Comparison of coal composition and elemental distribution in selected seams of the Sydney and Stellarton Basins, Nova Scotia, Eastern Canada

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 113-141

  Mukhopadhyay, P K ^a   Goodarzi, F ^b   Crandlemire, A L ^c   Gillis, K S ^a   MacNeil, D J ^b   Smith, W D ^a  

^a Station A   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c NS Dep Natural Resources   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BITUMINOUS COAL; CHLORINE; LEAD; MANGANESE; TRACE ELEMENTS;

COAL FACIES;

COAL DEPOSITS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COAL;

EID: 0042837718     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-5162(98)00020-2     Document Type: Article

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