Triassic Sinbad Limestone

What happened after Earth’s worst mass extinction? Welcome to a new Rocks of Utah episode. I’m so excited to share this new video with you looking for fossils in the early Triassic Sinbad Limestone in the San Rafael Swell in central Utah. This series explores the unique geology and paleontology of Utah, highlighting a new rock layer in each episode.

Music:
Vopna by Alexander Nakarada
&
Desert Caravan by Aaron Kenny
Commons CC BY 4.0

[livvy-wm]

i’m a highschool student planing to study geology in college and this video was super interesting and gave me a new view on the permian triassic extinction event. 🙌 Awesome video!

[paulthew]

Great video. Loved the story behind the rock and its fossils. The scenery was breathtaking....really liked the wide shots, it was like being there. Really good production, well done.

[abdulwahabbello]

Wow. Super excited to see another video from you on the rocks of Utah. Thank you so much, Ben. Your videos are really educative and inspirational. Great teacher! Looking forward to many videos on the rocks of Utah. Thank you so much.

[Laserblade]

Every time I finish one of your videos, I leave having learned and understand more than I did before. Thank you for your time and efforts!

[QUIRK]

I'm subscribed to dozens of education YouTube channels, and I love learning on here. This is no exaggeration: I have learned more from your channel than any other. I've gone thru the Introduction To Vertebrate Paleontology twice now and it really should be recognized as some of the best content YouTube has to offer.

[stoneworld]

I'm discovering this channel only now, and wanted to thank you, Mr Burger, for your dedication in sharing this knowledge ! You have a lot of videos to watch by now, i will most likely binge watch them all. Thanks again, best wishes for your projects, hoping they include some more videos.

[stevengeorge]

Well done, and super interesting, as all of your videos have been. Thank you!

[Alberad]

These flat red areas - and then small mountains left and right coming out of these, like exhibits in a gallery... For a guy from Europe, it doesn't get more strange than this, but it looks hauntingly beautiful. Thanks a lot for sharing this!

[ThinkForYourself]

Why did you stop making videos? You should come back!

[mikeprice]

Thank you! I'm fascinated by the swell!

[danielbishop]

Excellently well produced and presented video as always, Dr Burger!

[pairofjacks]

Hands down! One of the best guys out there..great teacher. Thanks .

[claraallen]

Yes! Awesome editing with the musical score and scenery!

[aaronandrews]

Always love your videos. I drove through the Swells this past weekend. Love those rock formations.

[herbf]

LOL the second I saw the reef behind you I knew exactly where you were: Moonshine Tanks. Then later Black Dragon Canyon near the petroglyphs. And that sure looks like Assembly Hall and Windowblind behind you when you're talking to the camera. Lots of petrified wood right at that spot. Its kinda fun to recognize all the places in this video... My usual stomping grounds. The Swell sure has some cool geology going on. I remember a girl at a rock show was showing off a giant red crystal cube she found near Moonshine Tanks at the start of the video just sitting there on a ridge. There's lots of good green copper staining in that area and crazy, intense purple and green and yellow layered mudstones. I saw a video of some of the old mines where radioactive mineral traces in the cliffs glow brightly in UV light. I've never found any good fossils in those sandstones though-- just clams, though I know there's a footprint or two at the start of Buckhorn Draw (where you were driving at the end of the vid)

[MrSiwat]

Great video. Thanks so much. Amazing scenery along with the info on the PT extinction.

[Cocobeachhippie]

Really love your videos! I hope all is well; looking forward to your next upload. 😊

[danieldegennaro]

Well done! I'm a retired teacher, taught geology for 25 years to my junior high students, and now a landscape photographer who recognizes the many scenes you videoed. See you out there!

[davidkaplan]

I was hiking in the San Rafael Swell just a few weeks ago. Didn't go to Black Dragon Canyon though. Spectacular country. Saw a lot of Navajo, Chinle, Kayenta, and Wingate.

[johnhodge]

Great video, really interesting, thank you very much.

I have read about a 'carbonate gap' in the early Triassic due, presumably, to ocean acidification. The Sinbad Limestone provides a timeline, not to mention an appreciation, of how quickly the pH of early Triassic oceans recovered.