Hilt's law

English

Etymology

Observed by professor Carl Hilt (1873).

Proper noun

Hilt's law

  1. (geology) A geological law stating that the deeper coal is found, the higher its rank (carbon content). It holds true when the thermal gradient is entirely vertical.
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