Compositional characteristics and inferred origin of three Late Pennsylvanian coal beds from the northern Appalachian Basin

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 399, Issue , 2006, Pages 197-222

  Eble, Cortland F ^a   Grady, William C ^b   Pierce, Brenda S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachian; Coal; Geochemistry; Palynology; Petrography

Indexed keywords

CARBONACEOUS SHALE; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; FORESTRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; NATURAL GAS WELLS; SULFUR;

APPALACHIAN; APPALACHIAN BASIN; COAL COMPOSITION; COMPOSITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; COMPOSITIONAL DIFFERENCE; PALYNOLOGY; PENNSYLVANIAN COALS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS;

PETROGRAPHY;

BONE; COAL SEAM; GEOCHEMISTRY; GYMNOSPERM; MIRE; PALYNOLOGY; PENNSYLVANIAN; PETROGRAPHY; POLLEN; TREE; VITRINITE;

APPALACHIAN BASIN; PENNSYLVANIA; PITTSBURGH; UNITED STATES;

CRASSISPORA KOSANKEI; FILICOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; LAEVIGATOSPORITES MINIMUS; PUNCTATISPORITES MINUTUS; SIGILLARIA; THYMOSPORA;

EID: 70349587208     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.2399(10)     Document Type: Article

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