So, I took a little road trip.... and wow is the I-15 corridor diverse!
Here we see the clearly delineated sedimentary layers in formation in the rolling plateaus just north of Cedar City from the Cenozoic era.
In the high plateau area, the beautiful red rocks layers outside of St. George show the sediments put down over millions of years. A cave in the lower left hand corner of the picture gives a glimpse into the lava flow inclusions in this landform.
The Oquirrh mountains, west of my home in Salt Lake County, valued for the mineral deposits within. Wooded and forested mountains in the Wasatch range that divide the Salt Lake and Toole valley. These mountains were created when the Oquirrh Basin shallow seas deposited sandstone, shale, and limestone as much as three miles thick. Those sediments now for the ledges of the Oquirrh Mountains.
Same as above, but the trailing edge and a large open valley field on the west side of the Salt Lake Valley. These large areas left in the basin by Lake Bonneville were ideal for settlement.
The peaks of Mount Timpanogos with the "G" mountain in front and the canyon dividing that from Mount Baldy - Utah Valley. This is also an Oquirrh formation - and mostly blue shale. The photo shows folds and thrusts on eastward and northward moving plates. Movement continues along these faultlines.
