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Fossil of the month: Calamites

Fossil of the month: Calamites

WEBJan 5, 2023 · This month's fossil is one of the most common fossils in the Eastern Kentucky Coal Field. It is the fossil horsetail rush, Calamites. Description. Calamites is a fossil "horsetail" or "scouring" rush. Rushes are reedlike plants with jointed stems. ... In coal balls where Calamites plant parts are permineralized (original structures ...

A perfectly round

A perfectly round "coal ball" found buried underground on ...

WEBA coal ball is a type of concretion, varying in shape from an imperfect sphere to a flatlying, irregular slab. Coal balls were formed in Carboniferous Period swamps and mires, when peat was prevented from being turned into coal by the high amount of calcite surrounding the peat; the calcite caused it to be turned into stone instead.

Palynology of late Middle Pennsylvanian coal beds in the .

Palynology of late Middle Pennsylvanian coal beds in the .

WEBMay 1, 2002 · One third (27/82) have coal balls, including 57% of major cycles, 36% of intermediate cycles and 16% of minor cycles. Coalball occurrence in the Donets Basin is similar: over an interval of about 4 (~315–311 Ma, latest Bashkirian to midMoscovian), 39% (11/28) of transgressiveregressive cycles have coal balls. ... A rich fossil flora ...

Fossil of the month: Stigmaria

Fossil of the month: Stigmaria

WEBJan 5, 2023 · Although most Stigmaria fossils are preserved as casts or molds, Stigmaria has also been preserved in coal balls (carbonate concretions and masses in coals) that represent inplace mineralization (termed permineralization) of the actual roots.

Coalball floras of the NamurianWestphalian of Europe

Coalball floras of the NamurianWestphalian of Europe

WEBJan 1, 1997 · The pyrite coalballs found in coal of Taiyuan Formation in Dongzhouyao Mine of Datong Coalfield were selected to investigate its mineralogy and elemental geochemistry using optical microscope observation, scanning electron microscopy combined with an energydispersive Xray spectrometer (SEMEDX), .

Coal balls | SpringerLink

Coal balls | SpringerLink

WEB'Coal balls' published in 'Sedimentology' A wide variety of plant species and plant parts may be preserved in coal balls (DiMichelle and Phillips, 1994).Permineralization may happen at any time during the formation of the peat from immediately the plant material has been incorporated into the peat to when there has been some considerable decay within .

Anatomically preserved lepidodendralean plants from lower permian coal ...

Anatomically preserved lepidodendralean plants from lower permian coal ...

WEBMay 9, 2008 · From this locality coal balls contain an abundant and well preserved fossil plant assemblage preserved in carbonate that includes sphenopsids, lycopsids, ferns, cordaitean coniferophytes and seed ferns. Further details of this assemblage are presented by Tian et al. . Coal balls, peels and slides from this investigation are deposited in the ...

Carbonate petrology and geochemistry of Pennsylvanian coal balls .

Carbonate petrology and geochemistry of Pennsylvanian coal balls .

WEBMay 1, 2012 · Coal balls are calcareous peats with cellular permineralization invaluable for understanding the anatomy of Pennsylvanian and Permian fossil plants. Two distinct kinds of coal balls are here recognized in both Holocene .

Fossil plants | Biodiversity Research Collections

Fossil plants | Biodiversity Research Collections

WEBRock specimens are primarily impressions and compressions. Glass slides bear preparations of coal ball peels, ground thin sections of permineralized plant remains, and spores and cuticle extracted from fossils. The collection represents the full span of geological time for which plant fossils are known and includes most major plant groups.

Coal Balls

Coal Balls

WEBDear Lawnmower ~ I came across this discussion while I was researching coal balls on the internet. I'm studying a MA in fine art photography and have become very interested in geology, especially in Wales, and geology from the carboniferous period. I'm wondering if I could photograph one of the coal balls you found? Please get in touch asap and let me .

Modes of fossil preservation

Modes of fossil preservation

WEBAug 1, 1975 · Preservation in coal balls The most abundant and extensively studied fossils preserved by cellular permineralization are those obtained from coal balls. Coal balls are cal careous concretions, commonly somewhat pyritic, that were formed within unconsolidated peat deposits that led to formation of Carboniferous age coal.

Carbonate petrology and geochemistry of Pennsylvanian coal balls .

Carbonate petrology and geochemistry of Pennsylvanian coal balls .

WEBMay 1, 2012 · 1. Introduction. Over 100 years have passed since Stopes and Watson (1909) proposed a marine origin for coal balls, which are carbonate concretions that formed in peat and contain anatomically preserved plant material. Most coal balls occur in paleotropical coals of Pennsylvanian and early Permian age. Although calcium .

Are coal balls rare? A cyclostratigraphic analysis of coalball ...

Are coal balls rare? A cyclostratigraphic analysis of coalball ...

WEBApr 1, 2019 · From the perspective of Phanerozoic time, coal balls are rare, apparently limited to a 24 interval (323–299 Ma) in the Pennsylvanian and earliest within this interval, coal balls occur in many coals. Approximately 82 transgressiveregressive sedimentary cycles have been described for the Midcontinent, Illinois and .

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Paleoecology of the Late Pennsylvanianage Calhoun coal bed .

Paleoecology of the Late Pennsylvanianage Calhoun coal bed .

WEBJan 2, 2007 · The Calhoun Coal Member is in the Missourian Series of the Upper Pennsylvanian, part of the Mattoon Formation of the McLeansboro Group (Kosanke et al., 1960) (Fig. 1).In its type area, the coal is overlain by the Bonpas Limestone Member (Mattoon Formation) of Missourian age (Nance and Treworgy, 1981).The coal was .

10 Fungal Diversity in the Fossil Record | SpringerLink

10 Fungal Diversity in the Fossil Record | SpringerLink

WEBA modifiion of this technique was published in 1956 [Joy et al. ; see also Galtier and Phillips ] that affected how coalball plants were studied and, at the same time, may have decreased the number of discoveries of fossil fungi in coal balls. In this modifiion, preformed sheets of cellulose acetate were used to make peels.

Coal

Coal

WEBCoal is a combustible black or brownishblack sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen. Coal is a type of fossil fuel, formed when dead plant matter decays into peat which is converted into coal by the heat and pressure of .

Petrography and microanalysis of Pennsylvanian coalball .

Petrography and microanalysis of Pennsylvanian coalball .

WEBNov 1, 2015 · The bulk mineralogy and fossil plant contents of the coal balls studied herein are presented in Table 1, Table 2, Table 3. All of the coal balls studied are primarily calcitic except for two samples: sample 21008 C2 from the topmost zone (Zone 15) at Sahara (59% dolomite) and 38873 A1 from Peabody Eagle (93% dolomite), selected to .

Coalball floras of Maritime Canada and palynology of the Foord .

Coalball floras of Maritime Canada and palynology of the Foord .

WEBJan 1, 1997 · Baxter's list (Baxter, 1960) of coalball plants from New Brunswick is updated and these fossil plants are illustrated here for the first time on the basis of an examination of his peels. The palynomorphs and coalball plants of the Foord seam of the Stellarton Basin are illustrated and their paleoecology is discussed.

Herrin Coal Member

Herrin Coal Member

WEBFeb 9, 2022 · Coal balls (mineralized peat) are common wherever marine rocks overlie the Herrin. They are generally composed of limestone partly replaced by pyrite. ... Typical for coal. Fossils. Kosanke (1950) and Peppers (1970, 1996) discussed fossil spores of the Herrin and neighboring coal seams. Plant material preserved as mineralized peat (coal .