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Down on the ledge I got a closer view of the "fossil forest".  It was preserved by an ash flow ("lahar") that covered the forest in muddy ash, thus killing it but preserving it.  Over time, minerals replaced the organic material in the stumps and logs and the ocean weathered away the ash to leave us this site.

Down on the ledge I got a closer view of the "fossil forest". It was preserved by an ash flow ("lahar") that covered the forest in muddy ash, thus killing it but preserving it. Over time, minerals replaced the organic material in the stumps and logs and the ocean weathered away the ash to leave us this site.