Fluorescing macerals in South African coals

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 54, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 79-94

  Kruszewska, Krystyna J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Coal petrology; Fluorescence; Fluorescence relative intensity (FRI); Macerals; Microlithotypes; Vitrinite reflectance

Indexed keywords

CALORIFIC VALUE; ELECTRIC LAMPS; FLUORESCENCE; OXIDATION;

FLUORESCING MACERALS;

COAL;

COAL; FLUORESCENCE; MACERAL; PETROLOGY; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0037698746     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-5162(03)00025-9     Document Type: Article

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