Modern analogs reveal the origin of Carboniferous coal balls
WEBFeb 15, 2021 · The coalball bed at Steubenville is overlain sharply and laterally truned by paleochannel sandstone, with coal ball clasts in its erosional base (Fig. 9). The coal balls themselves are much less compacted than the coal, so that the underlying claystones are deformed into broad depressions (Fig. 7 B–C). Each of the coal balls is more or ...