An Example of the Origin of CoalBalls ScienceDirect
The geological setting of Holocene coal balls of the Hitchcox limey peat soil, from Eight Mile Swamp of South Australia (Figs. 15) lends some support for all previous theories of coal ball formation: (1) intrusion of marine influenced water and carbonate cements into coastal peat swamps (Stopes and Watson, 1909; Evans and Amos, 1961; DeMaris et...