Organic petrology and geochemistry of the Carboniferous coal seams from the Central Asturian Coal Basin (NW Spain)

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 57, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 211-242

  Piedad Sánchez, Noé ^a   Suárez Ruiz, Isabel ^b   Martínez, Luis ^a   Izart, Alain ^a   Elie, Marcel ^a   Keravis, Didier ^c  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DEL CARBÓN   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Carboniferous; Central Asturian Coal Basin; Coal; Geochemistry; Pennsylvanian; Petrography; Spain

Indexed keywords

GELIFICATION INDEX (GI); OIL-GAS-PRONE PHASE; PALEOENVIRONMENTAL APPROACH;

ANTHRACITE; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BITUMINOUS COAL; COAL; HYDROCARBONS; OIL FIELDS; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLOGY;

PETROLEUM INDUSTRY;

CARBONIFEROUS; COAL SEAM; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROLOGY;

ASTURIAN BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 1842558697     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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