Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago
Back to the world of geology! This time for an explainer on the process that created the Petrified Forest of Petrified Forest National Park: Petrification. Did I mention that this video is about petrification? Petrification.
Anyway, this is a really cool and unique geological process that gives us unprecedented levels of access to the inner workings of organisms that lived hundreds of millions of years ago and gave rise to the world's largest collection of petrified wood, which is now preserved for us as a wonderful National Park. Enjoy!
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Sources and Resources:
youtube.com/watch?v=QvrcJdTlRQ4
youtube.com/watch?v=-Qkgii7mcYs
youtube.com/watch?v=OIqIVdKZ850
nps.gov/pefo/learn/nature/petrified-wood.htm
youtube.com/watch?v=rt7p6s6IKSk
https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/paleo/fossils/permin.html
fossilera.com/pages/petrification-vs-fossilization-what-is-the-difference
powershandcrafted.com/blogs/news/petrified-vs-fossilized-whats-the-dif
web.archive.org/web/20150907234346/http://www.nps.gov/pefo/planyourvisit/upload/TreestoStone2006.pdf
arizonahighways.com/blog/how-did-those-petrified-logs-get-cut
nps.gov/flfo/learn/nature/virtual-learning-from-tree-rings.htm
Images and Music:
Storyblocks
NPS (Scott T Williams, Andrew Kearns)
Wikimedia Commons (Falconaumanni)
Back to the world of geology! This time for an explainer on the process that created the Petrified Forest of Petrified Forest National Park: Petrification. Did I mention that this video is about petrification? Petrification.
Anyway, this is a really cool and unique geological process that gives us unprecedented levels of access to the inner workings of organisms that lived hundreds of millions of years ago and gave rise to the world's largest collection of petrified wood, which is now preserved for us as a wonderful National Park. Enjoy!
Support me on Patreon: patreon.com/nationalparkdiaries
Follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/nationalparkdiaries
Sources and Resources:
youtube.com/watch?v=QvrcJdTlRQ4
youtube.com/watch?v=-Qkgii7mcYs
youtube.com/watch?v=OIqIVdKZ850
nps.gov/pefo/learn/nature/petrified-wood.htm
youtube.com/watch?v=rt7p6s6IKSk
https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/paleo/fossils/permin.html
fossilera.com/pages/petrification-vs-fossilization-what-is-the-difference
powershandcrafted.com/blogs/news/petrified-vs-fossilized-whats-the-dif
web.archive.org/web/20150907234346/http://www.nps.gov/pefo/planyourvisit/upload/TreestoStone2006.pdf
arizonahighways.com/blog/how-did-those-petrified-logs-get-cut
nps.gov/flfo/learn/nature/virtual-learning-from-tree-rings.htm
Images and Music:
Storyblocks
NPS (Scott T Williams, Andrew Kearns)
Wikimedia Commons (Falconaumanni)
