coal-basin

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noun In geology, a depression or basin formed by the subsidence at the center, or upheaval at the edges, of the older rocks, in which the various strata of the Carboniferous system or coal-measures lie. See coal-measures.

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Salindre, in the centre of an important coal-basin.

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To the N.E. of the town, in the valley of Morange, is a coal-basin of 1450 acres.

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*Testimony of the State Geologist. and a valuable coal-basin is situated along both sides of the Arkansas river.

The Great South; A Record of Journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian Territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland 1875
Dechen, Von, on the depth of the coal-basin of Liege, 160.

COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
Lorraine and the whole of the industrial coal-basin of the Saar. "

The American Empire Scott Nearing 1933