Organic petrological and organic geochemical characterisation of the Tertiary coal-bearing sequence of Batu Arang, Selangor, Malaysia

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 351-367

  Hasiah, Abdullah Wan ^a   Abolins, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b PETRONAS CARIGALI SDN BHD   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL; OIL SHALE; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; SANDSTONE; TERTIARY;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 0032468381     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0743-9547(98)00023-3     Document Type: Article

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