Mineralogy of the volcanic-influenced Great Northern coal seam in the Sydney Basin, Australia

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 94, Issue , 2012, Pages 94-110

  Zhao, Lei ^a   Ward, Colin R ^a   French, David ^b   Graham, Ian T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Inorganic geochemistry; Mineral matter; Permian; Tonsteins

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; AUTHIGENIC; CLAYSTONES; COAL SEAMS; CROSS-CUTTING; DOMINANT MECHANISM; HIGH TEMPERATURE; K-FELDSPAR; LOW-TEMPERATURE HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; MINERAL MATTERS; PERMIAN; QUANTITATIVE X RAY DIFFRACTION; SANIDINES; TONSTEINS; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC MATERIALS;

CLAY; COAL DEPOSITS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FELDSPAR; KAOLINITE; MINERALOGY; QUARTZ; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VOLCANOES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

MINERALS;

CLAYSTONE; COAL SEAM; FELDSPAR; FLUID INJECTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; KAOLINITE; MINERALOGY; PERMIAN; QUARTZ; VOLCANIC ASH;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY BASIN;

EID: 84859966068     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2011.09.010     Document Type: Article

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