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- Title
Geology: A trip to dinosaur time.
- Authors
Qiu, Jane
- Abstract
The article offers information on the drilling project at the Songliao Basin in northeastern China, which is initiated to study rocks which geologists need in order to understand the Cretaceous period. It says that Cretaceous period was the time where dinosaurs lived and global temperatures reached extreme levels. It mentions that oxygen and carbon isotopes found in the crustacean shells fossils were analyzed. It mentions that Wang Chengshan is the lead principal investigator of the project.
- Subjects
SONG Liao Basin (China); CHINA; BORING &; drilling (Earth &; rocks); ROCK analysis; CRETACEOUS stratigraphic geology; DINOSAURS; ISOTOPES; WANG Chengshan
- Publication
Nature, 2010, Vol 467, Issue 7312, p150
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/467150a