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| Title | Upper Pennsylvanian Steubenville coal-ball flora |
| Creator/Author | Rothwell, G.W. |
| Publication Date | 1988 Mar 01 |
| OSTI Identifier | OSTI ID: 6963008 |
| Other Number(s) | CODEN: OJSCA |
| Resource Type | Journal Article |
| Resource Relation | Ohio J. Sci. ; Vol/Issue: 88:1 |
| Research Org | Ohio University, Athens (USA). Dept. of Botany |
| Subject | 011000 -- Coal, Lignite, & Peat-- Reserves, Geology, & Exploration; COAL DEPOSITS-- FOSSILS;COAL DEPOSITS-- ORIGIN;OHIO-- COAL DEPOSITS; CALCIUM CARBONATES;COALIFICATION;MINERALIZATION;PALYNOLOGY;PLANTS;RIVER DELTAS;SPECIES DIVERSITY;SWAMPS;USA |
| Related Subject | ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS;AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS;CALCIUM COMPOUNDS;CARBON COMPOUNDS;CARBONATES;COASTAL REGIONS;ECOSYSTEMS;FEDERAL REGION V;GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS;MINERAL RESOURCES;NORTH AMERICA;OXYGEN COMPOUNDS;RESOURCES;TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;USA;WETLANDS |
| Description/Abstract | The Upper Pennsylvanian (Conemaugh Group) Duquesne Coal west of Steubenville, Ohio represents a deltaic peat-accumulating swamp, and is one the best known of coal swamp floras.^In a few places, the peat was infiltrated and permineralized by calcium carbonate prior to coalification, thus producing coal balls in which both morphological and anatomical structure of the constituent plant parts are preserved.^The plant material represents primarily the community that inhabited the peat-accumulating environment, but some remains from near-swamp environments also are represented.^The flora is relatively diverse, consisting of over 55 megafossil taxa of isolated organs that were produced by at least 25 species of plants.^All five major groups of Pennsylvanian coal-swamp plants (i.e.^Lycopsida, Sphenopsida, Pteridopsida, Pteridospermopsida and Cordaitales) are represented.^31 refs., 2 figs. |
| Country of Publication | United States |
| Language | English |
| Format | Pages: 61-65 |
| System Entry Date | 2001 May 13 |
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