Geology of the Black Hills part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This presents a virtual geology field trip of the Black Hills. The topics that are covered include the general geology of the area, engineering and environmental issues, economic uses such as gold ...

Ichnofacies part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This web page provides an overview of some of the types of ichnofacies. Using diagrams, descriptions and a chart, this page describes the different ichnofacies as they transition from offshore to ...

The Permo-Triassic Extinction part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This website contains a collection of pages concerning different aspects of the Permo-Triassic extinction, the largest mass extinction of all time. The pages address different scenarios for the ...

Peabody Museum of Natural History: The Age of Reptiles Mural part of SERC Web Resource Collection

As part of the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University website, this page contains useful information concerning animal and plant life during the "Age of Reptiles", spanning the Permian, ...

Introduction: how and when did microbes change the world? part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This is a review article published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. It summarizes the current consensus and points of debate regarding the age and history of life on Earth. It ...

Mass Extinction Debates: How Science Works in a Crisis part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This is a history of science project documenting a controversy as it unfolds. The controversy in question is whether the K/T extinction was caused by catastrophic volcanism or an asteroid impact. ...

On Methuselah's Trail: Living Fossils and the Great Extinctions part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This book reviews modern survivors of lineages greatly reduced by mass extinctions and discusses why those lineages got hit so much harder than others. Examples include the chambered nautilus, ...

Evolutionary Catastrophes: The Science of Mass Extinction part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This book uses the catastrophic-volcanism hypothesis to explain the K/T mass extinction, as opposed to the impact hypothesis. The author considers a mechanism for periodic catastrophic volcanism as ...

The Dinosaur Heresies: New Theories Unlocking the Mystery of the Dinosaurs and Their Extinction part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This book summarizes several different lines of evidence that indicate that dinosaurs were warm-blooded and not at all lizard-like. Several well-written and clearly illustrated chapters explain ...

Quest for the African Dinosaurs: Ancient Roots of the Modern World part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This book deals not only with dinosaurs, but describes dinosaur paleontology in modern Africa. It also describes modern African history, geology, and wildlife.