Death Valley study helps determine evolution of western US landscapes

The faulted alluvial fans near Badwater in Death Valley are amongst the most visited and classic landforms in the US. New mapping and dating of these landforms, help to determine the timing of past earthquakes and how tectonic deformation is distributed across the western US.

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