COMPARATIVE GEOMORPHIC ANALYSIS OF CENTRAL APPALACHIAN COAL BEDS AND MALAYSIAN PEAT DEPOSITS Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • A comparative geomorphic analysis between Carboniferous coal beds and associated sediments from the Appalachian basin of southern West Virginia, USA, and Holocene domed peat deposits and associated sediments from the central Sarawak lowlands, East Malaysia, was conducted to determine similarities and/or differences in geometry and distribution patterns. The depositional environments of the sediments in the ancient setting were interpreted and the paleogeography of several coal bed horizons in the Pocahontas and New River Formations (Namurian) were reconstructed. These paleogeographic reconstructions were compared to the distribution of present day environments of the Rajang River delta and flanking coastal plain areas. -from Authors

published proceedings

  • BULLETIN DE LA SOCIETE GEOLOGIQUE DE FRANCE

author list (cited authors)

  • STAUB, J. R., ESTERLE, J. S., & RAYMOND, A. L

complete list of authors

  • STAUB, JR||ESTERLE, JS||RAYMOND, AL

publication date

  • January 1991