- In geology,
petrifaction or
petrification (from
Ancient Gr**** πέτρα (pétra) 'rock, stone') is the
process by
which organic material becomes a
fossil through...
-
Petrified wood (from
Ancient Gr**** πέτρα
meaning 'rock' or 'stone';
literally 'wood
turned into stone'), is the name
given to a
special type of fossilized...
-
Petrified Forest National Park is a
national park of the
United States in
Navajo and
Apache counties in
northeastern Arizona.
Named for its
large deposits...
- history. It was a 10-foot-tall (3.0 m),
roughly 3,000
pound purported "
petrified man",
uncovered on
October 16, 1869, by
workers digging a well behind...
- The
Petrified Forest is a 1936
American crime drama film
directed by
Archie Mayo and
based on
Robert E. Sherwood's 1934
drama of the same name. The motion...
-
Palmoxylon (
petrified palmwood) is an
extinct genus of palm
named from
petrified wood
found around the world. This
genus is
known in the
fossil record...
- Petrifaction, or
petrification,
defined as
turning people into
solid stone, is a
common theme in
folklore and mythology, as well as in some
works of modern...
- "I Will Survive" is a song
recorded by
American singer Gloria ****nor,
released in
October 1978 by
Polydor Records as the
second single from her
sixth album...
-
wooden structures had
turned to stone, thus the
designation "
petrification" or
sometimes "
petrified carpentry" for this process. This
careful preservation of...
- 1134/S1028334X06090212. S2CID 140703063. Gailliot, Mary
Patricia (1
January 1980). "
Petrified Lightning".
Rocks & Minerals. 55 (1): 13–17. doi:10.1080/00357529.1980...
