Second Miocene Seam Complex (2nd MFK; germ.: 2. Mioz¨aner Fl¨ozkomplex) holds many in-situ, not permineralised fossil tree stumps and trunks with high-cellulose contents. The state of preservation of a set of in-situ fossil trees (Taxodioxylon cryptomerioides, Sciadopityoxylon wettsteinii, and Quasisequoioxylon piskowitzense) collected from three open-cast mines (Welzow-Süd, Meuro, and Piskowitz) in Lusatia lignite mining district, Federal Republic of Germany was investigated using a multi-method research schema.
Examination of preservation state of thermally immature fossil woods revealed: (1) well-preserved (non-deformed, ...
Jolanta Kus, Martina Dolezych, Wilfrid Schneider, James C. Hower, Tamas Hofmann, Ezster Visiné Rajczi, Andras Bidló, Bernadett Bolodár-Varga, Reinhard F. Sachsenhofer, Achim Bechtel, Ksenija Stojanović, Dragana Životić, Ivan Kojić, Maria Mastalerz, Torsten Graupner, Wiliam E. Lukens, Lloyd Donaldson. "High-cellulose content of in-situ Miocene fossil tree stumps and trunks from Lusatia lignite mining district, Federal Republic of Germany" in International Journal of Coal Geology, Elsevier BV (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2024.104494
