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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

The upper part, or the coal measures, is carboniferous; that is, abounding in coal.

From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Hitchcock, Edward

Here there are coal measures in abundance—in the South, Central, and Northern divisions of the State, and on the Darling Downs.

From Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information by Queensland

At the southern extremity of the limestone a small patch of coal measures is found.

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

Impressions of rain-marks have been found in the shales of the coal measures and Devonian system.

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