23 November 2018
Friday fold: loopy limestone in Utah
Posted by Callan Bentley
Octavia Sawyer is back with a fresh Friday fold from her haunts out in Utah! This is:
Maxfield limestone, which would make it Cambrian. Where the fold is located, the outcrop comes to a point, sort of like the corner of a building, so it’s hard to show the whole thing in one photo. The “center” photo was taken from directly in front of the corner; the “left” photo was taken from the left side, looking along the face/wall out toward the corner; etc. Location is in the foothills east of Provo, Utah, in a disused gravel pit and limestone quarry.
Pretty nice outcrop! Thanks for sharing, Octavia!
Callan Bentley is Associate Professor of Geology at Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. For his work on this blog, the National Association of Geoscience Teachers recognized him with the James Shea Award. He has also won the Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council on Higher Education in Virginia, and the Biggs Award for Excellence in Geoscience Teaching from the Geoscience Education Division of the Geological Society of America. In previous years, Callan served as a contributing editor at EARTH magazine, President of the Geological Society of Washington and President the Geo2YC division of NAGT.