WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
BOOK
"Geology Underfoot in Southern Utah"
by Richard L. Orndorff, Robert W. Wieder, and David G. Futey
320 pages with 153 photos, 31 maps, and 47 figures
Published by Mountain Press Publishing Company, Missoula MT, (800)234-5308, http://mountain-press.com
First Edition (March 1, 2006)
ISBN 0-87842-517-9
ISBN 978-087842-517-4 (13 digit)
AVAILABILITY
This book is sold in the bookstore at the Interagency Offices & Visitor Center,345 E. Riverside Drive in St. George, (435)688-3200
or from many sources online.
It is also available in the Washington County Library, call number "557.92 Orndorff".
For a press release announcing this book, click here.
COVER
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PREFACE
THE GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERN UTAH 1 READING A LAVA LANDSCAPE: Snow Canyon State Park 2 WHERE DINOSAURS ROAMED: St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site at Johnson Farm 3 WHEN WATER CLEAVES ROCK: Parowan Gap 4 AN ALLURING LUSTER: Frisco and the Horn Silver Mine 5 A DESICCATED REMNANT OF LAKE BONNEVILLE: Sevier Lake 6 FOLDED ROCKS: The Virgin Anticline, Quail Creek State Park 7 IN THE HEART OF THE TRANSITION ZONE: Hurricane Fault 8 AN ANCIENT DESERT SLEEPS: The Navajo Sandstone, Zion National Park 9 WATER FROM STONE: Weeping Rock, Zion Natinonal Park 10 GRAVITY AT WORK: The Springdale Landslide 11 A DESERT REBORN: Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park 12 CYCLES OF CHANGE: Castle Rock Campground 13 A RECORD OF EXPLOSIVE ERUPTIONS: Fremont Indian State Park 14 A TOOLMAKER'S DELIGHT: Obsidian at Fremont Indian State Park 15 ICE AGE GLACIERS: Fish Lake Valley 16 UNLIKELY NEIGHBORS AT RED CANYON: Sevier Fault 17 A FAIRYLAND OF COLOR AND FORM: Bryce Canyon National Park 18 NATURE'S PALETTE: Escalante State Park and the Petrified Forest 19 TRAVELING THROUGH TIME: The Waterpocket Fold, Capital Reef National Park 20 SOMEONE PASS THE TABASCO AND A COLD BEER!: An Oyster Reef in the Desert 21 A WEATHERED ARMY ON THE MARCH: Goblin Valley State Park 22 RADIATION FEVER: Temple Mountain Uranium Mines 23 SLITHERING THROUGH A SLOT CANYON: The San Rafael Reef 24 UPLIFT AND EROSION ON THE COLORADO PLATEAU: Goosenecks of the San Juan River 25 MESAS, BUTTES, AND SPIRES: Valley of the Gods 26 BRIDGES ACROSS TIME: Natural Bridges National Monument 27 TSÉ HANE, THE ROCK THAT TELLS A STORY: Newspaper Rock 28 AT THE MYSTERY'S CORE: Upheaval Dome 29 A SEA OF FINS: The Fiery Furnace 30 WEATHERING THE TESTS OF TIME: Arches National Park and the Entrada Sandstone 31 IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF GIANTS: Copper Ridge Dinasaur Tracks 32 INTRUDERS IN A SEDIMENTARY DOMAIN: Red Mountain and the La Sal Laccoliths 33 PERMAFROST AND FLOWING EARTH: Pariglacial Features in the La Sal Mountains GLOSSARY SOURCES OF MORE INFORMATION INDEX |
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