Trace element geochemistry of brackish-water coals in the central Alberta Plains, Canada

Energy Sources

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 493-505

  Gentzis, Thomas ^a   Goodarzi, Fariborz ^b  

^a ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

^b Institute of Sedimentary & Petroleum Geology   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coal; Geochemistry; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; COMPOSITION; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENERGY RESOURCES; GEOCHEMISTRY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

BRACKISH WATER COALS; CANADA; CENTRAL ALBERTA PLAINS;

COAL;

EID: 0031162904     PISSN: 00908312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00908319708908867     Document Type: Article

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