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Reconstruction of a Pennsylvanian Coal Swamp
Reconstruction of a Pennsylvanian Coal Swamp. Middle Pennsylvanian landscape of
Springfield peat swamp at low-water stand, proximal to Galatia channel in western Indiana
portion of Illinois Basin Coal Field. From a water color painting by Alice Pricket to accompany,
Phillips, T.L. and A.T. Cross, 1991, Paleobotany and paleoecology of coal, Chapter 31,
Economic Geology U.S., Vol P-2, The Geology of North America, GSA (used with permission
of T.L. Phillips).
Updated 05/18/2011 SLD