South Wales Coal Measures

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coal measures geologic formation stratigraphic unit

The South Wales Coal Measures are a sequence of Carboniferous-age sedimentary rocks in South Wales that contain the region’s historically important coal seams and associated strata.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
South Wales coalfield 5
South Wales Coalfield 2
South Wales Coalfield margins 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coal measures ⓘ
geologic formation ⓘ
stratigraphic unit ⓘ
chronostratigraphicRank series ⓘ
contains coal seams ⓘ
marine bands ⓘ
seat earths ⓘ
seatearth mudstones ⓘ
seatearth sandstones ⓘ
containsFossils invertebrate fossils ⓘ
plant fossils ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
depositionalEnvironment deltaic ⓘ
fluvial ⓘ
swamp ⓘ
geologicAge Carboniferous ⓘ
hasEconomicImportance coal mining ⓘ
hasResource bituminous coal ⓘ
ironstone nodules ⓘ
hasStratigraphicRelationships overlies older Carboniferous rocks ⓘ
underlies younger Permo-Triassic rocks ⓘ
historicalSignificance fuelled industrial development in South Wales ⓘ
lithology coal ⓘ
mudstone ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
siltstone ⓘ
locatedIn South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
notableFor complex faulting and folding in South Wales Coalfield ⓘ
thick coal-bearing succession ⓘ
overlies Millstone Grit NERFINISHED ⓘ
Namurian strata ⓘ
partOf South Wales Coalfield NERFINISHED ⓘ
region South Wales Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
stratigraphicUnitOf South Wales Coalfield NERFINISHED ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline coal geology ⓘ
economic geology ⓘ
stratigraphy ⓘ
subdivisionOf Coal Measures NERFINISHED ⓘ
timespan Late Carboniferous ⓘ
underlies Pennant Sandstone Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Warwickshire Group NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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Rhymney Valley → geologicalContext → South Wales Coal Measures ⓘ
Cwmllynfell → hasHeritage → South Wales Coal Measures ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Wales coalfield
River Tawe → associatedWith → South Wales Coal Measures ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swansea Valley coalfield
Carboniferous Limestone → notableExposure → South Wales Coal Measures ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Wales Coalfield margins
County of Glamorgan → majorCoalfield → South Wales Coal Measures ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Wales Coalfield
Blaengwrach → locatedInGeographicFeature → South Wales Coal Measures ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Wales Coalfield region
South Wales Railway → linkedIndustrialArea → South Wales Coal Measures ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Wales coalfield
Big Pit colliery → region → South Wales Coal Measures ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Wales Coalfield
British coal industry → majorRegion → South Wales Coal Measures ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Wales coalfield
Glamorganshire Canal → region → South Wales Coal Measures ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Wales coalfield
Merthyr Tydfil industrial landscape → relatedTo → South Wales Coal Measures ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Wales coalfield