The 50 million year formation could have formed in just a few years plus the time necessary for petrifying the logs (100 to 1000 years). 7. A New Model for Quicker Coal Formation. Dr. Steven Austin wrote his doctoral dissertation at Penn State University on a new model for coal formation based on his study of a coal field in Kentucky. While geologists have used a peat swamp model to explain coal formation for over 100 years, Austin argued that explanation doesn’t fit because coal is coarsely textured like bark, not finely textured like swamp peat.
7. Mfano mpya wa haraka ya kufanyika makaa ya mawe. Daktari Steven Austin aliandika maandishi ya udaktari katika chuo kikuu cha kitaifa cha Penn kuhusu mfano mpya wa kufanyika makaa ya mawe kulingana na uchunguzi wake uwanjani Kentucky. Wakati wanajiolojia wametumia mfano wa bwawa la majani yaliyoganda kueleza kufanyika kwa makaa ya mawe zaidi ya miaka 100, Austin alitoa hoja ya kwamba maelezo hayatoshi kwa sababu makaa ya mawe yamefumwa hafifu kama ganda, bali yamefumwa thabiti kama bwawa la majani.