Changes in optical properties, chemistry, and micropore and mesopore characteristics of bituminous coal at the contact with dikes in the Illinois Basin

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 77, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 310-319

  Mastalerz, M ^a   Drobniak, A ^a   Schimmelmann, A ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal; Illinois Basin; Intrusion; Mesopores; Micropores; Thermal alteration

Indexed keywords

ILLINOIS BASIN; INTRUSION; MESOPORES; MICROPORES; THERMAL ALTERATION;

BITUMINOUS COAL; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL INDUSTRY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; HYDROGEN; LEVEES; MICROPOROSITY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POROSITY; SORPTION; SULFUR;

COAL;

BITUMINOUS COAL; COAL SEAM; DIKE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; OPTICAL PROPERTY; THERMAL ALTERATION; THERMOCHEMISTRY; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

ILLINOIS BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58249083790     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2008.05.014     Document Type: Article

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