In 1877, the United States Geological Survey published a report “On the Geology of the Henry Mountains”, on the small range of peaks in southern Utah, pictured here. Up to that point, little scientific study had been made of the unassuming peaks, but the author of the report, one Grove Karl Gilbert, not only detailed the structure and mineralogy of the landscape, but in doing so also l ...[Read More]
Imaggeo on Mondays: The Henry Mountains, living textbook of modern geomorphology

Mt Hilliers, at the Core of the Henry Mountains. Credit: Robert Emberson (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)