Peat or no peat: Why do the Rajang and Mahakam Deltas differ?

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 83, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 162-172

  Gastaldo, Robert A ^a  

^a University of Connecticut   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal; Kalimantan; Lignite; Sarawak; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

BEARING SEQUENCES; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; COASTAL PLAIN; COASTAL REGIONS; DELTA PLAIN; EAST MALAYSIA; EASTERN SIDE; HOLOCENES; INDONESIA; KALIMANTAN; MIXED LAYER; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC MATTER RECYCLING; PEAT ACCUMULATION; PLEISTOCENE; PORE WATERS; PROGRADATION; RIVER DELTAS; RIVER SYSTEMS; SARAWAK; SEDIMENT PROVENANCE; SOURCE ROCKS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STRATIGRAPHIC RECORDS; WATER TABLES; WESTERN SIDE;

AQUIFERS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLAY DEPOSITS; CLAY MINERALS; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL INDUSTRY; COASTAL ZONES; DEPOSITS; LIGNITE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS; STRATIGRAPHY; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER; WATER RECYCLING; WEATHERING;

PEAT;

CLAY MINERAL; COAL; COASTAL PLAIN; GLEYSOL; HOLOCENE; LIGNITE; PEAT; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SOURCE ROCK; WATER TABLE;

BORNEO; EAST KALIMANTAN; EAST MALAYSIA; INDONESIA; MAHAKAM DELTA; MALAYSIA; SARAWAK; SARAWAK RIVER;

EID: 77955304687     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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