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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 those older strata land plants are almost as rare as they are abundant or universal in the coal measures.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

There would probably never be found another unbroken period of a duration equal to that of the coal measures.

From The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 by Various

Triassic red beds of the Bunter fill the Clwyd valley and appear again on the coal measures S.E. of Chester.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

The stage of the earth's history favourable to the formation of coal measures has long gone by.

From Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science by Corbin, Thomas W.

This is the history of 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