Fossilized wood reveals 300 million years of Earth's history

Many people are familiar with fossilized wood as a decorative item from a museum shop.

However, the fact that it can preserve the geological history of entire regions spanning millions of years is a new discovery.

A research team led by geologist Dr.

Steffen Trümper from the University of Münster has now demonstrated for the first time that fossilized wood is a natural archive from which the geological history of an entire region over hundreds of millions of years can be deduced. ...