonneville such as when did Lake Bonneville exist and what kinds of animals lived around it, why is the Great Salt Lake salty, what islands are in the lake, and what makes the lake stink?

Oft Gestellte Fragen Uber den Groben Salzsee (German version of Commonly asked questions about Utah’s Great Salt Lake PI-39), by J.W. Gwynn, 22 p. PI-55 $1.75

Preguntas communes acerca de Gran Lago Salado de Utah y de Antiguo Lago Lake Boneville (Spanish version of Commonly asked questions about Utah’s Great Salt Lake PI-39), by J.W. Gwynn, 22 p. PI-86 $2.25

Major levels of Great Salt Lake and Lake Bonneville by D.R. Currey, G. Atwood, D. Mabey, 1983, 1:500,000 $10.00 M-73

Great Salt Lake: a scientific, historical and economic overview, edited by J.W. Gwynn, 400 p., CD-ROM, 1980 (reprint 1/03), ISBN 1-55791-688-8, B-116 $14.95
This is a reprint series in pdf format.

The Great Salt Lake, Utah, by W.L. Stokes, 30 p., 1984 $4.50 MP-J

Geologic resources of Salt Lake County, Utah by S.N. Eldredge. Public Information Series #5, 1990, 32 p., color brochure, $3.50.

Geologic resources of Box Elder County, Utah, by S.N. Eldredge, M.H. Bugden, and C.M. Wilkerson, 28 p., 1989 $3.25 MP-89-3

Great Salt Lake information sheet, 1 p., 1990 (revised to 1/98) FREE PI-8

National Science Teachers Association Great Salt Lake field trip, by J.W. Gwynn, 5 p., 1987 $3.40 OFR-112

A Salt Lake Valley field trip guide for educators teaching 8th grade earth science, by Gregory Bemis, 46 p., Sept. 1990 $4.00 OFR-200

Geology and Antelope Island State Park, Utah, by H.H. Doelling and others, 20 p., 1988 $3.00 MP-88-2

Brine properties, mineral extraction industries, and salt load of Great Salt Lake, Utah, by J.W. Gwynn, 2 p., 6/97, PI-51 Free

Technical Publications

Maps

Geologic map of Antelope Island, Davis County, Utah, by H.H. Doelling, G.C. Willis, M.E. Jensen, S. Hecker, W.F. Case, and J.S. Hand, 27 p., 2 pl., scale 1:24,000, 1991 $11.95 Map 127

Geology and mineral resources of Box Elder Couny, Utah, (part of Bulletin 115), by H.H. Doelling, 1:125,000, 3 pl., 1980 $10.00 M-57

Shallow ground water and related hazards in Utah, compiled by Suzanne Hecker and K.M. Harty, scale 1:750,000, 19 p., 1 pl., 1988 $7.95 M-110

Flood hazards from lakes and failures of dams in Utah, by K.M. Harty and G.E. Christenson, 1:750,000, 8 p., 1 pl., 1988 $7.95 M-111

Water Resource Bulletins

Great Salt Lake, Utah: chemical and physical variations of the brine, 1963-1966, by D.C. Hahl and A.H. Handy, 1969, 33 p. $2.00 WRB-12

Effects of a causeway on the chemistry of the brine in Great Salt Lake, Utah, by R.J. Madison, 1970, 52 p. $3.00 WRB-14

Evaluation of eddy flux techniques in computing evaporation from the Great Salt Lake, by D.R. Dickson and A.E. Rickers, 1970, 6 p. $1.00 WRB-15

Great Salt Lake, Utah: chemical and physical variations of the brine 1966-1972, by J.A. Whelan, 1973, 24 p., 2 pl., 1"= 3 miles $3.00 WRB-17

Great Salt Lake, Utah: chemical and physical variations of the brine, water year 1973, by J.A. Whelan and C.A. Peterson, 1975, 29 p. $3.00 WRB-20

Model for evaluating the effects of dikes on the water and salt balance of Great Salt Lake, Utah, by K.M. Waddell and F.K. Fields, 1977, 54p. $3.00 WRB-21

Great Salt Lake, Utah: chemical and physical variations of the brine, water years 1974 and 1975, by J.A. Whelan and C.A. Peterson, 1977, 47p. $3.00 WRB-22

Effects of breaching the Southern Pacific Railroad Causeway, Great Salt Lake, Utah physical and chemical changes, August 1, 1984-July, 1986, by J.W. Gwynn and P.A. Sturm, 25 p., 1987 $4.50 WRB-25

Special Studies

Gypsum dunes and evaporite history of the Great Salt Lake Desert by A.J. Eardley, 1962, 27 p. $1.00 SS-2

Clay mineralogy at the brine-sediment interface in the south arm of Great Salt Lake, Utah, by L.L. Hedberg, W.T. Parry, 1971, 12 p. $1.00 SS-35

Preliminary report on possible solutions to "fill effect" causing dilution of south arm brines and concentration of north arm brines, Great Salt Lake, Utah, by J.A. Whelan and N. Stauffer, 1972, 12 p. $1.00 SS-40

Reports of Investigation

Mineral occurrences in the Emergency Withdrawal Area and adjacent lands in the Great Salt Lake Desert (Tooele Co.) by J.W. Gwynn, K.M.Clem, M.A. Shubat, B.T. Tripp and P.A. Sturm, 1985, 41 p. $4.80 RI-200

An approximation of the physical and chemical characteristics of Farmington Bay and Bear River Bay, Great Salt Lake, Utah, by J.W. Gwynn, 1986, 22 p. $2.90 RI-211

Other Publications

Petrologic and geochronologic studies in the Farmington Canyon Complex, Wasatch Mountains and Antelope Island, Utah by D. Barnett, J.R. Bowman, and H.A. Smith, 34 p., 1 pl., 1:50,000, 1993 $6.00 CR-93-5

Field guide to geologic excursions in Utah and adjacent areas of Nevada, Idaho, and Wyoming, G.S.A. field guide, Rocky Mountain Section, edited by J.R. Wilson, 481 p., 1992 $16.95 MP-92-3

Engineering geology of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, Utah, W.R. Lund, editor, 1990, 66 p. $8.75 B-126

The Geology of Antelope Island, Davis County, Utah, Jon K. King & Grant C. Willis editors, 163 p., 2000, MP-00-1 $13.95

Shoreline superelevation: Evidence of coastal processes of Great Salt Lake, Utah, by Genevieve Atwood, 323 p., CD, ISBN 1-55791-761-2, 2006, MP-06-9 $14.95

Great Salt Lake brine chemistry database and reports - 1966 to 2006, by J. Wallace Gwynn, CD (7 p. + 11 p. appendices, additional 14 databases and 14 reports), OFR-485 CD $19.95

Mineralogy and fluid chemistry of surficial sediments in the Newfoundland Basin, Tooele and Box Elder Counties, Utah, by Blair F. Jones, William W. White III, Kathryn M. Conko, Daniel M. Webster, and James F. Kohler, CD (53 p. + 43 p. appendices), OFR-539 $14.95