Thermal alterations of organic matter in coal wastes from Upper Silesia, Poland

Mineralogia

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 105-236

  Misz Kennan, Magdalena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

biomarkers; bitumens; coal wastes; dumps; macerals; pyrolysis; self heating

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959704433     PISSN: 18998291     EISSN: 18998526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10002-010-0001-4     Document Type: Article

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