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Name the process by which plant material (or vegetation) buried deep under

the earth was slowly converted into coal.

Carbonisation is the process by which plant material or vegetation buried deep under the earth was slowly converted into coal. Since, coal was formed from the remains of vegetation, it is also known as fossil fuel.


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