User:Mikenorton/Geology of the Death Valley area

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The geology exposed in the Death Valley area ranges from rocks originally formed more than 1700 million years ago during the paleoproterozoic period through to those currently being deposited as a result of active faulting.

Early events[edit]

Crustal thinning and rifting[edit]

Passive margin formed[edit]

A carbonate shelf[edit]

Part of an active margin[edit]

A plain develops[edit]

Formation of the Basin and Range[edit]

Volcanism and sedimentation[edit]

Formation of the Walker Lane[edit]

References[edit]