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THE microscopic examination of coals can provide valuable information on their mode of formation. The works of Teichmüller1 and Thomson2 on the Rhineland brown coal are notable examples. Apart from the investigations of Kremp3 and Smith4, little of the published work on the possible origin of the different petrographic types of coal takes account of the evidence provided by the plant spores in coals of Carboniferous age.
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Teichmüller, M., Geol. Jahrb., 64, 429 (1950).
Thomson, P. W., Geol. Jahrb., 65, 113 (1951).
Kremp, G., C. R. Congr. Strat. Carb. Heerlen, 1, 347 (1952).
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Richards, P. W., Comm. Brit. Ecol. Soc. (Jan. 1960).
Teichmüller, M., Fortschr. Geol. Rheinld. u Westf., 2, 599 (1958).
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SMITH, A. Palæoecology of Carboniferous Peat Bogs. Nature 189, 744–745 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/189744a0
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