Re: Lava and dinosaurs

["bob reedy" <reedy@premier1.net>]

If the animal was buried from ash beneath the sea from, the water action
could fill in the cavities with silt as the body decayed, thus leaving
acast behind.
----- Original Message -----
From: Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au>
To: <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 7:35 PM
Subject: Re: Lava and dinosaurs


> David Krentz wrote:
> >
> >   Thankd you all  for your answers.  I'll spill the beans on what
prompted such
> > a question (dinosaur in lava..what happens to it).  I'm working on a
sculpture
> > and it might be a nice touch to incorperate a triceratops head half
sticking
> > out of some cooled lava on the base.  Would the lava even leave any
remenants
> > of the of the non- buried portion of the skull, especially those robust
horns?
>
> I suspect anything organic would be completely carbonised and destroyed,
> including anything within a few metres of the actual flow. If the lava
continued
> to flow (as it would for some time after organic remains had been
destroyed)
> then any remaining carbon "stain" (which I doubt there would even be that)
would
> get smeared by the movement of the lava.
>
> >   By the way, It would  be great to find a Pompeii like graveyard of
dinosaurs
> > as many of you suggested.  It would be fantastic to fill in the "moulds"
> > created by ash and see what kind of castings come out!
> > David Krentz
>
> Ash deposits of that age would have been squashed flat by overlying
deposits, so
> you wouldn't get any hollow spaces.
>
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