This list of technical and popular articles includes references mentioned in the text, publications relevant to the Seismosaurus project, a few books and articles about dinosaurs in general, and one science fiction story (by Benford) inspired by this project. Articles and scientific papers that arose directly from research undertaken for the Seismosaurus project are marked with an asterisk.
Bakker, R. T. 1986. The Dinosaur Heresies . New York: Morrow.
Batory, R. D. and W. A. S. Sarjeant. 1989. Sussex Iguanodon footprints and the writing of The Lost World . In D. D. Gillette and M. G. Lockley, eds., Dinosaur Tracks and Traces , pp. 13-18. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Behrensmeyer, A. K. and A. P. Hill, eds. 1980. Fossils in the Making . Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
*Benford, G. 1992. Shakers of the Earth. In B. Preiss and R. Silverberg, eds., The Ultimate Dinosaur , pp. 112-120. New York: Bantam. (Also published as Rumbling Earth, Aboriginal Science Fiction , Summer 1992, pp. 8-15.)
Bird, R. T. 1985. Bones for Barnum Brown: Adventures of a Dinosaur Hunter , with annotations by J. O. Farlow. Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press.
Buffetaut, E. and V. Suteethorn. 1989. A sauropod skeleton associated with theropod teeth in the Upper Jurassic of Thailand: Remarks on the taphonomic and palaeoecological significance of such associations. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 73: 77-83.
*Chipera, S. J. and D. L. Bish. 1991. Application of X-ray diffraction crystallite size/strain analysis to Seismosaurus dinosaur bone. Advances in X-Ray Analysis 34: 473-482.
Colbert, E. H. 1962. The weights of dinosaurs. American Museum Novitates no. 2076.
_____. 1968. Men and Dinosaurs: The Search in Field and Laboratory . New York: Dutton. (Reprinted in 1984 as The Great Dinosaur Hunters and Their Discoveries . New York: Dover.)
Czerkas, S. J. and E. C. Olson. 1987. Dinosaurs Past and Present . 2 vols. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
*Dixon, P. R., W. D. Spall, and D. R. Janecky. 1991. Seismosaurus bone composition: Geochemical process indicator in a sandstone uranium province. Abstract with program. Geological Society of America 23: 17.
Dodson, P. 1990. Sauropod paleoecology. In D. B. Weishampel, P. Dodson, and H. Osm\aolska, eds., The Dinosauria , pp. 402-407. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Farlow, J. O. 1987. Speculations about the diet and digestive physiology of herbivorous dinosaurs. Paleobiology 13: 60-72.
Farlow, J. O., J. G. Pittman, and M. Hawthorne. 1989. Brontopodus birdi , Lower Cretaceous sauropod footprints from the U.S. Gulf coastal plain. In D. D. Gillette and M. G. Lockley, eds., Dinosaur Tracks and Traces , pp. 371-394. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Galton, P. M. 1990. Basal sauropodomorpha--Prosauropoda. In D. B. Weishampel, P. Dodson, and H. Osm\aolska, eds., The Dinosauria , pp. 320-344. Berkeley: University of California Press.
*Gillette, D. D. 1986. A new place for old bones. The Ghost Ranch Journal 1(1): 2-6.
*_____. 1986. A new giant sauropod from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) of New Mexico. Abstract in Symposium on the Golden Age of Dinosaurs , p. A18, North American Paleontological Convention IV, Boulder, Colorado.
*_____. 1987. A giant sauropod from the Jackpile Sandstone member of the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) of New Mexico. Abstract. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 7 (Supplement to 3): 16-17.
*_____. 1990. Seismosaurus, the earth-shaker from New Mexico. Ghost Ranch Journal 5: 26-28.
*_____. 1991. Seismosaurus halli , gen. et sp. nov., a new sauropod dinosaur from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic/ Lower Cretaceous) of New Mexico, USA. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 11: 417-433.
*_____. 1991. Paleoecological significance of gastroliths in a dinosaur excavation site. Abstract with program. Geological Society of America 23: 24.
*_____. 1992. Ground-based remote sensing experiments at the Seismosaurus excavation, Brushy Basin Member, Morrison Formation, New Mexico. Abstract with program. Geological Society of America 24: 14.
*_____. 1992. Form and function of gastroliths in sauropod dinosaurs. Abstract with program. Geological Society of America 24: 14.
*Gillette, D. D. and J. W. Bechtel. 1989. Pelvic and caudal anatomy of the giant sauropod dinosaur "Seismosaurus" (Morrison Formation, New Mexico). Abstract. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(3): 22A.
*Gillette, D. D., J. W. Bechtel, and P. Bechtel. 1990. Gastroliths of a sauropod dinosaur from New Mexico. Abstract. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 10(3) supplement: 24A.
*Gillette, D. D., J. L. Gillette, and D. A. Thomas. 1985. A diplodicine dinosaur in the Morrison Formation of New Mexico. Annual Symposium on Southwestern Geology and Paleontology, Museum of Northern Arizona, p. 4.
*Gillette, D. D., A. Witten, W. C. King, J. Sypniewski, J. W. Bechtel, and P. Bechtel. 1989. Geophysical diffraction tomography at the "Seismosaurus" site. Annual Symposium on Southwestern Geology and Paleontology, Museum of Northern Arizona, p. 10.
