Field Research Plan
For my field research, I plan on interviewing a paleontologist at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. I am currently waiting for a response to the e-mail I sent to three different paleontologists. My plan is to interview at least one, maybe two of them, and discuss their ideas on what caused the K-T extinction. Some of the questions I plan on asking are as follows:
1. What field do you specialize in?
2. Where did you go to school?
3. What are the prominent theories about the extinction of the dinosaurs at the K-T boundary?
4. How have the theories changed in the last twenty years?
5. What do you believe caused the extinction?
6. What are the theories of the causes of the other mass extinctions?
7. Is it possible that we are causing another mass extinction with global warming and pollution of the planet?
Bibliography
Officer, Charles and Page, Jake. The Great Dinosaur Extinction Controversy. New York: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc.,1996. Print.
The Great Dinosaur Extinction Controversy describes in detail the history of the "Asteroid Theory" and how it became accepted by the majority of the world. The authors then explain how scientific discoveries have shown that this theory could be wrong. It goes into scientific detail about the effects an asteroid or volcano would have on the planet. The detail in this book is very technical, but explains how an asteroid could not have caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.
Keller, G., Sahni, A., and Bajpai, S. "Deccan volcanism, the K-T mass extinction and dinosaurs." Journal of Biosciences. Volume 34, Issue 5, November 2009. Pgs. 709-728.
This article goes into detail about the Deccan volcano theory of the extinction of the dinosaurs. It uses scientific research to show the large eruptions of volcanoes in three different time periods around the same time as the extinction of the dinosaurs. This theory contradicts the idea that an asteroid caused the mass extinction and goes further to explain the scientific reasoning behind the volcanic theory.
Cowen, Richard. "The K-T Extinction". ucmp.berkeley.edu. 1999. Web. 14 March 2011.
This article explores both the asteroid and volcano theories. It discusses the scientific findings by geologists and how both theories are possible. It also touches on the other theories that are possible including an evolutionary theory. It also talks about "the ecology of a catastrophe" as well as "the doubts of a catastrophe". The author does a great job of looking at more than one side of the topic.
For my field research, I plan on interviewing a paleontologist at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. I am currently waiting for a response to the e-mail I sent to three different paleontologists. My plan is to interview at least one, maybe two of them, and discuss their ideas on what caused the K-T extinction. Some of the questions I plan on asking are as follows:
1. What field do you specialize in?
2. Where did you go to school?
3. What are the prominent theories about the extinction of the dinosaurs at the K-T boundary?
4. How have the theories changed in the last twenty years?
5. What do you believe caused the extinction?
6. What are the theories of the causes of the other mass extinctions?
7. Is it possible that we are causing another mass extinction with global warming and pollution of the planet?
Bibliography
Officer, Charles and Page, Jake. The Great Dinosaur Extinction Controversy. New York: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc.,1996. Print.
The Great Dinosaur Extinction Controversy describes in detail the history of the "Asteroid Theory" and how it became accepted by the majority of the world. The authors then explain how scientific discoveries have shown that this theory could be wrong. It goes into scientific detail about the effects an asteroid or volcano would have on the planet. The detail in this book is very technical, but explains how an asteroid could not have caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.
Keller, G., Sahni, A., and Bajpai, S. "Deccan volcanism, the K-T mass extinction and dinosaurs." Journal of Biosciences. Volume 34, Issue 5, November 2009. Pgs. 709-728.
This article goes into detail about the Deccan volcano theory of the extinction of the dinosaurs. It uses scientific research to show the large eruptions of volcanoes in three different time periods around the same time as the extinction of the dinosaurs. This theory contradicts the idea that an asteroid caused the mass extinction and goes further to explain the scientific reasoning behind the volcanic theory.
Cowen, Richard. "The K-T Extinction". ucmp.berkeley.edu. 1999. Web. 14 March 2011.
This article explores both the asteroid and volcano theories. It discusses the scientific findings by geologists and how both theories are possible. It also touches on the other theories that are possible including an evolutionary theory. It also talks about "the ecology of a catastrophe" as well as "the doubts of a catastrophe". The author does a great job of looking at more than one side of the topic.
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