Upper Carboniferous

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noun

Geology.

1. Pennsylvanian.

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Upper Carboniferous

This list of beds might be further curtailed for all practical purposes of the geologist, and the three great divisions of the system would thus stand:— Upper Carboniferous, or Coal-measures proper.

From The Story of a Piece of Coal What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes by Martin, Edward A.

From the Upper Carboniferous onward, however, no marine deposits are known; and, as in Siberia, plant bearing beds are met with.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various

Upper Carboniferous marine deposits succeeded; and, in fact, there was no important discontinuity in the deposits in this area from Panjal times till the early Tertiaries.

From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by Joly, John

Several hollows and pipes in the carboniferous limestone about Orme’s Head contain clays and sands of mixed origin, including Upper Carboniferous, Triassic and drift materials.

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

The Blackwater, rising on Upper Carboniferous beds on the Kerry border, thus falls steeply southward to Rathmore, and then turns eastward along the synclinal valley of limestone from Millstreet to Cappoquin.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various