GEOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY OF TULE SPRINGS

GEOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY OF TULE SPRINGS

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Product Number: 534219
Series: FS-2018-3038
Scale: NO SCALE
Alternate ID: FS-2018-3038
Authors: ERIC SCOTT
Version Date: 12/01/2018
Countries: USA
Media: WEB ONLY
Format: WEB ONLY

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Description: The geology and paleontology of Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument, Nevada

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First posted December 20, 2018
For additional information, contact:
Director, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center
http://gec.cr.usgs.gov/
U.S. Geological Survey
Box 25046, MS-980
Denver, CO 80225-0046

Abstract

On December 19, 2014, Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument, located in the Las Vegas Valley of southern Nevada, was established by Congress as the 405th unit of the National Park Service to “conserve, protect, interpret, and enhance for the benefit of present and future generations the unique and nationally important paleontological, scientific, educational, and recreational resources and values of the land” (P.L. 113-291, sec. 3092). Vertebrate fossils have been known from the region for more than a century, and recent work has established the Tule Springs local fauna as one of the most significant Pleistocene vertebrate faunas in the American Southwest. The sedimentary sequence that entombs the fossils represents a paleohydrologic system that responded dynamically to abrupt changes in climate throughout the late Quaternary. Work in Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument continues today through the efforts of scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey, National Park Service, and academic institutions across the country.
Survey Date: 2018
Print Date: 2018
Height In Inches: 11.000
Length In Inches: 8.500
Languages: English

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