Petrography and geochemistry of Carboniferous coal seams in the Donets Basin (Ukraine): Implications for paleoecology

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 55, Issue 2-4, 2003, Pages 225-259

  Sachsenhofer, R F ^a   Privalov, V A ^b   Izart, A ^c   Elie, M ^c   Kortensky, J ^d   Panova, E A ^e   Sotirov, A ^a   Zhykalyak, M V ^f  

^a Institut fur Geowissenschaften Leoben   (Austria)

^b DONETSK NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^d Univ Mining/Geol St Ivan Rilski   (Bulgaria)

^e INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^f Donetsk State Regional Geological Survey   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Coal; Coal petrography; Inorganic geochemistry; Moscovian; Organic geochemistry; Serpukhovian; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

COAL ASH; COAL DEPOSITS; GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROGRAPHY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

COAL SEAMS;

COAL INDUSTRY;

CARBONIFEROUS; COAL SEAM; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PALEOECOLOGY; PEAT; PETROGRAPHY; TRACE ELEMENT;

DONETS BASIN; UKRAINE;

EID: 0141782548     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-5162(03)00112-5     Document Type: Article

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