PLANT FOSSIL ATLAS from (Pennsylvanian) CARBONIFEROUS AGE FOUND in Central Appalachian Coalfields

by Thomas F McLoughlin

Overview

This book is a picture guide to fossil plants and a few fossil marine organisms found in close association with the coal measures in the central Appalachian region. The fossils are sorted by groups and the specimens sampling site locations are listed by coal seam horizon and geographic location. Short descriptions of each group of fossil types are provided. This publication has been designed with the amateur (rock hound) as well as a virtual guide for the more advanced collectors. Explanation of the different groups of plants in as close to layman’s terms as possible.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781947938298
Publisher:	Toplink Publishing, LLC
Publication date:	09/20/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	168
Sales rank:	713,232
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

A Bachelor of Science degree was earned while attending Morehead State University at Morehead, Kentucky. In December, of 1979, I completed my Masters of Science thesis in geology at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky. Then in June 1980, I joined the US Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). I stayed with this agency as a geologist and coal-mine inspector for twenty-eight years, collecting plant fossils in the coal mines and then after retirement I explored outcrops (road cuts) in southwestern Virginia and parts of West Virginia. For approximately twenty-six years, I taught introduction to geology courses at colleges in Cumberland, Kentucky, and Wise, Virginia. I started out in geology as a rock hound, collecting rocks, minerals, and fossils. By the end of high school, I decided to become a geologist and attended college. Actually, my parents insisted that I leave home because it was overtaken by my rock samples. During high school and college, I practiced lapidary work, making jewelry from minerals and rocks. Presently I am a coal miner instructor and a consultant.