Continental Deformation. Creating the Basin and Range

Description

The Basin and Range Province is a dramatic landscape covering much of the southwestern United States. Its star attraction is Death Valley, a below-sea-level desert basin flanked by mountain ranges rising as high as 3.6 kilometers. This science bulletin joins a team of geologists who are combining traditional fieldwork with animated computer modeling to understand how the Basin and Range's geological drama has played out over the past 36 million years.

Runtime

8 min

Subjects

Geography

Genre

Date of Publication

[2012], c2007

Database

Films on Demand

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