Organic components in thermally altered coal waste: Preliminary petrographic and geochemical investigations

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 405-424

  Misz, M ^a   Fabianska M ^a   Cmiel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Coal waste; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Macerals; Organic biomarkers; Oxidation; Thermal alteration

Indexed keywords

MACERALS; THERMAL ALTERATION; THERMAL MATURITY; THERMALLY ALTERED COAL WASTE;

BIOMARKERS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEATING; PETROGRAPHY; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

COAL;

BIOMARKER; BITUMEN; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COAL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDATION; PETROGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMAL ALTERATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; SILESIA; UPPER SILESIA;

EID: 34249021472     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2006.08.009     Document Type: Article

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