Peat-forming environments of Westphalian A coal seams from the Lower Silesian Coal Basin of SW Poland based on petrographic and palynologic data

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 327-351

  Nowak, Grzegorz J ^a   Górecka Nowak, Anna ^b  

^a POLISH GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; Environment; Macerals; Microlithotypes; Miospores

Indexed keywords

MICROLITHOTYPES; MIOSPORES; PALYNOLOGY;

COAL; LITHOLOGY; PEAT; PLANTS (BOTANY);

PETROGRAPHY;

COAL SEAM; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; PEAT; WESTPHALIAN;

POLAND;

EID: 0344199410     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-5162(99)00007-5     Document Type: Article

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