Death Valley Geologic Time

This time scale lists some of the important events in Death Valley National Park's geologic history. To start at Death Valley's beginning, read the scale from the bottom up. To learn more about each time period, click on the time scale.

time scale/ Death Valley geologic history

Click here to learn more about geologic time or use your browser's back button to return to the previous page.


Geology in the National Parks home \| U.S. Department of the Interior \| U.S. Geological Survey Privacy statement / General Disclaimer USGS Western Earth Surfaces Processes Team Webmaster http://geology.wr.usgs.gov/docs/usgsnps/index.html This page was last updated on 01/13/04