Dinosaurs under the Aurora
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Dinosaurs under the Aurora

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Dinosaurs under the Aurora

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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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Publisher
Indiana University Press
Year
2012
ISBN
9780253007186
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Geology & Earth Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. 1: The Arctic Setting
  8. 2: Tracks Lead the Way: Circumarctic Discoveries from Svalbard to Koryakia
  9. 3: A Black Gold Rush Sets the Stage for Discovery in Alaska
  10. 4: Peregrines, Permafrost, and Bone Beds: Digging Dinosaurs on the Colville River
  11. 5: Texas, Teachers, and Chinooks: Taking Fieldwork to a New Level
  12. 6: The Arctic during the Cretaceous
  13. 7: Cretaceous Dinosaur Pathways in the Paleo-Arctic and along the Western Interior Seaway
  14. 8: Applying New Technologies to the Ancient Past
  15. 9: Natural Resources, Climate Change, and Arctic Dinosaurs
  16. 10: Future Expansion of the Arctic Dinosaur Record
  17. Glossary
  18. Notes
  19. Literature Cited
  20. Index
  21. About the Author