Geochemistry of environmentally sensitive trace elements in Permian coals from the Huainan coalfield, Anhui, China

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-54

  Chen, Jian ^a,b   Liu, Guijian ^a,b   Jiang, Mengmeng ^a   Chou, Chen Lin ^c   Li, Hui ^a   Wu, Bin ^a   Zheng, Liugen ^a   Jiang, Dongdong ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Depositional environment; Distribution; Huainan coalfield; Modes of occurrence; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CHINA; COAL FIELDS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DISTRIBUTION; MODES OF OCCURRENCE;

ALUMINOSILICATES; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BARIUM; CARBONATE MINERALS; CHROMIUM; CLAY MINERALS; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; GEOCHEMISTRY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LEAD; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ROOFS; VANADIUM; ZINC SULFIDE;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

CARBONATE GROUP; CLAY MINERAL; COAL SEAM; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; MUDSTONE; PERMIAN; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANHUI; CHINA;

EID: 80053571279     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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