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A marine origin of coal balls in the Midland and Illinois basins, USA - Communications Earth & Environment
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Coal balls are carbonate concretions that preserve peat in cellular detail. Despite their importance to paleobotany, the salinity of coal-ball peat remains controversial. Pennsylvanian coal balls from the Midland and Illinois basins contain echinoderms and early high-magnesium calcite cement. Echinoderm skeletons reflect the Mg/Ca ratio of the seawater in which they grew.
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