Huge fossilised rainforest found in coal mine
Huge fossilised rainforest found in coal mine - earth - 23 April 2007 - New Scientist Environment
Fabulous Find ....
FROM THE ARTICLE:
"You're looking up at a ceiling a metre or two above your head with fossilised tree trunks and ferns scattered all around," says William DiMichele of the NMNH, who led the study. "You can walk through the mine looking up at this forest as if you were walking through a modern-day rainforest."
And there are 10 square kilometers of this buried forest ...
Fabulous Find ....
FROM THE ARTICLE:
"You're looking up at a ceiling a metre or two above your head with fossilised tree trunks and ferns scattered all around," says William DiMichele of the NMNH, who led the study. "You can walk through the mine looking up at this forest as if you were walking through a modern-day rainforest."
And there are 10 square kilometers of this buried forest ...
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