The Lower Karoo coal (k2-3) of the Mid-Zambezi basin, Zimbabwe: Depositional analysis, coal genesis and palaeogeographic implications

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 97-118

  Oesterlen, P M ^a   Lepper, J ^b  

^a Niedersach Landesamt Bodenforsch ^*  (Germany)

^b Niedersachs Landesamt Bodenforsch   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coal petrography; Coalfields; Depositional environment; Lower Karoo coal; Mid Zambezi basin; Palaeogeography

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL PLAIN COAL; COALFIELDS; MACERAL PROFILES; SHORELINE COAL;

COAL ASH; COASTAL ZONES; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LITHOLOGY; PETROGRAPHY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

COAL;

COAL SEAM; COALIFICATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MACERAL;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD; ZAMBEZI VALLEY; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 11244258500     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2004.07.002     Document Type: Article

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