Death Valley geology through 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.

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

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