The Dinosaur Quarry, Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado, Utah, by John M. Good, Theodore E. White and Gilbert F. Stucker
by John M. Good
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About this eBook
- Author
- White, Theodore Elmer, 1905-1977
- Title
- The Dinosaur Quarry. Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado-Utah
- Credits
- Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Dave Morgan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QE: Science: Geology
- Subject
- Dinosaur National Monument (Colo. and Utah)
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 49288
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49288
- Release Date
- June 26, 2015
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE DINOSAUR QUARRY DINOSAUR NATIONAL MONUMENT Colorado · Utah
- 2.Contents
- 3.The Quarry
- 4.The Dinosaurs — FIRST DISCOVERIES — POSITION OF DINOSAURS AMONG REPTILES — GEOLOGIC HISTORY — WHAT THEY LOOKED LIKE — TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE — GIZZARD STONES
- 5.The Climate, Life, and Landscape of Jurassic Time — HOW DO WE KNOW?
- 6.Animals from the Quarry — WHY SO MANY? — HOW WERE THEY PRESERVED? — HOW WERE THEY EXPOSED?
- 7.Why Did Dinosaurs Become Extinct?
- 8.History and Development of the Quarry — DISCOVERY AND EARLY YEARS — STARTING THE QUARRY — EXTENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE FIND — WORK METHODS — FURTHER DEVELOPMENT — PROTECTING THE QUARRY — PRESENT DEVELOPMENT
- 9.The Scene Today
- 10.Key to Pronunciation
- 11.Suggested Readings
- 12.Transcriber’s Notes
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