Re: Lava and dinosaurs

[Larry Dunn <majestic_cheese@yahoo.com>]

--- Ray Stanford <dinotracker@earthlink.net> wrote:

>     I think that if the dinosaur were of sufficient
> size, we might see
> something like or analogous to what was found at
> Pompeii (humans, dogs,
> etc):  a moderately detailed cavity which the
> dinosaur body occupied in the
> ash or lava when it was initially encapsulated by
> same.  

Vesuvius covered the unfortunate Pompeiians with ash. 


I'd imagine that a body caught in lava would react in
a substantially different way that a body covered in
ash.  Dave, I think ash might be the way to go -- I'd
imagine that it killed far more dinosaurs than lava
did.

The book "Eruptions of Mount St. Helens: Past,
Present, and Future" by, I think, Tilling or Tillson,
is a good resource.  We all remember that incredibly
sad photo of the little boy in the back of the pickup
truck, I'd wager.

On to brighter subjects: Where are my kits, lemur boy?


=====
Larry

"Atheism: a non-prophet organization."

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