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.
Tar pits, ice, and sedimentary rock.
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.
under many layers of ground, in peat, in quickly drying subctances and in rock minerals
fossils found in tar
There are over 100 pits at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles. These pits contain tar and asphalt that have preserved numerous prehistoric fossils over thousands of years.
The Brea Tar Pits are where Ice Age animals were stuck in the tar pits such as the mammoth. You can still see them today.
a cluster of tar pits
Yes, they did get stuck in tar pits.
The La Brea Tar Pits are in downtown Los Angeles.
La brea tar pits are 38,000 years old
Tar pits, also known as asphalt pits or asphalt lakes, are natural geological formations where crude oil seeps to the surface, creating sticky, tar-like pools. These pits can trap and preserve the remains of animals that become stuck in the tar, providing valuable insights into prehistoric ecosystems and evolution. The most famous examples include the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, California.
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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The web address of the La Brea Tar Pits is: http://www.tarpits.org
The address of the La Brea Tar Pits is: 5801 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
East of the Tar Pits - 2012 was released on: USA: 2012 (New York Underground Film Festival)