Gillette, D. D. and M. G. Lockley, eds. 1989. Dinosaur Tracks and Traces. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
*Gillette, J. L. 1994. The Search for Seismosaurus, the World's Longest Dinosaur . New York: Dial Press.
Gould, S. J. 1992. Magnolias from Moscow. Natural History 101: 10-18.
*Gurley, L. R., J. G. Valdez, W. D. Spall, B. F. Smith, and D. D. Gillette. 1991. Proteins in the fossilized bone of the dinosaur, Seismosaurus. Journal of Protein Chemistry 10: 75-90.
Harris, J. 1987. Introduction. In S. J. Czerkas and E. C. Olson, eds., Dinosaurs Past and Present , volume 1, pp. 1-6.
Jacobs, L. 1993. Quest for the African Dinosaurs: Ancient Roots of the Modern World. New York: Willard Books.
Janensch, W. 1929. Megenstein bei sauropoden der Tendaguru-schichten. Palaeontographica Supp. VII (1) teil 2, lief. 1: 137-143.
Jensen, J. A. 1985. Three new sauropod dinosaurs from the Upper Jurassic of Colorado. Great Basin Naturalist 45: 697-709.
_____. 1985. Uncompahgre dinosaur fauna: A preliminary report. Great Basin Naturalist 45: 710-720.
_____. 1987. New brachiosaur material from the Late Jurassic of Utah and Colorado. Great Basin Naturalist 47: 592-608.
*Johnston, R. G., K. Manley, and C. L. Lemanski. 1990. Characterizing gastrolith surface roughness with light scattering. Optics Communications 74: 279-283.
Lockley, M. G. 1991. Tracking Dinosaurs . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
*Manley, K. 1991. Two techniques for measuring surface polish as applied to gastroliths. Ichnos 1: 313-316.
*Manley, K. 1991. Gastrolith identification and sauropod dinosaur migration. Abstract with program. Geological Society of America 23: 45.
Martill, D. M. 1991. Bones as stones: The contribution of vertebrate remains to the lithologic record. In S. K. Donovan, ed., The Processes of Fossilization , pp. 270-292. New York: Columbia University Press.
McIntosh, J. S. 1990. Sauropoda. In D. B. Weishampel, P. Dodson, and H. Osm\aolska, eds., The Dinosauria , pp. 345-401. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Miller, W. E., J. L. Baer, K. L. Stadtman, and B. Britt. 1991. The Dry Mesa dinosaur quarry, Mesa County, Colorado. Guidebook for Dinosaur Quarries and Tracksites Tour, Western Colorado and Eastern Utah , pp. 31-45. Grand Junction Geological Society, Colorado.
Paul, G. S. 1988. The brachiosaur giants of the Morrison and Tendaguru with a description of a new subgenus, Giraffatitan , and a comparison of the world's largest dinosaurs. Hunteria 2(3): 1-14.
Peters, R. H. 1983. The Ecological Implications of Body Size. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Schaedler, J. M., L. Krook, J. A. M. Wootton, B. Hover, B. Brodsky, M. D. Naresh, D. D. Gillette, D. B. Madsen, R. H. Horne, and R. R. Minor. 1992. Studies of collagen in bone and dentin matrix of a Columbian mammoth (late Pleistocene) of central Utah. Matrix 12: 297-307.
*Schwartz, H. L. and K. Manley. 1992. Geology and stratigraphy of the Seismosaurus locality, Sandoval County, New Mexico. New Mexico Geology 14: 25-30.
*Schwartz, H. L., K. Manley, and D. D. Gillette. 1989. Taphonomy and Paleoecology of the Upper Jurassic(?) "Seismosaurus" locality, San Ysidro, New Mexico. Abstract. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(3): 37A.
*Spall, W. D., D. R. Janecky, and P. R. Dixon. 1991. Seismosaurus bone composition: Proteins. Abstract with program. Geological Society of America 23: 96.
Spencer, F. 1990. Piltdown: A Scientific Forgery . London: Oxford University Press.
Stevens, C. E. 1988. Comparative Physiology of the Vertebrate Digestive System . New York: Cambridge University Press.
Stokes, W. L. 1942. Some field observations on the origin of the Morrison "gastroliths." Science 95(2453): 18-19.
_____. 1987. Dinosaur gastroliths revisited. Journal of Paleontology 61: 1242-1246.
Weigelt, J. 1989. Recent Vertebrate Carcasses and Their Paleobiological Implications . Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Weishampel, D. B., P. Dodson, and H. Osmólska, eds. 1990. The Dinosauria . Berkeley: University of California Press.
*Witten, A., D. D. Gillette, W. C. King, J. Sypniewski, J. W. Bechtel, and P. Bechtel. 1989. Dinobusting: Geophysical diffraction tomography in exploration paleontology. Abstract in program of Annual Meeting of American Geophysical Union.
*Witten, A., D. D. Gillette, J. Sypniewski, and W. C. King. 1992. Geophysical diffraction tomography at a dinosaur site. Geophysics 57: 187-195.
*Woldegabriel, G. and R. Hagan. 1990. Temporal and spatial relationships of diagenetic processes in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, Colorado and New Mexico, and its implication to dinosaur fossils preservation. Isochron/West 55: 18-23.