The effect of paleotopography, tectonics and sediment supply on quality of coal seams in continental basins of central and western Bohemia (Westphalian), Czech Republic

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 64, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 173-203

  Opluštil, Stanislav ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Continental basins; Czech Republic; Paleotopography; Peat accumulation; Pennsylvanian; Sediment supply; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

COAL SEAMS; CONTINENTAL BASINS; CZECH REPUBLIC; FLUVIAL DYNAMICS; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY; PEAT ACCUMULATION; SEDIMENT SUPPLY;

COAL DEPOSITS; FLUID DYNAMICS; LITHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

COAL MINES;

COAL RANK; COAL SEAM; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY; SEDIMENT BUDGET; TECTONICS;

BOHEMIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 27744502608     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2005.03.022     Document Type: Article

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