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I think it is because animals died then mud piled on top the another layer of animals and so on.

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Q: Why is coal usually found in layers?
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Where is coal deposited?

Coal is deposited usually in layers, underground, sometimes fairly close to the surface.


What is found in layers of moss that have been buried in wetlands and can be harvested and burned like coal?

coal


How we do coal?

By digging big holes (called coal mines) in the ground and separating the coal, rock, and soil in the material dug from those holes. Coal usually comes in layers (called seams) between layers of other sedimentary rocks.


How do we obtain coal?

By digging big holes (called coal mines) in the ground and separating the coal, rock, and soil in the material dug from those holes. Coal usually comes in layers (called seams) between layers of other sedimentary rocks.


In observing rock layers Iam usually found on the bottom What are you?

in rock layers what is found at the bottom


What rocks are usually found with layers?

Sedimentary rock. It forms when layers of sediment pile up.


In rock layers what is usually found at the bottom?

Normally, the oldest rocks are found at the bottom of the layers, being the first of the sediments that were deposited.


How do people find coal?

Coal can be found on the surface in areas in which the overlying strata have eroded. Coal layers can be exposed in road cuts and on the walls of river valleys. Coal can also be discovered by drilling core samples down from the surface.


Why are sediments usually found in layers?

because they are sedimentary rock


Where is coal located?

Coal can be found underground in coal mines, usually in coal seams or coal beds. These deposits are typically found in regions with former swamps and wetlands where plant material accumulated and was eventually buried and transformed into coal over millions of years.


Why is the coal found in layers?

it is a sedimentary rock which means it has been transformed from a different type of rock over millions of years :)


Why is coal found in layers?

Because all the minerals piled on top of it and pressed down on it so they all squish on top on it