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



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Autore: Gangloff Roland A Visualizza persona
Titolo: Dinosaurs under the aurora [[electronic resource] /] / Roland A. Gangloff Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (198 p.)
Disciplina: 567.909798/7
Soggetto topico: Dinosaurs - Alaska
Geology - Alaska
Geology, Stratigraphic - Cretaceous
Paleontology - Cretaceous
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
Titolo autorizzato: Dinosaurs under the aurora  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-77262-X
9786613683397
0-253-00718-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910790353503321
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Serie: Life of the past.