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DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK
By Karl Krusel
Death Valley National park
Location on US map
Death Valley National Park is
located in California and near
the Sierra Nevada, between
the arid Great Basin and
Mojave deserts of the United
States.
Map of Death Valley National Park
Topography map of Death Valley
Death Valley becomes a National Park
The initial attraction to Death Valley was mining for minerals and
precious metals such as gold, silver, copper, and tungsten.
Tourism followed in the 1920s when there where vacation
homes built around Stovepipe Wells and Furnace Creek.
Death valley greatly expanded and became a national park
on Oct 31, 1994.
Environment of Death Valley
Death valley is known for extreme
temperature and little rain. Average
summer temperatures are 114 and
winter is 65 degrees. Death Valley
can be windy, causing dust storms
and sometimes wind pushes
pollution from metropolitan areas
over to the park.
Death valley doesn't have many
inhabitants but it has some ghost
towns and abandoned mines. The
mines are dangerous as they have
poison gasses, they also have flash
floods and extreme heat, 24 people
died last year from heat. (maybe
that’s how Death Valley got its
name?)
Landmarks in Death Valley NP
• Death Valley National Park has
3.4 million acres of desert and
mountains, the largest national
park in the US. Many people
think of Death Valley as a place
where there is only heat and
sweat but it does have a castle
and dried up lakes and a big lake
with salt icebergs called Bad
Water. There is also an dried salt
lake know as the Racetrack with
unique “sailing stones”
• Badwater
• Scottys castle
• The Racetrack
Park Rules
Death valley doesn't have
that many workers the just
have a ton of rules so its
based off the honor system
here are some of the rule
category's they even have
one on metal detectors.
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ACTIVITIES THAT REQUIRE A PERMIT
AIRCRAFT & AIR DELIVERY
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
AUDIO DISTURBANCES
BACKCOUNTRY CABINS
BACKCOUNTRY CAMPING
BICYCLES
CAMPGROUNDS
CAMPFIRES
CLOSURES
COMMERCIAL USE
FEES
FIREWORKS & EXPLOSIVES
FOOD GATHERING
GEOCACHING
HITCHHIKING
HORSES & PACK ANIMALS
LIVESTOCK USE
MEMORIALIZATION
METAL DETECTORS
PETS
PROSPECTING, MINING & MINERAL LEASING
PUBLIC ASSEMBLIES & MEETINGS
RESOURCES PRESERVATION
ROADS & VEHICLE USE
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ROCK CLIMBING & CANYONEERING
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SANDBOARDING & SKIING
SANITATION & REFUSE
SKATING, SKATEBOARDS & SIMILAR DEVICES
SMOKING
SPECIAL EVENTS
SWIMMING & BATHING
UNATTENDED PROPERTY
WEAPONS & HUNTING
WINTER ACTIVITIES
Technology in Death Valley- Automotive
Temperature Testing
Death Valley is the mecca for
automotive engineers needing
to verify car capability in
temperature extremes.
Death Valley National Park,
provides the ideal proving
ground to test cars in the
highest temperatures in the
USA. The scorching conditions
draw automotive engineers
from around the world to
validate engines, transmissions
and air conditioners for
extreme heat performance.
Formation of Death Valley
Death valley was once was a ancient sea.
Time passed and the sea began to recede
as land was pushed up due to movement
occurring far beneath the Earth’s surface.
The next phase in Death Valley’s
development was by volcanic activity. As
fault movement and mountain building
stretched the land surface, the crust was
weakened. Hot, molten material beneath
the surface welled up and erupted at these
weak points. The death valley surface got
pulled apart causing large blocks of land to
slowly slide past one another along faults,
forming alternating valleys and mountain
ranges. Then there is erosion , where
gravel, sand and silt traveled from
surrounding hills and deposited on the
valley floor.
Geology of Death Valley NP
Death valley geology
consists of one type of rock
that is 1.8 billion-year-old.
The region is mainly
metamorphic, made by the
physical or chemical
change by heat and
pressure of an existing
igneous or sedimentary
material into a thicker
form. Within the
metamorphic rock a
multitude of minerals can
be found (to the right list
of minerals )
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Agate
Amethyst
Calcite
Chalcedony
Copper
Diamonds
Fluorite
Geodes
Gold
Halite
Jade
Kyanite
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Malachite
Opal
Quartz
Petrified wood
Silver
Spodume
Topaz
Tourmaline
Turquoise
Unique Feature in Death Valley NP
The "sailing rocks" at the Racetrack Playa
have been under investigation by
researchers since the 1940s. The rocks
move across the lake bed over a period of
years leaving a trench. Rocks where placed
on the lake bed in the winter of 2011. The
rocks were watched using a high-resolution
weather station. “We expected to wait five
or 10 years” said scientist Norris “ without
anything moving, but only two years into
the project, we just happened to be there
at the right time to see it happen in
person”.
In December 2013, researchers discovered
that the playa sometimes is covered with
shallow water which periodically froze
causing rock movement by wind assist.
Death Valley NP Changing Landscape
Death Valley’s landscape
has been changing for
millions of years. It is
changing now and will
continue to change long
after we have left. Erosion
slowly carves away at the
ancient rock formations,
reshaping the surface of
the land. The basin
continues to subside and
the mountains rise ever
higher due to shifting fault
lines
Bibliography Death Valley NP
Title page
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Website Title: Sandy Gennrich Photography
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Article Title: Sandy Gennrich Photography
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Date Accessed: November 16, 2015
Topo map
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Date Accessed: November 30, 2015
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Old 20 mule team
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Mule Team
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Mule Team
Date Accessed: January 18, 2016
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Website Title: Mclaren P1 Death Valley Shoot
by Patrick Gosling
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Date Accessed: January 19, 2016
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