Stratigraphic Studies

In addition to this listing, all county Bulletins discuss stratigraphy in detail,
as do most of the 7.5' geologic maps

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Bulletins

B-89 Palynology of the Upper Cretaceous Straight Cliffs sandstone, Garfield County, Utah, by R. Orlansky, 1971, 57 p. $4.60

B-97 Stratigraphy of the Duchesne River Formation (Eocene- Oligocene?), northern Uinta Basin, northeastern Utah, by D.W. Andersen and M.D. Picard, 1972, 29 p. $2.00

Lower Carboniferous echinoderms from northern Utah and western Wyoming, by G.D. Webster, 65 p., 1997 (Paleontology Series v. 1) B-128 $7.25

Special Studies

SS-59 Geologic excursions in the Overthrust Belt and metamorphic core complexes of the Intermountain Region, Geological Society of America guidebook - Part I, edited by K.D. Gurgel, 1983, 160 p. $11.00
Geology of the Albion-Raft River-Grouse Creek Mountains area, northwestern Utah and southern Idaho, by D.M. Miller et al.; Mesozoic and early Tertiary structure and sedimentology of the central Wasatch Mountains, Uinta Mountains, and Uinta Basin, by R.L. Bruhn et al.; Style of mid-Tertiary extension in east-central Nevada, by P.B. Gans and E.L. Miller

SS-61 Geologic excursions in volcanology: eastern Snake River Plain (Idaho) and southwestern Utah, Geological Society of America guidebook - Part III, edited by K.D. Gurgel, 1983, 55 p. $6.50
Holocene basaltic volcanism along the Great Rift, central and eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho, by M.A. Kuntz et al.; Mid-Tertiary history of the central Pioche-Marysvale igneous belt, southwestern Utah, by M.G. Best and J.D. Keith

SS-62 Geologic excursions in neotectonics and engineering geology in Utah, Geological Society of America guidebook - Part IV, edited by K.D. Gurgel, 1983, 109 p. $11.00
Paleoseismicity along the Wasatch Front and adjacent areas, central Utah, by A.J. Crone; Paleoseismic investigations along the Wasatch Fault zone; an update, by D.P. Schwartz et al.; Amount of displacement and estimated age of a Holocene surface faulting event, eastern Great Basin, Millard County, Utah, by A.J. Crone; Late Cenozoic faulting in Heber and Keetley Valleys, northeastern Utah, by J.T. Sullivan and A.R. Nelson; Lake Bonneville stratigraphy, geomorphology, and isostatic deformation in west-central Utah, by D.R. Currey et al.; Geologic aspects of upper Stillwater damsite Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Project, Utah, by J.L. Rogers; Engineering geologic problems along Utah's urban corridor, by B.N. Kaliser

SS-64 Contributions to Quaternary geology of the Colorado Plateau (San Juan Co., Utah) by G.E. Christenson, C.G. Oviatt, J.F. Shroder and R.E. Sewell, 1985, 85 p. $5.50
Quaternary geology of the Montezuma Creek-Lower Recapture Creek area, San Juan County, Utah, by G.E. Christenson; Late Quaternary geomorphic changes along the San Juan River and its tributaries near Bluff, Utah, by C.G. Oviatt; Mass movement in the La Sal Mountains, Utah, by J.F. Shroder and R.E. Sewell

SS-70 Quaternary geology of part of the Sevier Desert,Millard County, Utah, by C.G. Oviatt, 41 p., 1 pl., scale 1:100,000, 1989 $8.25

SS-73 Quaternary geology of the Black Rock Desert, Millard County, Utah, by C.G. Oviatt, 1991, 23 p., 1 pl., 1:100,000 $6.50

SS-77 Quaternary geology of Fish Springs Flat, Juab County, Utah, by C.G. Oviatt, 16 p., 1 pl., 1:50,000, 1991 $6.50

SS-79 Quaternary geology of the Scipio Valley area, Millard and Juab Counties, Utah, by C.G. Oviatt, 16 p., 1 pl., 1:62,500, 1992 $6.50

Redefining the Lower Cretaceous stratigraphy within the central Utah foreland basin by Douglas A. Sprinkel, Malcolm P. Weiss, Robert W. Fleming, and Gerald L.. Waanders, 21 p., 11/99, SS-97, 1-55791-643-8 $6.00

Miscellaneous Publications

MP-S Geology of Utah, by William Lee Stokes, 317 pages, 1986 $15.00

MP-88-1 In the footsteps of G.K. Gilbert - Lake Bonneville and neotectonics of the eastern Basin and Range Province, guidebook for GSA annual meeting, edited by M.N. Machette, 1988, 120 p., pdf on CD-ROM, $14.95

