The Grootegeluk Formation in the Waterberg Coalfield, South Africa: Facies, palaeoenvironment and thermal history - Evidence from organic and clastic matter

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 147-186

  Faure, Kevin ^a,c   Willis, James P ^a   Dreyer, J Claris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Grootegeluk Coal Mine ^*  (South Africa)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPOSITION; GEOLOGY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; QUARTZ; REFLECTION; TECTONICS;

APATITE; CARBONACEOUS MUDSTONE LAYERS; COAL BEDS; COAL MUDSTONE SUCCESSION; GROOTEGELUK FORMATION; MACERAL ANALYSIS; POST DEPOSITIONAL TEMPERATURE; REFLECTANCE; TONSTEIN ZONE; VITRINITE;

COAL DEPOSITS;

COAL; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; PETROLOGY; THERMAL MATURITY;

SOUTH AFRICA, TRANSVAAL, WATERBERG COALFIELD;

EID: 0029668144     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-5162(95)00029-1     Document Type: Article

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