Petrographic characteristics and depositional environment of Miocene Çan coals, Çanakkale-Turkey

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 143-160

  Gürdal, Gülbin ^a   Bozcu, Mustafa ^a  

^a ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

an Basin; Coal facies; Coal petrography; Depositional environment; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ASH CONTENTS; CLASTIC SEDIMENTS; CLASTICS; COAL CHARACTERISTICS; COAL FACIES; COAL SAMPLE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; HUMIC COALS; HUMINITE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; INERTINITE; LIGNITE SEAMS; LIPTINITES; MACERAL COMPOSITION; MACERAL GROUPS; MINERAL CONTENT; MIOCENE; OPEN PIT MINES; PETROGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; PETROGRAPHIC EXAMINATIONS; SUBBITUMINOUS COAL; SULPHUR CONTENT; TURKEY; VEGETATION INDEX; VOLATILE MATTERS; XRD ANALYSIS;

BITUMINOUS COAL; CALORIFIC VALUE; CLAY MINERALS; COAL MINES; GROUNDWATER; LIGNITE; MICA; OPEN PIT MINING; PETROGRAPHY; QUARTZ; SILICATE MINERALS; SULFUR; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

COAL INDUSTRY;

COAL MINE; COAL SEAM; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; LIGNITE; MACERAL; MIOCENE; OPEN PIT MINE; PETROGRAPHY; SEDIMENTATION; SUBBITUMINOUS COAL; VEGETATION INDEX;

CANAKKALE [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 78650677939     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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