0 containing or producing carbon -- 含碳的；碳质的；产碳的
carboniferous rocks 含碳的岩石
1 from or referring to the period of time, between around 363 and 290 million years ago, when the first reptiles appeared and there were large forests covering the areas that later formed earth's coal layers -- 石炭纪（距今约3.63亿至2.9亿年前的地质时期，爬行动物出现，该时期覆盖的广袤森林后来形成了地球的煤层）
Carboniferous pteridosperms that comprise a unique and hitherto unrecognized type, characterized by the presence of alkylated phenols.
Carboniferous and younger fault lines were reactivated during compression.
Carboniferous times and can be separated into several stages as follows.
The areas most affected are associated with carboniferous limestones.
There is carboniferous limestone 30 or 40 feet thick with no covering on the top.
When one goes back to the coal face, one returns to the carboniferous era and the dark ages.
Then there are the carboniferous plays in the southern basin.
It is possible that some groundwater could be made available from the carboniferous stratum, but the quantities are expected to be small and the water quality poor.
