GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -In addition to its particularly beautiful scenery, Dinosaur Provincial Park – located at the heart of the province of Alberta’s badlands – contains some of the most important fossil discoveries ever made from the ‘Age of Reptiles’, in particular about 35 species of dinosaur, dating back some 75 million years.

Detailed explanation-2: -Most of Alberta’s fossils are found in the badlands, but they are also found in other parts of the province.

Detailed explanation-3: -Spanning east from Drumheller to the Saskatchewan border and south to the United States, this region is known as the Canadian Badlands. It is home to the largest deposits of dinosaur bones in the world.

Detailed explanation-4: -Dinosaur remains are scattered right across the Badlands of Alberta, but by far the largest concentration are found in Dinosaur Provincial Park, situated in the valley of the Red Deer River, a short drive from the town of Brooks.

Detailed explanation-5: -When the last ice age ended 13, 000 years ago, water from melting ice carved the valley where the Red Deer River flows, helping to create perfect conditions for fossil preservation. Today, rain and run-off from prairie creeks remove one centimetre of earth from the Badlands every year, continuously exposing new fossils.