Relations of petrographical and geochemical parameters in the middle Miocene Lavanttal lignite (Austria)

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 325-349

  Bechtel, A ^a,b   Reischenbacher, D ^a   Sachsenhofer, R F ^a   Gratzer, R ^a   Lucke A ^c   Puttmann W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Carbon isotopes; Coal facies; Maceral composition; Middle Miocene; Paleovegetation

Indexed keywords

COAL FACIES; GELIFICATION; MACERAL COMPOSITION; SOLUBLE ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKERS; CARBON; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; PETROGRAPHY;

LIGNITE;

BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COAL SEAM; DECOMPOSITION; DEPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LIGNITE; MACERAL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MIOCENE; MIRE; ORGANIC MATTER; PETROGRAPHY; PH;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GYMNOSPERMAE;

EID: 33847635252     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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