A 30,000-year-old fossilized vulture from Italy has provided scientists with an unprecedented glimpse into how volcanic rock can preserve microscopic feather details. This discovery is the first to ...

"Fossil feathers are usually preserved in ancient mudrocks laid down in lakes or lagoons. The fossil vulture is preserved in ...

A 30,000-year-old vulture fossil was found in volcanic rock. Scientists discovered microscopic feather details preserved in ...

Scientists from the Tomsk Polytechnic University School of Natural Resources Engineering have studied secondary minerals – carbonates and zeolites – of volcanic rocks from the sites of the North ...

An analysis of a 30,000-year-old fossil vulture from Central Italy has revealed for the first time that volcanic rock can preserve microscopic details in feathers - the first ever record of such a ...

Scientists uncover surprising evidence that the Kerguelen hotspot, responsible for the 5,000-kilometer-long Ninetyeast Ridge, ...

Relative dating to determine the age of rocks and fossils Geologists have established a set of principles that can be applied to sedimentary and volcanic ... Some minerals in rocks and organic ...

Tephra is a general term for fragments of volcanic rock and lava ... a solid portion made of minerals that crystallized directly from the melt; solid rocks incorporated into the magma from along ...

The way a volcano is ... this remarkable rock has layers that tell the story of the working lives and hardships of miners in the 1800s. A flawless blue topaz gemstone - the largest of its kind - will ...

But there are more rare deposits in the Kaczawskie Hills and Foothills: Text Due to geological processes, including earth movements and volcanic eruptions, a great variety of precious rocks and ...

"Zeolites are minerals rich in silicon and aluminium ... We never expected to find delicate tissues such as feathers preserved in a volcanic rock. Discoveries such as these broaden the range ...