Coal petrographic genetic units in deltaic-plain deposits of the Campanian Mesa Verde Group (New Mexico, USA)

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 93-110

  Buillit, N ^a   Lallier Verges E ^a   Pradier, B ^b   Nicolas, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

Coal; Genetic stratigraphy; Maceral analysis; Menefee formation; Mesa Verde group; Microlithotype

Indexed keywords

GENETIC UNITS; SILICICLASTIC WEDGE;

CATCHMENTS; DEPOSITS; ROCKS;

COAL;

CAMPANIAN; COAL; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MACERAL;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; SAN JUAN BASIN; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 0036641939     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-5162(02)00076-9     Document Type: Article

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