David Polly is the president of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology and the Shrock professor of sedimentary geology at Indiana ... state's national monuments: Grand Staircase-Escalante and ...

We have traveled in Utah since 1972 — during vacations and for my fieldwork as a geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey ... and that it bordered Grand Staircase National Monument.

ESCALANTE, Utah — On the eastern end of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, narrow slot canyons shoot through the rocks in shades of terra-cotta red and pale peach. To the west stand ...

Since earning her Ph.D. in 2010, St. Norbert geology professor Rebecca McKean has led summer field trips to Utah. "Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is one of my favorite places on the ...