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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

In Vancouver’s Island in British Columbia, Cretaceous coal measures occur, comparable in value and in the excellence of the fuel they afford with those of the true coal formation.

From The Chain of Life in Geological Time A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants by Dawson, Sir J. William

In the coal measures are found the mummied remains of these prehistoric conifers.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen

Certain footprints in the coal measures of Kansas have been supposed to belong to lacertilian or dinosaurian forms.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various

Fresh-water animals succeeded those of salt water in the swamps that formed the coal measures.

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

The peculiarity is due to the hard carboniferous limestone, which forms its periphery, having better resisted denudation than the softer matrix of the coal measures embraced by it.

From No Quarter! by Reid, Mayne