03027nam 2200661Ia 450 991082417390332120240514063822.01-280-77262-X97866136833970-253-00718-6(CKB)2670000000207390(EBL)816879(OCoLC)795895466(SSID)ssj0000677269(PQKBManifestationID)11399740(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000677269(PQKBWorkID)10693721(PQKB)11076271(MiAaPQ)EBC816879(MdBmJHUP)muse18247(Au-PeEL)EBL816879(CaPaEBR)ebr10571226(CaONFJC)MIL368339(EXLCZ)99267000000020739020120323d2012 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDinosaurs under the aurora /Roland A. Gangloff1st ed.Bloomington Indiana University Pressc20121 online resource (198 p.)Life of the pastDescription based upon print version of record.0-253-00080-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 remaLife of the past.DinosaursAlaskaGeologyAlaskaGeology, StratigraphicCretaceousPaleontologyCretaceousDinosaursGeologyGeology, StratigraphicPaleontology567.909798/7Gangloff Roland A1668948MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824173903321Dinosaurs under the aurora4029912UNINA