Turtle Canyon, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map Shelf 17 Cedar Valley is a Quaternary-Tertiary-age

Cedar Valley is a Quaternary-Tertiary-age structural basin in the Utah Lake hydrologic basin

By: Jessica J

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Drilled sidewall cores aid in interpretation of the Tertiary Wasatch Formation

Turtle Canyon, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map Shelf 17 Cedar Valley is a Quaternary-Tertiary-ageThe 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