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Post by parfive on Jul 21, 2015 11:18:12 GMT -5
Today the Kaiparowits is a craggy expanse of shrub-covered rock and sheer cliffs with little moisture; plants hungrily shoot their roots 30 feet down to suck calcium phosphate from still-buried fossils, sometimes destroying them in the process.
“We’re in a constant battle with the roots,” Dr. Titus said. “They find the bones hundreds of years before we do.”
Utah’s ‘Grand Staircase’ Leads Back in Time to Dinosaur Shangri-Lawww.nytimes.com/2015/07/21/science/utah-grand-staircase-dinosaurs-kaiparowits-plateau-fossils.html
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garock
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Post by garock on Jul 21, 2015 13:27:24 GMT -5
Parfive, thanks for the post. Very interesting read ! Been to the area but was not aware of fossils.
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Post by snowmom on Jul 26, 2015 13:58:17 GMT -5
wonder if it would help to look for areas of unusually heavy plant growth. Cool info, thanks for the post!
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Post by paulshiroma on Sept 15, 2015 7:55:41 GMT -5
Dang, spent a summer vacation out that way ... didn't realize that area had fossils. Great article, thanks for sharing.
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