Author:

Colbert, Edwin H (Edwin Harris) 1905-2001  Search this

Johnson, R. Roy (Raymond Roy) 1932-  Search this

Physical description:

x, 91 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm

Type:

Congresses

Place:

Arizona

Petrified Forest National Park

Petrified Forest National Park (Ariz.)

Date:

1985

Contents:

Introduction / Edwin H. Colbert and R. Roy Johnson -- General stratigraphy of the Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona / George H. Billingsley -- The geology and climate of the indigenous forest, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona / Terah L. Smiley -- A short thick cycad stem from the Upper Triassic of Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, and vicinity / Sidney Ash -- The Petrified Forest and its vertebrate fauna in Triassic Pangaea / Edwin H. Colbert -- Aetosaur dermal armor from the Late Triassic of Southwestern North America, with special reference to material from the Chinle formation of Petrified Forest National Park / R.A. Long and K.L. Ballew -- A synthesis of Petrified Forest National Park rock art and ceramics / R.J. Martynec -- Salt cedar study in the Petrified Forest / George E. Johnson -- Visibility and air quality at Petrified Forest National Park / Edwin M. Roberts -- Plague in Arizona and Petrified Forest National Park / John M. Doll and Michael E. Wright

Summary:

Presents scholarly papers on the history of Arizona's famous Petrified Forest.

Topic:

Petrified forests  Search this

Geology  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_501708