Waiting for Death Valley's Big Bang: A volcanic explosion crater may have future potential
Monday, January 23, 2012 - 16:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
In California's Death Valley, death is looking just a bit closer. Geologists have determined that the half-mile-wide Ubehebe Crater, formed by a prehistoric volcanic explosion, was created far more recently than previously thoughtand that conditions for a sequel may exist today.