Lakeside, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map National Parks The Stansbury Mountains consists of

The Stansbury Mountains consists of Paleozoic rocks folded into the north-south trending Deseret anticline

Closely spaced stratigraphic sections were measured and described to identify sedimentary structures

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Formed some 4

and Tertiary to Cambrian in age

Lakeside, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map National Parks The Stansbury Mountains consists ofThe 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