Great Salt Lake and its watershed is recorded in sediments

Over the past 8,000 years, Utah’s Great Salt Lake has been sensitive to changes in climate and water inflow. Now, new sediment isotope data indicate that human activity over the past 200 years has pushed the lake into a biogeochemical state not seen for at least 2,000 years.

New Paper Alert!

REY Spatial Distribution and Mineral Association in Coal, Carbonaceous Shale and Siltstone: Implications for REE Enrichment Mechanisms

 By Larua Wilcock (photo above), Lauren Birgenheier, Emma Morris, Peyton Fausett, Haley Coe, Diego Fernandez, Ryan Gall, and Michael Vanden Berg. 

The Continental Scientific Drilling Division of GSA is proud to announce its 2025-2026 Distinguished Lecturer, Kristine Pankow.

Lecture title: "Utah FORGE: A Field-Scale Geothermal Laboratory"

You can request Pankow to give lectures by emailing her at kris.pankow@utah.edu 

Mark Loewen Reviews Jurassic Park Scenes with Vanity Fair.

Mark Loewen is a Paleontologist, Professor (lecturer) with U of U Geo, and a Paleontology Research Associate at the Natural History Museum of Utah. 

"Hands down, one of THE best explanations/reviews of dinosaurs ever." - Theresa Marie