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For a significant mass of biomass to be pushed down it first needs to be present.

Have you ever been in a coal mine?

Coal deposits can be very thick and can consist of practically pure coal with very little anything else.

Our densest forests if suddenly "pushed" (I guess covered by ash or anything else, without loosing carbon) would be millimeters in width.



So why can't peat deposits turn into coal under the right conditions? Those form all the time under certain conditions, but they can sequester a fair amount of biomass.


AFAIU they can, but it takes a very long time, as well as depth, pressure, and temperature.

(Not my area of expertise.)


I'm unclear on how this supports a theory of pre-bacterial formation.

Yes I've been in a coal mine. What a strange stat check.




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