Dolphin Island East, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map General Utah and Area Hiking Guides The Green River Formation of

The Green River Formation of the Uinta Basin in eastern Utah is host to not only one of the world's largest oil shale deposits

The geology in this water-resources report will be more understandable if the reader refers to UGS Bulletin 133

Information in this publication includes: correlation of geologic units

In Raptors of the West: Captured in Photographs

Dolphin Island East, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map General Utah and Area Hiking Guides The Green River Formation ofThe distinctive characteristic of a topographic map is that the shape of the Earth's surface is shown by contour lines. Contours are imaginary lines that join points of equal elevation on the surface of the land above or below a reference surface, such as mean sea level. Contours make it possible to measure the height of mountains, depths of the ocean bottom, and steepness of slopes. A topographic map shows more than contours. The map also includes