The geochemistry of environmentally important trace elements in UK coals, with special reference to the Parkgate coal in the Yorkshire-Nottinghamshire Coalfield, UK

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 80, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 157-166

  Spears, D A ^a   Tewalt, S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal; Environment; Marine influence; Pyrite composition; Pyrite formation; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CLAY FRACTIONS; COAL FIELDS; ENVIRONMENT; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH SULPHUR; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MARINE INFLUENCE; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC SOURCES; PYRITE COMPOSITION; PYRITE FORMATION; REGRESSION EQUATION; TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; YORKSHIRES;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CESIUM; CHROMIUM; CLAY MINERALS; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL INDUSTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GALLIUM; GERMANIUM; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); NIOBIUM; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PYRITES; RUBIDIUM; SCANDIUM; SEAWATER; SULFUR; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; TIN; TRACE ANALYSIS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COAL; COAL SEAM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC MATTER; PYRITE; SEAWATER; SULFUR; TRACE ELEMENT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NOTTINGHAMSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; YORKSHIRE;

EID: 70449523344     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2009.08.010     Document Type: Article

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