The stratigraphical importance of the coal seams is not so great as has been generally supposed, since the bituminous beds are, with very few exceptions, quite limited. Only a single case is at present known in which the geographic extent of a coal stratum... Bulletin of the Geological Society of America - Seite 285von Geological Society of America - 1891Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Geological Society of America - 1891 - 742 Seiten
...capital. This phase of the question will receive further expansion in another place. STRATIGRAPHICAL RELATIONS. The General Section. — By reference to...distance the coal is but a few inches in thickness. It follows that the coal seams of the region are not nearly so extensive as commonly supposed, and... | |
| Geological Society of America - 1891 - 776 Seiten
...of the beds is in the immediate vicinity of unconformities, such as are shown at Elk cliff, Bedrock bluff and Bennington. The stratigraphical importance...distance the coal is but a few inches in thickness. It follows that the coal seams of the region are not nearly so extensive as commonly supposed, and... | |
| Iowa Geological Survey - 1893 - 548 Seiten
...COAL BEDS. mine removing coal from two seams, one of which was from four to five feet in thickness. The stratigraphical importance of the coal seams is...few exceptions, quite limited. Only a single case is known at present in which the geographic extent of a coal stratum is more than four or five miles,... | |
| Iowa Geological Survey - 1893 - 514 Seiten
...away was a mine removing coal from two seams, one of which was from four to five feet in thickness. The stratigraphical importance of the coal seams is...few exceptions, quite limited. Only a single case is known at present in which the geographic extent of a coal stratum is more than four or five miles,... | |
| Iowa Geological Survey - 1894 - 666 Seiten
...case taken from many which shows the fallacy regarding the wide areal distribution of single seams. The stratigraphical importance of the coal seams is not so great as has generally been supposed, since as already shown, the bituminous beds are, with very few exceptions,... | |
| Iowa Columbian Commission - 1895 - 438 Seiten
...more or less lenticular masses varying from a few feet to several miles lu extent. The stratlgraphical importance of the coal seams is not so great as has...the bituminous beds are, with very few exceptions rather limited. Only a single case is at present known in which the geographic extent of a coal stratum... | |
| 1892 - 880 Seiten
...of a mile away was a mine removing coal from two seams, one of which was 4 to 5 feet in thickness. The stratigraphical importance of the coal seams is not so great as has generally been supposed, since the individual beds are, with very few exceptions, comparatively limited.... | |
| 1892 - 884 Seiten
...of a mile away was a mine removing cual from two seams, one of which was 4 to 5 feet iu thickness. The stratigraphical importance of the coal seams is not so great as has generally beeii supposed, since the individual beds are, with very few exceptions, comparatively limited.... | |
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