Geochemical behaviour and mineralogical transformations during spontaneous combustion of a coal waste pile in Oslavany, Czech Republic

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 443-460

  Dokoupilová, Pavla ^a   Sracek, O ^a,b   Losos, Z ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Protection of Ground Water Ltd ^*  (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Coal; Combustion; Evaporation; Hematite; Mg sulphates; Waste pile

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACITE; BITUMINOUS COAL; HEMATITE; MICA; PYRITES; WEATHERING;

COAL WASTE PILE; GOETHITE; PYROMETAMORPHISM;

MINERALOGY;

BURNING; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; COAL; COMBUSTION; DISSOLUTION; ELEMENT MOBILITY; EVAPORATION; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; HEMATITE; MAGNESIUM; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SECONDARY MINERAL; SULFATE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; JIHOMORAVSKY; KUKLA MINE; OSLAVANY;

MICAS;

EID: 39749122134     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2007.071.4.443     Document Type: Article

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