Vertical and lateral variation in the petrography of the Upper Cretaceous Sunnyside coal of eastern Utah, USA - Implications for the recognition of high-resolution accommodation changes in paralic coal seams

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 13-33

  Davies, R ^a   Diessel, C ^b   Howell, J ^c   Flint, S ^a   Boyd, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Cretaceous coals; Maceral analysis; Organic petrography; Palaeoenvironmental indicators; Vitrinite reflectance

Indexed keywords

ISOMETAMORPHIC VARIATIONS; MACERAL ANALYSIS; MARINE FLOODING; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

COAL; COASTAL ZONES; COMPOSITION; DEPOSITION; MINING; STRATIGRAPHY;

PETROGRAPHY;

COAL SEAM; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MACERAL; PETROGRAPHY; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11244283946     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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