(Really) Tiny Utah Communities

USU geologists are investigating distinctive microbial communities that thrive in the uppermost part of the Wheeler Formation in west central Utah’s Drum Mountains. The communities display pronounced changes in form and composition due to variations in water depth during the Middle Cambrian Period some 500 million years ago.

For more information contact Isaac Westfield, student researcher, and W. David Liddell, professor and faculty mentor, 435-797-1261; Geology Department, College of Science, Utah State University. Westfield displays a poster of his research Wednesday, March 22, at 12:30 p.m. in the Taggart Student Center Stevenson Ballroom during USU Science Week, March 20-24, on campus.