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Organic matter in a coal ball: peat or coal

Journal Article · · Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States)
Chemical analyses of morphologically preserved organic matter in a Carboniferous coal ball reveal that the material is coalified to a rank approximately equal to that of the surrounding coal. Hence, the plant tissues in the coal ball were chemically altered by coalification processes and were not preserved as peat.
OSTI ID:
6357476
Journal Information:
Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States), Journal Name: Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States) Vol. 217; ISSN SCIEA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English