Thermal transformation of organic matter in coal waste from Rymer Cones (Upper Silesian Coal Basin, Poland)

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 343-358

  Misz Kennan, Magdalena ^a   Fabianska, Monika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biomarker parameters; Coal wastes; GC MS; Organic matter; PAHs; Self heating

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CHANGE; COAL MINING; COAL WASTES; COKE PARTICLES; COMPLEMENTARY DATA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; HEATING PROCESS; HOPANES; LIPTINITES; MACERAL COMPOSITION; MACERALS; N-ALKANES; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYCYLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; POTENTIAL HAZARDS; PYROLYSATES; PYROLYTIC CONDITION; SELF-COMBUSTION; SELF-HEATING; SILESIAN COALS; SLOW HEATING; THERMAL DESTRUCTION; THERMAL TRANSFORMATIONS; UNDERGROUND WATER; VITRINITES;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COAL; COAL INDUSTRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROUNDWATER; HEATING; LEACHING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; PHENOLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; WASTE INCINERATION;

COAL COMBUSTION;

BIOMARKER; COAL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEATING; MACERAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC MATTER; PAH; PETROGRAPHY; PHENOL; SILESIAN; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

POLAND;

EID: 77950628980     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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