Desmoinesian coal beds of the Eastern Interior and surrounding basins: The largest tropical peat mires in Earth history

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 370, Issue , 2003, Pages 127-150

  Greb, Stephen F ^a   Andrews, William M ^a   Eble, Cortland F ^a   DiMichele, William ^b   Cecil, C Blaine ^c   Hower, James C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbondale Formation; Carboniferous; Illinois Basin; Midcontinent; Peatlands; Topogenous

Indexed keywords

COAL DEPOSITS; GROUNDWATER; PEAT; TROPICS; WETLANDS;

CARBONDALE FORMATION; CARBONIFEROUS; ILLINOIS; MIDCONTINENT; PEAT LAND; TOPOGENOUS;

COAL;

CARBONIFEROUS; FLOODPLAIN; GROUNDWATER; PALEOCLIMATE; PEATLAND; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; WATER TABLE;

APPALACHIAN BASIN; COLCHESTER; ENGLAND; ESSEX [ENGLAND]; ILLINOIS BASIN; MIDCONTINENT; MISSOURI; SPRINGFIELD; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN INTERIOR;

EID: 33644948783     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2370-1.127     Document Type: Article

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