coal measures

C33587
concept

Coal measures are thick, stratified sequences of sedimentary rocks—typically including coal seams, shales, sandstones, and mudstones—formed in ancient swampy environments during specific geological periods.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
coal measures canonical 2
coal-bearing sedimentary sequence 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: coal measures
Generated description
Coal measures are thick, stratified sequences of sedimentary rocks—typically including coal seams, shales, sandstones, and mudstones—formed in ancient swampy environments during specific geological periods.

Instances (3)

Instance Via concept surface
Illawarra Coal Measures
Waikato coal measures coal-bearing sedimentary sequence
South Wales Coal Measures