An in situ occurrence of coal balls in the Amburgy coal bed, Pikeville Formation (Duckmantian), central Appalachian Basin, USA

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Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 432-450

  Greb, Stephen F ^a   Eble, Cortland F ^a   Chesnut Jr , Donald R ^a   Phillips, Tom L ^b   Hower, James C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; COAL; COALIFICATION; DIAGENESIS; PENNSYLVANIAN;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033381173     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3515395     Document Type: Article

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