Glaciation in the Wasatch Plateau, Utah

Spieker, Edmund M.; Billings, Marland P.

doi:10.1130/gsab-51-1173

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“…Such weathering and soils are similar to those found in drift at~ tributed to the Wisconsin stage in the Ruby-East Humboldt Range, Nev. (Sharp, 1938, p. 302), Wasatch Plateau, Utah (Spieker andBillings, 1940, p. 1193), La Sal Mountains, Utah (Richmond, written communication), San Francisco Mountains, Ariz. (Sharp, 1942), Rocky Mountains in Colorado (Bryan andRay, 1940, p. 1856), Grand Mesa, Colo. (Retzer, 1954), and Fish Lake Plateau, Utah (Hardy and Muessig, 1952).…”

Section: Weatheringsupporting

confidence: 67%

Quaternary geology of Boulder Mountain, Aquarius Plateau, Utah

Flint¹,

Denny²

1958

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Section: Weatheringsupporting

confidence: 67%

Quaternary geology of Boulder Mountain, Aquarius Plateau, Utah

Flint¹,

Denny²

1958

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“…elev.). This is the cirque of a Pleistocene valley glacier (Spieker & Billings 1940). I vesia has been found in one other locality, on Wasatch Peak (T19S, R4E, S34, 10,000 ft.…”

Section: Ranunculus Adoneus Anemone Globosamentioning

confidence: 69%

“…In headwater basins along the main crest of the plateau there is considerable evidence of glaciation, which has been described by Spieker & Billings (1940). This evidence, in the form of cirques, widened valleys, and moraines, is most striking in the northern half of the plateau.…”

Section: Geologymentioning

confidence: 84%

Subalpine Vegetation of the Wasatch Plateau, Utah

Ellison¹

1954

Ecological Monographs

102

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“…The northern end of the Upper Joe's Valley graben extends north into the study area (Spieker 1931). Glacial erosion has steepened the eastern slope of Skyline Drive Ridge along the western boundary of the study area (Spieker and Billings 1940). The plateau has high relief with steep, broad ridges and deep, narrow canyons.…”

Section: Wasatch Plateau Landslidesmentioning

confidence: 98%

Regional landslide evaluation: Two Utah examples

DeGraff

1978

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/ Landslide-susceptibility evaluations based on bedrock units, slope inclination, and aspect (slope orientation) incorporate the lithologic, stratigraphic, structural, and topographic passive conditions contributing to landsliding as outlined by Sharpe (1938). Generalized results based on passive condition analyses may define potential for failure over entire states or large parts of states, establishing an approximate landslide susceptibility for specific areas that are still in need of detailed study. This provides a preliminary susceptibility for use in land management and identifies high-priority areas for future detailed investigations.Landslides in the Bear River Range, north-central Utah, and the northern Wasatch Plateau, central Utah, illustrate application of these factors to regional landslide-susceptability evaluation. The greatest landslide potential exists on slopes of between 10 and 40%, with a westerly aspect, underlain by Wasatch or Salt Lake formations in the Bear River Range and on slopes of from 20 to 60% that are underlain by either North Horn or Price River formations in the northern Wasatch Plateau. Results from the two study areas are compared to a statewide landslide evaluation (Schroder 1971) in terms of passive conditions. Lithologic and stratigraphic conditions of the state and of the two study areas are nearly identical. Aspect data detect the presence or absence of structural conditions favoring failure in the two study areas rather than climatic factors as concluded in the statewide analysis. Topographic condition is more precisely stated in quantitative as opposed to qualitative terms to define failure-prone slopes in the two study areas.

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Glaciation in the Wasatch Plateau, Utah

Cited by 16 publications

References 3 publications

Quaternary geology of Boulder Mountain, Aquarius Plateau, Utah

Quaternary geology of Boulder Mountain, Aquarius Plateau, Utah

Subalpine Vegetation of the Wasatch Plateau, Utah

Regional landslide evaluation: Two Utah examples

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