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Department of Geological Sciences

Modern Analogue

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(photo by Ken Hamblin)

To imagine what Utah could have looked like during this period, we need to visit places such as Vatnajokull, Iceland,  shown here. Ice-covered mountains border a shallow sea littered with floating blocks of ice.  During Utah's Precambrian past,  continental glaciers like these flowed into the sea depositing their load of till. (photo by Ken Hamblin)

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