Modes of occurrence of trace and minor elements in some Australian coals

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 94, Issue , 2012, Pages 214-224

  Riley, K W ^a   French, D H ^a   Farrell, O P ^a   Wood, R A ^a   Huggins, F E ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Australian coals; Element speciation; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ELEMENT SPECIATION; MINOR ELEMENTS; NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; SSBAUER SPECTROSCOPIES; X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURES; XANES;

ANTIMONY; BISMUTH; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY (METAL); TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

COAL;

COAL; MINERAL; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 84860004819     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2011.06.011     Document Type: Article

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