A Preliminary Structural and Micropalaeobotanical Investigation of some Uppermost Cretaceous Coals from Western Canada

Abstract

A preliminary examination of the structural features and plant microfossils which characterize coals from thin seams in the Uppermost Cretaceous formation of western Alberta. Descriptions of the structural units and microfossils are complemented by quantitative appraisals of plant microfossil associations. Suggestions of probable floral components which existed during Uppermost Cretaceous imps and possibilities of seam correlation and separation are forwarded. Illustrated by five photographic plates.