Observations on Indian Permian Gondwana coals under fluorescence microscopy: An overview

Gondwana Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 143-151

  Singh, Bhagwan D ^a   Singh, Alpana ^a  

^a BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

Author keywords

Fluorescence microscopy; Gondwana; Indian coals; Maceral; Petrology

Indexed keywords

COAL; GONDWANA; MACERAL; MICROSCOPY; PERMIAN; PETROGRAPHY; VITRINITE;

EID: 0742267218     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70313-0     Document Type: Article

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