Death Valley Geology Overview:
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ghost towns - gold mines - parks & ...: joshua tree - death valley - mojave preserve - wilderness - native culture - history - geology: natural features - glossary - comments
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Johnnie Formation

4,000 foot thick, 600+ million years old. The Death Valley region was on the margin of a rising and falling sea for 300 million years. The purple mudstone was formed in a near-shore marine environment.

Precambrian > Proterozoic eon > Neoproterozoic era > Ediacaran period

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Johnnie Formation
features - ecology: wildlife - plants - geography: places - region map - map/sat - roads & trails: route 66 - video - aerial - 360 photos - old west - communities - lodging
ghost towns - gold mines - parks & ...: joshua tree - death valley - mojave preserve - wilderness - native culture - history - geology: natural features - glossary - comments
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