Surfing my wierd sources this morning - I found the great artice on a fossilised forest..... http://www.livescience.com/othernews/070423_fossil_forest.html Reallty interesting reading... Cheers
Illinois really does have fantastic coal plants. Years ago, David Dilcher (long since moved to the University of Florida) got a reputation for carrying improbably large fossils on the roof of his Volkswagen Beetle.