Dinosaurs Under the Aurora

Dinosaurs Under the Aurora
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Publisher : Indiana University Press
Total Pages : 198
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ISBN-10 : 9780253007186
ISBN-13 : 0253007186
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Book Synopsis Dinosaurs Under the Aurora by : Roland A. Gangloff

Download or read book Dinosaurs Under the Aurora written by Roland A. Gangloff and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2012-07-10 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 remarkable record of dinosaurs from Alaska was compiled. This research has changed the way we think about dinosaurs and their world. Examining long-standing controversies, such as the end-Cretaceous extinction of dinosaurs and whether dinosaurs were residents or just seasonal visitors to polar latitudes, Gangloff takes readers on a delightful and instructive journey into the world of paleontology as it is conducted in the land under the aurora.


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