The mystery of Utah’s deep quakes
Categories: Faculty Research
Observing continental mantle earthquakes beneath northeast Utah
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A Friend of the Lake
Categories: Faculty Awards
U geologist Bill Johnson honored for his 30 years of documenting toxic contamination in Great Salt Lake.
Read MoreUndergraduate Research Awards 2026
Four affiliates from the College of Science received acknowledge from the Office of Undergraduate Research
Read MoreExposed GSL playa can threaten human health in new ways.
Categories: Outreach
Toxins from Great Salt Lake dust are absorbed by plants, soils and human bodies
Read MoreRunning Rocks!
Categories: Outreach
U geologist ultrarunners experience rock formations and the landscape at large through a unique filter.
Read MoreFreshwater under Great Salt Lake playa
Categories: Faculty Research
GSL breakthrough: airborne surveys to characterize a deep freshwater reservoir under Farmington Bay.
Read MoreGreat Salt Lake’s Patchwork of fresh and salty groundwater
Categories: Faculty Research
Surveys by geoscientists reveal a hidden, dynamic aquifer system under the lake’s exposed playa
Read MoreNew Director of Research and Science at Utah FORGE
Categories: Alumni
Kristie McLin PhD’12 replaces mentor, U geologist Joseph Moore, who will take an emeritus role
Read MoreMantle plume versus plate tectonics
Categories: Faculty Research
Why so much magma appeared during continental break that formed the North Atlantic
Read MoreWhen Earth’s magnetic field took its time flipping
Categories: Faculty Research
Sediment cores from North Atlantic reveal pole reversal dragged on for 70K years
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