Peat depositional environments, the sites where and conditions under which peat
accumulates, significantly influence a resultant coal's physical properties, chemical …

Kerogen, commonly defined as the insoluble macromolecular organic matter (OM)
dispersed in sedimentary rocks, is by far the most abundant form of OM on Earth. This fossil …

Nonmarine biostratigraphic/biochronologic schemes have been created for all or parts of the
late Carboniferous–Middle Triassic using palynomorphs, megafossil plants, conchostracans …

Numerous climate models predict that the geography of the supercontinent Pangea was
conducive to the establishment of a" megamonsoonal" circulation. In general, geologic …

The genesis of the microscopic constituents of coal (macerals) and of maceral associations
(microlithotypes) representing various coal facies is discussed in the light of recent …

There have been at least ten English-language textbooks of palaeobotany since DH Scott
published the first edition of Studies inFossilBotany in 1900. Most have been written by …

Microbial methane accumulations have been discovered in multiple coal-bearing basins
over the past two decades. Such discoveries were originally based on unique biogenic …

This paper proposes a maceral-based method of interpretation of ancient peat-forming
ecosystems (mires), based on criteria used in classification of modern peatlands …

The dominant plants of the Late Carboniferous lowland tropics were taxonomically and
structurally distinct from those of any later time periods. Dominance was distributed among …

Premise of research. The Late Paleozoic Ice Age was the last extensive pre-Pleistocene ice
age. It includes many climate changes of different intensities, permitting examination of …