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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

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

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen

The rocks that lie among the coal measures contain fossils of huge animals that lived in fresh water and on land, the ancestors of our frogs, toads, and salamanders, a group we call amphibians.

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 coal measures before alluded to as horizontal on the borders of Wales are vertical in the Mendip Hills in Somersetshire, where the overlying beds of the New Red Sandstone are horizontal.

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

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

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

The KU researcher said Carboniferous Coal Measures are an important source of information for fossil arachnids, representing the first time in Earth's history when most living groups of arachnids occurred together.

From Science Daily ● May 17, 2024

Compared with the rugged and picturesque scenery of the Lower Carboniferous rocks, that of the Coal Measures is, as a rule, featureless and monotonous.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" by Various

A synopsis of the coelacanth fishes of the Yorkshire Coal Measures.

From A New Genus of Pennsylvania Fish (Crossoperygii, Coelacanthiformes) from Kansas by Echols, Joan

The beds of coal in the Coal Measures have long been a source of enormous wealth.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

The Coal Measures which form part of the Palaeozoic or oldest of the three great geological divisions are mainly confined to the countries north of the equator.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various