Engineering Geology of the Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area, Utah

Engineering Geology of the Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area, Utah
Author: William R. Lund
Publisher: Utah Geological Survey
Total Pages: 77
Release: 1990
Genre: Engineering geology
ISBN: 1557910936

Geologic exposures in the Salt Lake City region record a long history of sedimentation and tectonic activity extending back to the Precambrian Era. Today, the city lies above a deep, sediment-filled basin flanked by two uplifted range blocks, the Wasatch Range and the Oquirrh Mountains. The Wasatch Range is the easternmost expression of major Basin and Range extension in north-central Utah and is bounded on the west by the Wasatch fault zone (WFZ), a major zone of active normal faulting. During the late Pleistocene Epoch, the Salt Lake City region was dominated by a succession of inter-basin lakes. Lake Bonneville was the last and probably the largest of these lakes. By 11,000 yr BP, Lake Bonneville had receded to approximately the size of the present Great Salt Lake.

Public Works Authorizations, 1968: Rivers and Harbors, Flood Control, and Multiple-purpose Projects

Public Works Authorizations, 1968: Rivers and Harbors, Flood Control, and Multiple-purpose Projects
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Flood Control: Rivers and Harbors
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1000
Release: 1968
Genre: Beach erosion
ISBN:

Considers S. 1144 and related bills, to authorize Army Corps of Engineers construction of 15 flood control and water resources development projects, pt.1; Considers S. 537, to amend the Flood Control Act to authorize funds for Army Corps of Engineers river bank stabilization and flood control project on the Missouri River below Garrison Dam in North Dakota, pt.2; Considers Army Corps of Engineers flood control project on the Tanana River at Fairbanks, harbor development project at Kake Harbor, and navigation project at the Sergius and Whitestone Narrows in Alaska. Focuses on Tanana River project in wake of August 1967 flood, pt.3.