'Chinese Pompeii': 300m-year-old forest preserved by volcanic ash found in Wuda

'Chinese Pompeii': 300m-year-old forest preserved by volcanic ash found in Wuda | Mail Online: "A 300-million-year-old forest has been found preserved by volcanic ash, just as the Roman town of Pompeii was. The remarkable discovery was made near a coal mine at the city of Wuda in China, by a University of Pennsylvania scientist and Chinese researchers."