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English-Russian dictionary of geology. 2011.
peat stage
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Peat — is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation matter. Peat forms in wetlands or peatlands , variously called bogs , moors , muskegs , pocosins , mires , and peat swamp forests . By volume there is about 4 trillion m³ of peat in the world… … Wikipedia
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coorongite — /ˈkurɒŋgaɪt/ (say koohrongguyt) noun a boghead coal in the peat stage. {named after the locality where it was first found in 1865 on the shore of the Coorong river, SA} …
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