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Noonday Dolomite

1,000 foot thick, 800 million years old. An erosion resistant dolomite deposited in quiet seas. The vertical tubes vented carbon dioxide from the rotting algae underneath.

Precambrian > Proterozoic eon > Neoproterozoic era > Cyrogenian period

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Noonday Dolomite
Fossil Notes
Scolithus ? tubes.
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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