Modern Pearl River Delta and Permian Huainan coalfield, China: A comparative sedimentary facies study

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 159-179

  Suping, Peng ^a   Flores, Romeo M ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

anastomosing river systems; China; Huanian coalfield; Pearl River; Pleistocene peat deposits; Pleistocene sedimentary facies

Indexed keywords

COAL DEPOSITS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PEAT; RIVERS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

ANASTOMOSING RIVER SYSTEMS; CHINA; FLOODPLAINS; HUAINAN COALFIELD; PLEISTOCENE PEAT DEPOSITS; PLEISTOCENE SEDIMENTARY FACIES;

COAL;

ANASTOMOSING RIVER; COAL; PEAT; PERMIAN; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTARY FACIES;

CHINA, ANHUI PROVINCE, HUAINAN COALFIELD; CHINA, GUANGDONG PROVINCE, PEARL RIVER DELTA;

EID: 0030461232     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0146-6380(96)00015-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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