The characteristics of coal reservoir pores and coal facies in Liulin district, Hedong coal field of China

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-127

  Zhang, Songhang ^a,b   Tang, Shuheng ^a   Tang, Dazhen ^a   Pan, Zhejun ^b   Yang, Fang ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coal pore size distribution; Coal rank; Coalbed methane; Facies control effect; Ordos Basin

Indexed keywords

COAL BED METHANE; COAL FACIES; COAL FIELDS; COAL PORES; COAL PROPERTIES; COAL RANKS; COAL RESERVOIRS; COAL SAMPLE; COALBED METHANE RESERVOIR; FRESH-WATER; GROUNDWATER LEVEL FLUCTUATION; MACERAL ANALYSIS; MACERALS; MERCURY POROSIMETRY; MICROPORES; MINERAL MATTERS; NITROGEN ADSORPTION; ORDOS BASIN; ORDOS BASIN , CHINA; PALEO-ENVIRONMENT; PEAT ACCUMULATION; PEAT SWAMPS; PRIMARY FACTORS; PROXIMATE ANALYSIS; SPECIFIC AREAS; STRUCTURE CHARACTERISTIC; VERTICAL VARIATION; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE; WORKING FACE;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL INDUSTRY; FIREDAMP; GAS ADSORPTION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; MERCURY (METAL); METAMORPHIC ROCKS; METHANE; PEAT; POLYACRYLONITRILES; PORE SIZE; PORE STRUCTURE; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WATER ANALYSIS; WETLANDS;

COAL;

COAL RANK; COALBED METHANE; COALIFICATION; FACIES ANALYSIS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PEATLAND; POROSITY; SEEPAGE; SWAMP FOREST;

CHINA; LIULIN; ORDOS BASIN; SHANXI;

EID: 73449146937     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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