Rachel C Benton, Dennis O Terry, Emmett Evanoff, Hugh Gregory McDonald

The White River Badlands

Geology and Paleontology

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Produktbeschreibung

Rachel C. Benton is Park Paleontologist at Badlands National Park. Dennis O. Terry Jr., is Associate Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science at Temple University in Philadelphia. Emmett Evanoff is Associate Professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colorado. H. Gregory McDonald¿is Senior Curator of Natural History in the National Park Service Museum Management Program.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 283mm x 216mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 986g
• ISBN-13: 9780253016065
• ISBN-10: 0253016061
• Artikelnr.: 41607890

Autorenporträt

Rachel C. Benton is Park Paleontologist at Badlands National Park. Dennis O. Terry Jr., is Associate Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science at Temple University in Philadelphia. Emmett Evanoff is Associate Professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colorado. H. Gregory McDonald is Senior Curator of Natural History in the National Park Service Museum Management Program.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Institutional Acronyms
1. History of Paleontologic and Geologic Studies in the Big Badlands
2. Sedimentary Geology of the Big Badlands
3. Paleoenvironmental and Paleoclimatic Interpretations from Paleosols
4. Post-depositional Processes and Erosion of the White River Badlands
5. Bones that Turned to Stone: Systematics
6. Death on the Landscape: Taphonomy and Paleoenvironments
7. The Big Badlands in Space and Time
8. National Park Service Policy and the Management of Fossil Resources
Bibliography
Glossary
Index