This 1910 volume by E. A. Newell Arber presents a variety of information on the geology and paleobotany of coal.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface; List of illustrations; Table of chief divisions of the stratified rocks; 1. Introduction. The chemical and physical properties of coal; 2. Coal as a rock, and the associated rocks; 3. The origin of the mother substance of coal; 4. The mode of accumulation of terrestrial coals; 5. The mode of formation of estuarine and lacustrine coals; 6. The mode of conversion of the original mother substance into coal. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.