The origin and extent of earth fissures in Escalante Valley, southern Escalante Desert, Iron County, Utah (SS-115) Great Salt Lake and Antelope Island thousand-foot sand dunes

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The origin and extent of earth fissures in Escalante Valley, southern Escalante Desert, Iron County, Utah (SS-115) Great Salt Lake and Antelope Island thousand-foot sand dunesBy: W. R. Lund, C. B. DuRoss, S. M. Kirby, G. N. McDonald, G. Hunt, and G. S. Vice Contains a 30 page report and 37 photo appendix of an investigation by the Utah Geological Survey of five recently discovered earth fissures in southwestern Utah. The earth fissues, which likely resulted from aquifer compaction due to ground water withdrawal, were revealed after floodwater infiltrated into and enlarged the fissures during January 2005. This study