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  coal measures

  plural noun

  coal-bearing strata.
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  Coal Measures

  plural noun

  a series of coal-bearing rocks formed in the upper Carboniferous period; the uppermost series of the Carboniferous system

coal measures

American  

plural noun

Geology.

1. coal-bearing strata.

2. (initial capital letters) in Europe, a portion of the Carboniferous System, characterized by widespread coal deposits.

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Coal Measures British  

plural noun

1. a series of coal-bearing rocks formed in the upper Carboniferous period; the uppermost series of the Carboniferous system

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Etymology

Origin of coal measures

First recorded in 1655–65

Example Sentences

The coniferous trees of the coal measures show annual rings of growth.

From The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science by Dawson, John William

Our coal measures underlie an area of more than four hundred and sixty thousand square miles.

From The Coming of Coal by Bruere, Robert W.

The coal measures of Great Britain, of Germany, Belgium, and northern France, of Russia, and the largest coal beds of China are all of Carboniferous age.

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)

The old types of marine animals changed gradually, but the coal measures show strikingly different fossils.

From Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place by Rogers, Julia Ellen

Historically the pines are of hoary age, for they are closely related to the growths that furnished the geologic coal measures stored up in the foundations of the earth for our use now.

From Getting Acquainted with the Trees by McFarland, J. Horace (John Horace)