birds | Boneblogger: Science and the outdoors https://boneblogger.com Exploring the natural world Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:22:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Why dinosaurs are not extinct https://boneblogger.com/why-dinosaurs-are-not-extinct/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-dinosaurs-are-not-extinct Sun, 03 Oct 2010 20:41:33 +0000 http://boneblogger.com/?p=2077 In the twenty plus years I have been involved in paleontology I have been witness to a revolution within science. The revolution has been quiet, not noticed by most of the public. Like any good revolution, the battles of this revolution took place between two camps, the “traditionalists” and the “radicals” who were out to […]

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]]> Unusual Fossil Occurrence in Travertine https://boneblogger.com/unusual-fossil-occurrence-in-travertine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=unusual-fossil-occurrence-in-travertine Fri, 09 Jul 2010 03:47:56 +0000 http://boneblogger.com/?p=1625 A number of years ago, when I was an undergraduate student, I had the privilege of going with my adviser on many trips in the field. I learned more on those trips than I think I did in the classroom. On one trip he took me to several hot springs in the Black Rock desert […]

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]]> Niobrara Chalk https://boneblogger.com/niobrara-chalk/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=niobrara-chalk Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:26:52 +0000 http://boneblogger.com/?p=176 One of the most famous formations is the Niobrara Chalk. This formation is exposed in northwest Kansas and southern Nebraska. Formations are sometimes divided into members, subsections of the formation based upon its rock type. The Niobrara Chalk has two members: the lower Fort Hays Limestone and the upper Smoky Hill Chalk. It is the […]

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