Open Question: Compare to Nova Scotia. Why only in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area were the coals subjected to metamorphism?

8 February 2012, 7:46 am

Pennsylvanian age coal deposits in Nova Scotia are NOT metamorphosed. Those in Appalachian and the Illinois basin are also NOT metamorphosed. The Pennsylvanian age coal found in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA region are the rank of anthracite and thus said to have been metamorphosed. Explain why only in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area were the coals subjected to metamorphism.... Read More »

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