Dinosaurs Under the Aurora

by Roland A. Gangloff

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253000807
• ISBN13: 9780253000804
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 10.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher