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UNK professor, student discover fossils that illustrate Kearney’s landscape 24,000 years ago

February 1, 2016 by admin Leave a Comment

By SARA GIBONEY UNK Communications KEARNEY – A discovery by University of Nebraska at Kearney geography professor Jeremy Dillon and undergraduate student Ashley Larsen will determine the landscape and climate of Kearney nearly 24,000 years ago. While working on STATEMAP, a project funded by the United States Geological Survey producing geological maps, Dillon needed to drill a test hole to better understand the surface area near Kearney’s Cherry Avenue. He … [Read more...] about UNK professor, student discover fossils that illustrate Kearney’s landscape 24,000 years ago

Filed Under: Natural & Social Sciences, News, Photo Galleries Tagged With: Ashley Larsen, Cherry Avenue, core samples, Drill, geography, Geological Survey, Jeremy Dillon, macrofossils, plant fragments, Platte River Valley, spruce needles, STATEMAP

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