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    A column about geology and geological formations in the St. George, Utah area by Rick Miller.

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    The Grand Canyon

    Our Geological Wonderland Grand Canyon National Park – Part 2

    Rick Miller - May 11, 2020
    The Grand Canyon

    Our Geological Wonderland – Grand Canyon National Park

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    Our Geological Wonderland: A Tale of Three National Parks

    Uranium in Utah

    Our Geological Wonderland: Geology Made Utah and America Great

    Living within Washington County and the city of St. George in southern Utah, we are blessed with the occurrence and potential occurrence of at least four different and sometimes deadly natural disasters, which are commonly referred to as geologic hazards.

    Our Geological Wonderland: Geologic hazards in St. George and southern Utah

    Rick Miller - December 9, 2018
    Our Geological Wonderland: Volcanoes in southern Utah

    Our Geological Wonderland: Volcanoes in southern Utah

    Rick Miller - November 11, 2018
    St. George is near two faults and earthquakes in southern Utah near the Intermountain Seismic Belt and Wasatch Fault system are due within 50 years or so.

    Our Geological Wonderland: St. George has its faults

    Rick Miller - October 7, 2018
    Our Geological Wonderland: “Don’t build on blue clay!” In southern Utah, Blue clay primarily occurs within the upper member of the Chinle Formation.

    Our Geological Wonderland: Blue clay

    Rick Miller - September 9, 2018
    Our Geological Wonderland: Quail Lake and the Virgin Anticline

    Our Geological Wonderland: Quail Lake and the Virgin Anticline

    Rick Miller - August 5, 2018
    Our Geological Wonderland: Dinosaur Discovery Site at Johnson Farm

    Our Geological Wonderland: Dinosaur Discovery Site at Johnson Farm

    Rick Miller - July 8, 2018
    Our Geological Wonderland: The geology of the Virgin River Gorge can be considered to be a geological example of the rabbit hole in “Alice in Wonderland.”

    Our Geological Wonderland: A trip through the Virgin River Gorge

    Rick Miller - June 3, 2018
    Our Geological Wonderland: Snow Canyon State Park

    Our Geological Wonderland: Snow Canyon State Park

    Rick Miller - May 13, 2018
    The famous inverted topography of basalt lava ridges of St. George have been given names such as Middleton Black Ridge and Old Airport Black Ridge.

    The famous inverted topography of basalt lava ridges of St. George

    Rick Miller - April 8, 2018
    St. George geology reveals Navajo Sandstone, Aztec Sandstone, Jurassic, sandstone, and Jurassic trace fossils in areas like Snow Canyon and Zion Canyon.

    Our Geological Wonderland: Navajo Sandstone

    Rick Miller - March 18, 2018
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