Sulfur variability and petrology of the Lower Block Coal Member (Pennsylvanian) in Southwest Indiana

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 97-120

  Padgett, Penny L ^a   Rimmer, Susan M ^b   Ferm, John C ^b   Hower, James C ^b   Eble, Cortland F ^c   Mastalerz, Maria ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal; Illinois Basin; Indiana; Low sulfur coal; Lower Block Coal; Pyrite; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

LOW SULFUR COAL; SULFUR VARIABILITY;

PETROGRAPHY; PETROLOGY; PYRITES; SULFUR;

COAL;

COAL RANK; CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS; PETROLOGY; SULFUR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033086869     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-5162(98)00041-X     Document Type: Article

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