Type Geologic formation Primary Mudstone | Country United States | |
Region Mojave Desert,
California Named for Lake Tecopa (prehistoric) | ||
The Tecopa Lake Beds is a Blancan Pleistocene geologic formation in the Mojave Desert in eastern California. It is in the Tecopa area, east of Death Valley, in southeastern Inyo and northeastern San Bernardino County.
The Lake Tecopa lake beds are the dry lake remnant of the formerly huge Pleistocene age lake, in the present day Amargosa River basin. It preserves fossils of the Quaternary period in the Cenozoic Era.
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