Petrified Forest
Fossilized trees park
Petrified Forest refers to a region where ancient trees have been mineralized over millions of years, their organic material replaced by silica or other minerals until they become stone while retaining their original form.
The term most commonly denotes Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona, where colorful fossilized logs from the Triassic period lie scattered across a painted desert landscape: We stopped at the Petrified Forest on our road trip through the Southwest.
- fossilsPreserved ancient organism traces
- tree ringsAnnual wood layers
- ancient ecosystemsExtinct webs of life
- national parksProtected natural areas
- paleobotanyStudy of ancient flora
geochemistry · mineralization · crystallization · extinct species · stratigraphy · protected areas · carbon dating · sedimentation · heritage sites · natural wonder · Triassic · time capsule · fossil record · erosion · scientific research · public education · soil composition · paleoecology
- ArizonaPhoenix, Tucson, Mesa, Tempe, Scottsdale
- national parksYellowstone, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Everglades, Glacier National Park
- natural wondersnorthern lights, aurora borealis, auroras, rainbows, Great Barrier Reef
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- Southwestmesa, Monument Valley, Arizona, New Mexico, Grand Canyon
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Petrified Forestold-growth forest
Long-undisturbed mature woodland ecosystem
rainforest · temperate forest · boreal forest · jungle · deciduous forest
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