Process of formation of coal.
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Coal formed millions of years ago when the earth was covered with huge swampy forests where plants - giant ferns, reeds and mosses - grew. ... Heat and pressure produced chemical and physical changes in the plant layers which forced out oxygen and left rich carbon deposits
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It all starts with a swamp on the edge of a sedimentary basin, such as a lagoon or a lake. Tectonic activity raises sea levels, covering and killing vegetation. Plant debris accumulates and is buried under layers of mud and sand in a process known as sedimentation. This protects the debris from the air and slows down the decomposition process. The vegetation grows back, until the next flooding.
95%
That's the carbon content of anthracite coal.
The sedimentary basin gradually sinks under the weight of the sediments, and the layers of dead plants are subjected to rising temperatures that gradually “cook” them, leading to their transformation. The different stages of sedimentation turn cellulose, the main component of wood, from peat to lignite (brown coal), then sub-bituminous coal, followed by bituminous coal and, finally, anthracite. Anthracite has the highest carbon content.