Claim CC332.2:
The prostrate trees in the Specimen Creek fossil forests show similar
orientation. This is consistent with the trees having been transported
(as by a flood), not with the trees having grown in place over many years.
Source:
Coffin, H. A., 1983. Origin by Design,
Review and Herald.
Morris, John D., 1995. The Yellowstone petrified forests.
Impact 268 (Oct.): ii.
Response:
- Some trees in the Specimen Creek fossil forests have been transported,
but others clearly grew in place, including those on Specimen
Ridge (Fritz 1980; Yuretich 1984a; 1984b).
Links:
MacRae, Andrew, 1994. Yellowstone National Park (U.S.) fossil forests.
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/polystrate/yellowstone.html
References:
- Fritz, W. J., 1980. Reinterpretation of the depositional environment of
the Yellowstone "fossil forests". Geology 8: 309-313.
- Yuretich, R. F., 1984a. Yellowstone fossil forests: New evidence for
burial in place. Geology 12: 159-162.
- Yuretich, R. F., 1984b. Comment and reply on "Yellowstone fossil forests:
New evidence for burial in place." Geology 12: 639.
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