Late Cretaceous coal overlying karstic bauxite deposits in the Parnassus-Ghiona Unit, Central Greece: Coal characteristics and depositional environment

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 211-226

  Kalaitzidis, Stavros ^a,d   Siavalas, George ^a   Skarpelis, Nikos ^b   Araujo, Carla Viviane ^c   Christanis, Kimon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^d BHP BILLITON   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coal; Depositional environment; Greece; Karstic bauxite; Mesozoic

Indexed keywords

COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; DEPOSITS; KEROGEN; LIME; OIL SHALE; PLANTS (BOTANY); PYRITES; REFLECTION; SOLVENTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

COAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GREECE; KARSTIC; MARINE TRANSGRESSION; MESOZOIC; ORGANIC MATTER DEGRADATIONS; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

BAUXITE DEPOSITS;

BAUXITE; COAL; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; KARST; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDATION; PEAT;

GREECE;

ALGAE; PERA;

EID: 77950690604     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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