Ancient forest preserved in volcanic ash
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - 18:30
in Earth & Climate
WUDA, China, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say a 300 million-year-old tropical forest was preserved in ash, Pompeii-like, when a volcano erupted in what is today northern China.
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