Comparison of the petrography, palynology, and paleobotany of the Little Fire Creek coal bed, southwestern Virginia, USA
The proximate, petrographic, palynologic, and plant tissue data from two sets of samples indicate a high ash, gelocollinite- and liptinite-rich coal consisting of a relatively diverse paleoflora, including lycopsid trees, small lycopsids, tree ferns, small ferns, pteridosperms, and rare calamites and cordaites. The relatively very high ash yields the relatively thin subunits and the large scale vertical variations in palynomorph floras suggest that the study area was at the edge of the paleopeat-forming environment. -from Authors
Citation Information
Publication Year | 1995 |
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Title | Comparison of the petrography, palynology, and paleobotany of the Little Fire Creek coal bed, southwestern Virginia, USA |
Authors | B.S. Pierce, C.F. Eble, R.W. Stanton |
Publication Type | Article |
Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
Series Title | Organic Geochemistry |
Index ID | 70018938 |
Record Source | USGS Publications Warehouse |