coal measures

coal measures

plural noun Geology.
1.
coal-bearing strata.
2.
(initial capital letters) in Europe, a portion of the Carboniferous System, characterized by widespread coal deposits.

Origin:
1655–65
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Coal measures is always a great word to know.
So is convergent plate boundary. Does it mean:
tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other
ratio of the volume of the pores of a substance to the total volume of the mass
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Coal Measures
 
pl n
a series of coal-bearing rocks formed in the upper Carboniferous period; the uppermost series of the Carboniferous system

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