Petrography and depositional environment of coal seams in the Carboniferous Morien Group, Sydney Coalfield, Nova Scotia

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 863-874

  Marchioni, D ^a   Gibling, M ^b   Kalkreuth, W ^c,d  

^a Petro Logic Services   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d Fossil Fuels International   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; COAL; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; PETROGRAPHY; STEPHANIAN; WESTPHALIAN;

CANADA, NOVA SCOTIA, SYDNEY COALFIELD;

EID: 0030463863     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e96-065     Document Type: Article

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