MP-89-5 Multi-characteristic correlation of upper Cretaceous volcanic ash beds from southwestern Utah to central Colorado, by B.J. Kowallis, E.H. Christensen, and Alan Deino, 22 p., September 1989 $4.25

MP-90-2 Stratigraphy and paleogeography of Late Cretaceous and Paleogene rocks of southwest Utah, by P.M. Goldstrand, 58 p., 1990 $6.50

MP-91-5 Petrology, age, geochemistry, and correlation of the Tertiary volcanic rocks of the Awapa Plateau, Garfield, Piute, and Wayne Counties, Utah, by S.R. Mattox, 46 p., 1 pl., 1:100,000, June 1991 $6.75

MP-91-6 Deltaic and shelf deposits in the Cretaceous Blackhawk Formation and Mancos Shale, Grand County, Utah, by M.A. Chan, S.L. Newman; Palynology of Emery Sandstone equivalent strata in the eastern Book Cliffs, by F.E. May, 83 p., 2 pl., 1" =approx. 4950', August 1991 $10.00

MP-91-7 Petrology, sedimentology, and stratigraphic implications of the Rock Canyon Conglomerate, southwestern Utah, by R. LaRell Nielson, 65 p., August 1991 $6.50

MP-92-3 Field guide to geologic excursions in Utah and adjacent areas of Nevada, Idaho, and Wyoming, edited by J.R. Wilson, 481 p., April 1992 $16.95

MP-93-1 Stratigraphic and lithologic analysis of the Claron Formation in southwestern Utah, by W.J. Taylor, 52 p., Ap. 1993 $6.50

MP-93-8 Tectonic evolution of the Uinta Mountains: palinspastic restoration of a structural cross section along longitude 109°15', Utah by D.S. Stone, 19 p., 3 pl., 1:96,000 and 1:192,000, August 1993 $6.60

MP-96-2 Outcrop study of the lower Green River Formation for reservoir characterization and hydrocarbon production enhancement in the Altamont-Bluebell field, Uinta Basin, Utah, by A. Garner and T.H. Morris, 61 p., 1996 $6.50

MP97-4 The Prairie Canyon Member, a new unit of the Upper Cretaceous Mancos Shale, west-central Colorado and east-central Utah, by R.D. Cole, R.G. Young, and G.C. Willis, 23 p., 5/97 $4.00

Geology of the Sheeprock thrust sheet, central Utah - new insights, by Malay Mukul and Gautam Mitra, 56 p., 4/98 MP-98-1 $8.50

Fluvial facies and architecture of the Poison Strip Sandstone, Lower Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation, Grand County, Utah, by Mathew W. Stikes, CD (84 p. + 27 p. appendices), ISBN 1-55791-751-5, 2/07, MP-06-2 $14.95

New insights into the structural geology of the Gilson and Northern Canyon Mountains, Central Utah, by Sanghoon Kwon and Gautam Mitra, CD (31 p., 1 pl.), ISBN 1-55791-778-7, MP-07-4 $14.95

Open-file Reports

OFR-160 A hydrocarbon exploration model for the Cretaceous Ferron Sandstone Member of the Mancos Shale, and the Dakota Group in the Wasatch Plateau and Castle Valley of east-central Utah, with emphasis on post-1980 subsurface data, by C.N. Tripp, 81 p., 15 pl., 1:250,000, 1989 $52.10

OFR-169 Correlation of Jurassic sediments of the Carmel and Twin Creek Formations of southern Utah using bentonitic characteristics, by B.H. Everett, B.J. Kowallis, E.H. Christiansen, and A. Deino, 60 p., 1990 $5.25

OFR-191 Ferron oil and gas field, T. 20-21 S., R. 7 E., Emery County, Utah by C.N. Tripp, 23 p., 4 pl., scale 1:24,000, July 1990 $14.00

OFR-192 Wasatch Plateau oil and gas field, T. 13-17 S., R. 6- 7 E., Carbon, Emery, and Sanpete Counties, Utah by C.N. Tripp, 33 p., 6 pl., scale 1:100,000, July 1990 $20.90

OFR-193 Stratigraphy and ages of the basal Claron, Pine Hollow, Canaan Peak, and Grapevine Wash Formations, southwest Utah, by P.M. Goldstrand, 186 p., July 1990 $16.40

Contract Reports

CR-93-1 Sedimentology of the Precambrian Big Cottonwood Formation, Big Cottonwood Canyon, central Utah, by M.A. Chan, 41 p., Feb 1993 $4.10

CR-93-5 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, July 1993 $6.00


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