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The La Brea Tar Pits (or Rancho La Brea Tar Pits) are a cluster of tar pits around which Hancock Park was formed, in the urban heart of Los Angeles. Asphaltum or tar (brea in Spanish) has seeped up from the ground in this area for tens of thousands of years. The tar is often covered with water. Over many centuries, animals that came to drink the water fell in, sank in the tar, and were preserved as bones. The George C. Page Museum is dedicated to researching the tar pits and displaying specimens from the animals that died there. The La Brea Tar Pits are now a registered National Natural Landmark.
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What is a synopsis of Hollywood and The Pits by Cherylene Lee?
Maybe you should read the book. A girl who is an actress in Hollywood suddenly gets interest in working at the La Brea Tar Pits. That's basically it.
How does tar pits form?
Tar pits form when crude oil seeps to the surface through fissures in the Earth's crust; the light fraction of the oil evaporates, leaving behind the heavy tar, or asphalt, in sticky pools.
What are the advantages of tericot?
la la la la la
What part of an animal is most likely to form a fossil?
A2. The soft parts of an animal are least likely to survive, for these will be degraded by bacterial and insect action, if not by larger scavengers. If an animal dies on the land surface the chances of fossilization are minute.Good preservation of a fossil depends greatly on the environment in which the animal dies. If it is a very fine-grained silt, the probability of preservation is good, particularly of fine detail. The environment is likely to be anaerobic, and even the body's internal bacterial flora may be unable to survive in an anoxic environment.One of the remarkable preservations was the Archaeopteryx fossil, on which even the feather detail may be seen. Discovered quite soon after Darwin had launched his Origin of Species.Unusual preservation localities include swamps, and the remarkable La Brea tar pits. Another unusual fossil preserve is that of insects and spiders preserved in amber originally a gum exudate from trees.
Pourquoi la présence d'un paratonnerre peut empecher la foudre de mettre le feu a une maison?
parcequ'il attire la foudre et la conduit dans la terre, en l'isolant de la maison
How long has the la brea tar pits been around are?
La brea tar pits are 38,000 years old
Where is tar found?
Tar can be found in tar pits or asphalt lakes. There are not many worldwide. There is one in La Brea, Trinidad & Tobago (Tiera de Brea): another is located in Los Angeles, CA, USA (La Brea Tar Pits); another is located in Venuzuela (Lake Bermudez); another is located near Bakersfield, CA, USA (McKittrick Tar Pits); another is located in Carpinteria, CA, USA (Carpinteria Tar Pits).
How many pits are in la brea tar pits?
La Bara Tar Pits has almost all tar pits outside on the gates
What does the la brea tar pits look like?
a cluster of tar pits
Where are the La Brea tar pits located?
La Brea California, USA. Really close to Los Angeles, if you are going to fly there.
What is the web address of the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles California?
The web address of the La Brea Tar Pits is: http://www.tarpits.org
Where are the California tar pits?
The La Brea Tar Pits are in downtown Los Angeles.
What is the phone number of the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles California?
The address of the La Brea Tar Pits is: 5801 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
What state has the La Brea tar pits in it?
California.
Why is La Brea CA famous?
Because of its tar pits.
What is being studied at la brea tar pits?
Dinosaur fossils.
What mammal have they find of most at la brea tar pits?
bison
