No, it is not a fossil. It is however the first stage of producing a fossil fuel. Peat is thick vegetation that has died and built up in layers in a wet environment which doesn't decay normally (aerobic decay) because of a lack of oxygen in the layers. Anaerobic decay, or a very slow process of composting, occurs in a peat bog which eventually becomes a coal deposit, over hundreds of thousands or millions of years. Instead of creating carbon dioxide, like aerobic bacteria, and fungi produce in normal decay, Anaerobic bacteria produce methane gas as they break down the peat. This produces lignite or brown coal, which as it ages and the lignite compacts eventually, giving up moisture and nitrogen, become progressively harder and darker coals.
When vegetation in the carboniferous era fell on the ground, it rotted (decomposed) to form peat. As sediments kept accumulating over the peat, the peat hardened to form coal. So you can say peat is how coal, a fossil fuel, was formed
Peat is both a living biomass and an ancient fossil. It is the biomass that you buy at the garden center as Peat Moss.
Yes its non renewable and renewable.
fossil
Only a million ? Then you might get peat.
Fossils are evidences of prehistoric life, the record of which is usually in a stone medium. Fossil fuel is the product of prehistoric life, such as coal, peat, oil, and natural gas, which can be burned to provide energy.
it is peat,lignite,bitumirous coal,athracite. it is peat,lignite,bitumirous coal,athracite.
Yes it is a fossil fuel.
Different fossil fuels are derived from different sources. The fossil fuels which are formed from the remains of marine plants and animals are crude oil and natural gas.
It is peat.
No, while peat can be used a fuel, it is in the same class a wood it is not a fossil fuel. The form of coal that has undergone the least diagenesis (and is still a fossil fuel) is called "Lignite".
everywhere it is found. coal, peat, crude oil are all fossil fuels
Peat and lignite (brown coal) are both beginning stages in the production of coal by natural processes. But coals are not all produced from peat.
Coal, gasoline, peat, oil. Though those are just a few fossil fuels of many.
Only a million ? Then you might get peat.
coal is a type of fossil fuel hahahhah i think
one fossil fuel is Peat another one is lignite also bituminous coal anthcite trace fossils and last but not least droopings
Fossils are evidences of prehistoric life, the record of which is usually in a stone medium. Fossil fuel is the product of prehistoric life, such as coal, peat, oil, and natural gas, which can be burned to provide energy.
Coal is a fossil fuel.
peat,nateral gases, coal, petroleam, and peat
The difference is the carbon content percentages. Peat is less carbon then coal. Peat is the lowest grade of the fossil plant fuel chain. Coal is a solid. it is mostly carbon. Also it is made from mostly plant materials.