LAND OF THE DEAD

Exploring ancient worlds and the plants and animals that lived in them

Thursday, June 30, 2011

CUTTING OFF YOUR TOE TO SHORTEN YOUR FACE

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One of the improvements in the new Quarry Visitor Center is that the mezzanine will be wider. This will allow visitors to get much closer to...
Thursday, June 16, 2011

THE JURAPPIAN WAY

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Work progresses slowly on the installation of the framing and windows, with about ¾ of the windows now in. However, the pouring of concrete ...
Monday, May 30, 2011

ICHNOFOSSILS AS INADVERTENT LANDSCAPING ELEMENTS

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The new QVC, like the 1958 one, will be a striking and unique building, both pleasing to look at and be in. However, another consideration ...
Tuesday, May 24, 2011

700 PANES

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Work progresses on installing the walls of windows on the four sides of the Quarry Visitor Center. The north wall is complete and the east...
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Monday, April 18, 2011

AND YOU THOUGHT THEY WERE JUST FOSSILIZED BONES

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Most people see the great wall of dinosaur bones at the Monument as what it is: a great wall of dinosaur bones. However, some see our fossil...
Friday, April 15, 2011

ALUMINUM, RUBBER, SILICA, AND A TOUCH OF PAINT

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Currently the major effort at the QVC is getting the glass into all the walls of the building. Once enclosed and secured the plywood sarcop...
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

GOODBYE DESERT ROSE

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We have completed the installation of the steel for the north side, exterior ramp, mezzanine, interior ramp, east wall, west wall, and south...
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DAN CHURE: I have been the paleontologist at Dinosaur National Monument for 34 years. My main research interests are dinosaurs & the ecosystems they lived in. I am also interested in fossil resource management & preservation, & the impacts of 20th century warfare and social revolutions on fossil collections & scientists. This blog is personal and not an official blog of Dinosaur National Monument or the National Park Service.
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