Coalification in Carboniferous sediments from the Lötschberg base tunnel

Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 651-658

  Williams, David J A ^a   Hofmann, Beda A ^b   Glasspool, Ian G ^c  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM DER BURGERGEMEINDE BERN   (Switzerland)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

C isotopes; Carboniferous coals; Coalification; Vitrinite reflectance

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACITE; ASH; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONIFEROUS; COALIFICATION; GRANITE; NAPPE; SHALE; VITRINITE; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE; VOLATILE ELEMENT;

AAR MASSIF; ALPS; BERNESE ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 59349094940     PISSN: 16618726     EISSN: 16618734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-008-1298-5     Document Type: Article

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