Dinosaurs under the aurora
- Author/Creator:
- Gangloff, Roland A.
- Publication/Creation:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2012
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- Full Title:
- Dinosaurs under the aurora Roland A. Gangloff
- Series Titles:
- Life of the past
Life of the past.
Subjects/Genre
- Subjects:
- Dinosaurs--Alaska
Geology--Alaska
Geology, Stratigraphic--Cretaceous
Paleontology--Cretaceous
Description/Summary
- Table of Contents:
- The arctic setting -- Tracks lead the way : circumarctic discoveries from Svalbard to Koryakia -- A black gold rush sets the stage for discovery in Alaska -- Peregrines, permafrost, and bone beds : digging dinosaurs on the Colville River -- Texas, teachers, and Chinooks : taking fieldwork to a new level -- The Arctic during the Cretaceous -- Cretaceous dinosaur pathways in the paleo-Arctic and along the western interior seaway -- Applying new technologies to the ancient past -- Natural resources, climate change, and arctic dinosaurs -- Future expansion of the Arctic dinosaur record.
- Summary:
- In 1961, while mapping rock exposures along the Colville River in Alaska, an oil company geologist would unknowingly find the evidence for a startling discovery. Long before the North Slope of Alaska was being exploited for its petroleum resources it was a place where dinosaurs roamed. Dinosaurs under the Aurora immerses readers in the challenges, stark beauty, and hard-earned rewards of conducting paleontological field work in the Arctic. Roland A. Gangloff recounts the significant discoveries of field and museum research on Arctic dinosaurs, most notably of the last 25 years when the rema
- Language:
- English
- Language Note:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- 1 online resource (198 p.)
- General Note:
- Description based upon print version of record.
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 9936716335302486
- ISBN:
- 1-280-77262-X
9786613683397
0-253-00718-6 - OCLC Number:
- 795895466
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