Drama lignite deposit, Northern Greece: insights from traditional coal analyses, Rock-Eval data, and natural radionuclides concentrations

Energy Sources

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 497-513

  Georgakopoulos, Andreas ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOISTURE; RADIOISOTOPES; ROCKS; SULFUR;

DRAMA LIGNITE DEPOSIT; ROCK-EVAL DATA;

LIGNITE;

EID: 0034227039     PISSN: 00908312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00908310050013730     Document Type: Article

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