101 American Fossil Sites - Dickas, Albert B.
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Examining in detail at least one amazing fossil site in every state, Albert Dickas clearly explains the critters preserved in the rocks, from sharks and rhinoceroses to trilobites and horn corals. At some sites, you can sift through the shale in search of fossils to keep; at other sites, you can watch professionals excavate museum-quality specimens.

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Examining in detail at least one amazing fossil site in every state, Albert Dickas clearly explains the critters preserved in the rocks, from sharks and rhinoceroses to trilobites and horn corals. At some sites, you can sift through the shale in search of fossils to keep; at other sites, you can watch professionals excavate museum-quality specimens.
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Born in Ohio, ALBERT B. DICKAS earned bachelor�s and master�s degrees from Miami University (Oxford, OH). After serving in the US Navy, he earned a PhD at Michigan State University and then worked in the petroleum industry, where knowing your fossils helps identify important stratigraphic layers. He then joined the faculty of the University of Wisconsin�Superior, where he taught for thirty-one years and founded an environmental research center. Today he lives in southwest Virginia, where he continues to engage in research and plan travel excursions in his quest for new and interesting geo-sites on all seven continents. He is the author of the companion volume 101 American Geo-Sites You�ve Gotta See, as well as Ohio Rocks! A Guide to Geologic Sites in the Buckeye State, also published by Mountain Press.