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Informationen zum Autor Ronald J. Buta is professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of Alabama, with his main interests in galaxy morphology and dynamics. He is the author of The de Vaucouleurs Atlas of Galaxies and the content creator of the Galaxy Morphology website hosted through the University of Alabama. David C. Kopaska-Merkel is section chief of petroleum systems and technology at the Geological Survey of Alabama and a member of the National Center for Science Education. Both Buta and Kopaska-Merkel are members of the Alabama Paleontological Society and coeditors of Pennsylvanian Footprints in the Black Warrior Basin of Alabama . Klappentext The Steven C. Minkin Paleozoic Footprint Site ranks among the most important fossil sites in the world today. Footprints in Stone recounts the accidental revelation of its existence and detailed findings about its fossil record. This volume brings together the contributions of many geologists and paleontologists who photographed, documented, and analysed the Minkin site's fossil trackways. Zusammenfassung Footprints in Stone is the definitive guide to the Steven C. Minkin (Union Chapel) Paleozoic Footprint Site in northwest Alabama! the discovery of whose vast quantity of 310-million-year-old fossil tetrapod footprints and other traces is one of the most significant developments in modern paleontology.
