Coal Measures

E438275

Coal Measures are a sequence of Carboniferous-age sedimentary rocks, notably rich in coal seams, that were extensively mined as a major industrial fuel source in regions such as Britain and Europe.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Coal Measures canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf lithostratigraphic group ⓘ
sedimentary rock sequence ⓘ
stratigraphic unit ⓘ
associatedWith industrial revolution in Britain ⓘ
contains coal seam ⓘ
containsFossilsOf amphibians ⓘ
early reptiles ⓘ
insects ⓘ
plants ⓘ
containsMineral clay minerals ⓘ
pyrite ⓘ
quartz ⓘ
depositionalEnvironment coastal plain ⓘ
deltaic ⓘ
fluvial ⓘ
economicImportance historical industrial fuel source ⓘ
major coal resource ⓘ
geographicOccurrence British Isles ⓘ
Central Europe ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ
geologicAge Carboniferous ⓘ
hasSubunit Lower Coal Measures ⓘ
Middle Coal Measures ⓘ
Upper Coal Measures ⓘ
lithologyIncludes coal ⓘ
mudstone ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
shale ⓘ
siltstone ⓘ
overlies Millstone Grit ⓘ
partOf Carboniferous System ⓘ
stratigraphicRank group ⓘ
timeSpan Late Carboniferous ⓘ
Pennsylvanian ⓘ
typicalColor black ⓘ
dark grey ⓘ
grey ⓘ
underlies Permian strata ⓘ
usedFor coal mining ⓘ
coke production ⓘ
power generation ⓘ
wasExtensivelyMinedIn Belgium ⓘ
England ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
Wales ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Millstone Grit → underlies → Coal Measures ⓘ
Pennine Coal Measures Group → partOf → Coal Measures ⓘ