Elemental composition and molecular structure of Botryococcus alginite in Westphalian cannel coals from Kentucky

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 301-308

  Mastalerz, Maria ^a   Hower, James C ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

alginite chemistry; Botryococcus; electron microprobe; FTIR; Kentucky; Westphalian cannel coal

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; COAL; COMPOSITION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXYGEN;

ALGINITES; BOTRYOCOCCUS; ELECTRON MICROPROBE; KENTUCKY; WESTPHALIAN CANNEL COAL;

ALGAE;

ALGINITE; BOTRYOCOCCUS; CANNEL COAL; CARBONIFEROUS; GEOCHEMISTRY; WESTPHALIAN;

USA, KENTUCKY;

EID: 0030088544     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0146-6380(96)00027-7     Document Type: Article

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