Magnitude and timjng of peat-to-coal compaction

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 727-730

  Nadon, G C ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; COMPACTION; METADATA; MORPHOLOGY; PEAT; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TIMING CIRCUITS;

COAL SEAMS; ORGANIC DEPOSITS; ORGANIC MATERIALS; PEAT THICKNESS; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SHALLOW DEPTHS; DECOMPOSITION MODEL;

COAL MINES;

COAL; COALIFICATION; COMPACTION; PEAT; TRANSFORMATION; TROUGH;

EID: 33751137177     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0727:MATOPT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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