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Definition of coal measures in English: coal measuresplural noun Geology A series of strata of the Carboniferous period, including coal seams. Example sentencesExamples - More recently, sequence stratigraphic interpretations have been made on these carbonate coal measures.
- There are still plenty of rich coal measures left to exploit.
- They are, however, used locally in Pennsylvanian coal measures, and in the Upper Cretaceous.
- Continued erosion by fast-flowing water eroded the uplands to the north of the Gippsland Basin and covered the coal measures with sands and gravels.
- They form the coal measures that are now mined for power generation.
- The Upper Permian Heshan Formation in the Heshan coalfield of central Guangxi is represented by coal measures formed on a shallow-water carbonate platform.
Definition of coal measures in US English: coal measuresplural noun Geology A series of strata of the Carboniferous period, including coal seams. Example sentencesExamples - The Upper Permian Heshan Formation in the Heshan coalfield of central Guangxi is represented by coal measures formed on a shallow-water carbonate platform.
- More recently, sequence stratigraphic interpretations have been made on these carbonate coal measures.
- Continued erosion by fast-flowing water eroded the uplands to the north of the Gippsland Basin and covered the coal measures with sands and gravels.
- There are still plenty of rich coal measures left to exploit.
- They form the coal measures that are now mined for power generation.
- They are, however, used locally in Pennsylvanian coal measures, and in the Upper Cretaceous.
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