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During a period of about 15 million years ago the area was below sea level. the bowl of the basin was formed by crustal stretching and sinking. Erosion of the Santa Monica and San Gabriel Mountains caused deposition of sediments into this bowl which eventually made their way to the surface. Some sediment depths are over 30,000 feet.

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