Rocks store information from long ago. For instance, their composition can reveal the environmental conditions during their formation. This makes them extremely important in climate research. This led ...

Fine-grained sedimentary rocks, including mudstones and shales, archive processes of sediment delivery, organic matter accumulation and early diagenesis in a variety of marine and lacustrine settings.

The trick to a successful search for fossils is finding the proper place. After all, paleontologists rarely select their sites at random. Instead, they consider an assortment of areas — comparing the ...