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Footprints in Stone
Buta, Ronald J.; Kopaska-Merkel, David C.
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Description for Footprints in Stone
Paperback. Footprints in Stone is the definitive guide to the Steven C. Minkin (Union Chapel) Paleozoic Footprint Site in northwest Alabama, the discovery of whose vast quantity of 310-million-year-old fossil tetrapod footprints and other traces is one of the most significant developments in modern paleontology. Num Pages: 318 pages, 45 colour & 109 back & white illustrations, 6 maps. BIC Classification: HDDA; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 239 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1146.
The Steven C. Minkin (Union Chapel) Paleozoic Footprint Site ranks among the most important fossil sites in the world today, and Footprints in Stone recounts the accidental revelation of its existence and detailed findings about its fossil record.
Currently 2,500 miles from the equator and more than 250 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico, the Minkin site was a swampy tropical forest adjacent to a tidal flat during the Coal Age or Carboniferous Period more than 300 million years ago. That fecund strand of sand and mud at the ocean’s edge teemed with the earth’s earliest reptiles as ... Read more
The Steven C. Minkin (Union Chapel) Paleozoic Footprint Site ranks among the most important fossil sites in the world today, and Footprints in Stone recounts the accidental revelation of its existence and detailed findings about its fossil record.
Currently 2,500 miles from the equator and more than 250 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico, the Minkin site was a swampy tropical forest adjacent to a tidal flat during the Coal Age or Carboniferous Period more than 300 million years ago. That fecund strand of sand and mud at the ocean’s edge teemed with the earth’s earliest reptiles as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
Number of Pages
318
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817358440
SKU
V9780817358440
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About Buta, Ronald J.; Kopaska-Merkel, David C.
Ronald J. Buta is professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of Alabama, USA, with his main interests in galaxy morphology and dynamics. He is the author of The de Vaucouleurs Atlas of Galaxies and the content creator of the Galaxy Morphology website hosted through the University of Alabama. David C. Kopaska-Merkel is section chief of petroleum systems ... Read more
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