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On a fossil tree found in an opencast coal site near Wigan, Lancashire
Author(s) -
Broadhurst F. M.,
Magraw D.
Publication year - 1961
Publication title -
geological journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.721
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1099-1034
pISSN - 0072-1050
DOI - 10.1002/gj.3350020203
Subject(s) - sedimentation , geology , coal , tree (set theory) , trunk , coal measures , paleontology , sediment , archaeology , position (finance) , mining engineering , geography , mathematics , ecology , mathematical analysis , finance , economics , biology
The cast of a Coal Measures tree seen in position of growth is described. The cast is about 13 feet long, and evidence is given that the original tree trunk was probably at least 38 feet long before it became completely buried in sediment. The precise history of the tree is unknown but the rate of sedimentation round about it must have been very high.