SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH–It may be a vacation, but even so, every geologist has the delightful duty of enjoying the local geological setting. The above image is looking south from the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front and the snow-dappled Oquirrh Mountains. We’re standing along the Wasatch Fault, which extends north-south from southern Idaho to central Utah. It is a large normal fault that marks the eastern edge of the Basin & Range Province. It is a beautiful setting for a campus.
