Introduction to Paleontology. Episode 3, Tools of the Paleontological Trade.
- 1 online resource (streaming video file) (33 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Stuart Sutherland
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2016.
In addition to the basic mechanical tools still used in the field today, paleontologists now have an exciting digital tool chest. What can we learn from dispersive x-ray spectroscopy and x-ray computer tomography when they are used to examine fossils from the size of pollen to the bones of Tyrannosaurus rex?