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Author:   Harold Rogers Wanless ,  Emmett Evanoff
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2023
Weight:   0.613kg
ISBN:  

9783031251177

ISBN 10:   3031251172
Pages:   187
Publication Date:   01 April 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Part I. Introduction. Chapter 1: Fossil Hunting in the Badlands of South Dakota.- Chapter 2: Harold Rollin Wanless and Researching the Badlands.- Part II. 1920 Expedition. Chapter 3: June 20 to June 26 - Chicago to Scenic.- Chapter 4: June 27 to June 29 - Freight Train to Interior.- Chapter 5: June 30 to July 3 - Collecting Fossil History at Cedar Pass and the Wall.- Chapter 6: July 4 to July 8 - White River and the Rain.- Chapter 7: July 9 to July 13 - Back to Scenic and Hart Table.- Chapter 8: July 14 to July 17: Finding the Giant Pig.- Chapter 9: July 18 to July 22 - Farmers, Fossils and Heat.- Chapter 10: July 23 to July 26 - Jerks and Gentlemen.- Chapter 11: July 27 to July 29 - The Past = The Key to the Present.- Chapter 12: July 30 - Nearly Trapped on Sheep Mountain.- Chapter 13: July 31 to August 3 - Collecting in Bear Creek Pocket.- Chapter 14: August 4 to 5 - Research Back up Sheep Mountain.- Chapter 15: August 7 to 9 - Wild Stallions & Broken Springs.- Chapter 16: August 10 to 12 - Golf Ball Hail and Fossil Dogs.- Chapter 17: August 13 to 15 - Sabre-Tooth Tigers.- Chapter 18: August 16 to 18 - Final photos and samples.- Chapter 19: August 19 to 22 - Shipping and Heading Home.- Part III – 1921 and 1922 Expeditions to the Badlands. Chapter 20: Summer 1921 Tackling the West in the Rachael Jane.- Chapter 21: Summer 1922 Completing an Ancient Story.- Part IV – Harold Rollin Wanless and the Badlands after the 1920s. Chapter 22: Harold’s Life and Science after 1922.

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Harold Rogers Wanless has been at the University of Miami since 1971 in Marine Geology and Geophysics, Geological Sciences (Chair from 1998-2017), and most recently in the Department of Geography and Sustainable Development. His B.A. degree was in Geology at Princeton University, his Master’s in Marine Geology at Miami, and his Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University.  He has focused on Modern to Cambrian sediments and sea level. Emmett Evanoff has been at University of Northern Colorado since 2004 in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. He earned his B.S. degree in Geology at the University of Wyoming and his Master’s and Ph.D degrees in Geology at the University of Colorado.  His research has focused on sedimentology of volcanoclastic rocks including the White River Group of the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains. He has worked in the White River Badlands of South Dakota since 1997.

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