* There is often no evidence of the soil that the plant material grew in, suggesting that the plant material was washed into place.
* There is often no evidence of the soil that the plant material grew in, suggesting that the plant material was washed into place.
* Trees found in coal beds often turn out to be types that do not grow in swamps, as proposed by uniformitarian explanations.
* Trees found in coal beds often turn out to be types that do not grow in swamps, as proposed by uniformitarian explanations.
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Secular scientists propose that coal formation took long periods of time, with the most recently formed coal being formed a million years ago.<ref name="ACF">[http://www.ket.org/Trips/Coal/AGSMM/agsmmhow.html How Coal Is Formed] American Coal foundation.</ref>
Secular scientists propose that coal formation took long periods of time, with the most recently formed coal being formed a million years ago.<ref name="ACF">[http://www.ket.org/Trips/Coal/AGSMM/agsmmhow.html How Coal Is Formed] American Coal foundation.</ref>
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==See also==
==See also==
* [[Coal mining]]
* [[Coal mining]]
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== Bibliography ==
== Bibliography ==
* Freese, Barbara. ''Coal: A Human History'' (2003)
* Freese, Barbara. ''Coal: A Human History'' (2003)
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* Jeffrey, E. C. ''Coal and Civilization'' 1925.
* Jeffrey, E. C. ''Coal and Civilization'' 1925.
* Walker, Tas, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/328 Coal: memorial to the Flood] ''Creation'' 23(2):22–27, March 2001.
* Walker, Tas, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/328 Coal: memorial to the Flood] ''Creation'' 23(2):22–27, March 2001.