A series of strata of the Carboniferous period, including coal seams.
〔地质〕煤系
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 measures
plural noun
Geology
A series of strata of the Carboniferous period, including coal seams.
〔地质〕煤系
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.