Thanks for the reply my main question, could these coal beds which are
very thick have been formed as a result of drift accumulation.
> Randy writes:
>
> >There are many evidences that coal seams were formed rapidly, probably by
> >transportation of massed plant accumulations by flooding waters,
> >interspersed by alternative flows of sand or silt or lime mud from other
> directions.
>
> Since I see no question you are asking me to respond to, I assume you are
> soliciting an opinion on your material. Coal was once thought to represent
> in situ accumulation of plant material. That picture has proven, like most
> early views in science, to be naive, and further study by numerous
> individuals, mostly in the past 20 years or so, has shown that coal seams
> are not all generic, but must be explained by a variety of different models.
> At this time it may be just as naive to assert that all coal seams are
> allochthonous, just because a number of them have been (re)interpreted that
> way. I think allochthonous coals are consistent with either model and do
> not represent by themselves an evidence for a global catastrophe. The
> picture is changing, and as in other areas of geology, it is going to be fun
> watching the changes come. I think it is unwise to assert dogmatically
> anything in geology or biology (I find my physicist friends have no
> difficulty with dogmatism, so I will exclude them from my dogmatic
> statement...if there's one thing I can't stand, its a bigot!), so I offer
> the above as my opinion.
> Art
> http://chadwicka.swau.edu
>