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Formation of Coal

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Name the process by which plant material (or vegetation) buried deep under the earth was slowly converted into coal.

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The process by which plant material buried deep under earth slowly converted into coal is known as Carbonisation.

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Carbonisation is the process in which dead plants and vegetation is converted slowly into coal.

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(a) carbonation

(b) carburation

(c) carbonisation

(d) carbocation

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