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coal measures
plural noun
- coal-bearing strata.
- (initial capital letters) in Europe, a portion of the Carboniferous System, characterized by widespread coal deposits.
Coal Measures
plural noun
- a series of coal-bearing rocks formed in the upper Carboniferous period; the uppermost series of the Carboniferous system
Word History and Origins
Origin of coal measures1
Example Sentences
From anti-coal measures to minimum wage hikes it was a great night for liberals.
The iron ores of the Coal Measures have given rise to great manufactures of steel, from cutlery to machinery and armour-plates.
Slowly this sea shallowed, giving rise to the alternating estuarine marine and freshwater deposits of the Coal Measures.
Judging from observations made in Cattaraugus County, in 1818, the coal measures have been completely swept from this area.
Here we have the coal-sandstone and the slate clay, with slate, &c., alternating with the coal-measures.
It is particularly abundant in the coal measures and is incidental to the shales or slates and clays that underlie the coal.
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