Peat depositional environments, the sites where and conditions under which peat
accumulates, significantly influence a resultant coal's physical properties, chemical …

The development of coal petrology and the establishment of a nomenclatural system have
proved of major use both for the industrial utilization of coal and for the development of a …

Although evidence for land vegetation comes from the Silurian, and maybe even earlier, the
first record of fossil charcoal (fusain) is from the late Devonian. For this period there are only …

Early Triassic coals are unknown, and Middle Triassic coals are rare and thin. The Early
Triassic coal gap began with extinction of peat-forming plants at the end of the Permian (ca …

The inertinite group macerals include fusinite, semifusinite, inertodetrinite, macrinite,
micrinite and, funginite and secretinite, which together replace sclerotinite. The …

Premise of research. The Late Paleozoic Ice Age was the last extensive pre-Pleistocene ice
age. It includes many climate changes of different intensities, permitting examination of …

Organic carbon burial plays a critical role in Earth systems, influencing atmospheric O2 and
CO2 concentrations and, thereby, climate. The Carboniferous Period of the Paleozoic is so …

The fossil record of wetlands documents unique and long-persistent floras and faunas with
wetland habitats spawning or at least preserving novel evolutionary characteristics and, at …

The late Paleozoic earth experienced alternation between glacial and non‐glacial climates
at multiple temporal scales, accompanied by atmospheric CO2 fluctuations and global …

▪ Abstract Late Carboniferous and Early Permian strata record the transition from a cold
interval in Earth history, characterized by the repeated periods of glaciation and deglaciation …