GEOLOGY 2210

Geology of Southern Utah



Handouts (you will need a PDF reader like acrobat)

Minerals

Rocks



Power points (as used in class)

Basic Concepts

Minerals

Igneous Rocks

Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks

Plate Tectonics



Annotated Power Points (good study guides)

Basic Concepts (PDF))

Minerals (PDF)

Igneous Rocks (PDF)

Weathering and Sedimentary Rocks (PDF)

Metamorphic Rocks (PDF)

Plate Tectonics (PDF)

Depositional Environments and Sedimentary Structures ( PDF)

Geologic Time ( PDF)

Geologic Structures: Faults and Folds (PDF)

Cedar Canyon Tour



Geologic History of Utah

Chapter 1: Paleoproterozioc

Chapter 2: Late Precambrian

Chapters 3 and 4: The Paleozoic

Chapter 5: Triassic and Jurassic

Chapter 6: The Cretaceous and the Sevier Orogeny

Chapters 7 and 8: The Tertiary, Laramide Orogeny, lakes and volcanoes

Chapter 9: The basin and Range and the Colorado Plateau

The Pleistocene: Glaciers and Lake Bonneville