Engineering Geology of the Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area, Utah
- ISBN-10
- 1557910936
- ISBN-13
- 9781557910936
- Category
- Engineering geology
- Pages
- 66
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1990
- Publisher
- Utah Geological Survey
- Author
- William R. Lund
Description
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.
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