COALIFICATION Definition & Meaning

coalification

[ koh-luh-fi-key-shuhn ]

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noun

Geology.

the conversion of plant material into coal by natural processes, as by diagenesis and, in some instances, metamorphism.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of coalification¹

First recorded in 1910–15; coal + -i- + -fication

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Or does that require the special conditions of coalification?

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As the buried sediment compacted under pressure, water was squeezed from the peat, natural heat from the earth’s core baked it, and coal formed, a process called coalification.

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