Author: | Michael Novacek |
ISBN13: | 978-0385477758 |
Title: | Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliff |
Format: | docx doc azw lrf |
ePUB size: | 1629 kb |
FB2 size: | 1325 kb |
DJVU size: | 1694 kb |
Language: | English |
Category: | Biological Sciences |
Publisher: | Anchor (August 18, 1997) |
Pages: | 392 |
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Recounted by the team leader, Michael Novacek, Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs re-creates the day-to-day drama of field exploration over the past six years in the Gobi and reveals what it tells us about dinosaur life and evolution. A rare blend of science and adventure, Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs brings the thrill and excitement of scientific discovery vividly to life.
Over the past six years Michael Novacek, the Provost of Science at the American Museum of Natural History, has led a te. .Closed to the West since the 1920's, the remote sands of Mongolia's Gobi Desert constitute the richest fossil site in the world.
Such a book is "Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs.
Closed to the West since the 1920’s, the remote sands of Mongolia’s Gobi Desert constitute the richest fossil site in the world.
The reader will learn a great deal not only about the Gobi discoveries, but about such related concepts as how a fossil is created and preserved, plate tectonics, the evolution of birds (probably from a theropod ancestor), and theories of why the dinosaurs became extinct (Novacek is cautious about the asteroid impact theory).
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Download Free eBook:Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs - Free chm, pdf ebooks download. Closed to the West since the 1920s and opened only to Michael Novacek's team, the remote sands of the Gobi Desert constitute the richest fossil site in the world. In Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs, Novacek takes the reader along with his team as he re-creates the day-to-day drama of field exploration over the last six years and recounts the remarkable discoveries that he and his colleagues unearthed. Com All Rights Reserved.