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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462369803321

Autore

Gangloff Roland A

Titolo

Dinosaurs under the aurora [[electronic resource] /] / Roland A. Gangloff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2012

ISBN

1-280-77262-X

9786613683397

0-253-00718-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (198 p.)

Collana

Life of the past

Disciplina

567.909798/7

Soggetti

Dinosaurs - Alaska

Geology - Alaska

Geology, Stratigraphic - Cretaceous

Paleontology - Cretaceous

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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