Petrographic and geochemical characterization of coals from Tiru valley, Nagaland, NE India

Energy Exploration and Exploitation

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 171-192

  Singh, Prakash ^a   Singh, M ^a   Singh, Alok ^b   Naik, A ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b RAJIV GANDHI INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

coal petrography; depositional environment; geochemistry; Nagaland; Tiru Valley

Indexed keywords

BARAIL FORMATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; INERTINITE; LIPTINITES; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MACERAL GROUPS; MACERALS; NAGALAND; OLIGOCENE; SULPHATE REDUCING BACTERIA; SULPHUR CONTENT; SYSTEMATIC EXPLORATION; TIRU VALLEY; VITRINITES; VOLATILE MATTERS;

GEOCHEMISTRY; LANDFORMS; PETROGRAPHY;

COAL;

EID: 84860483205     PISSN: 01445987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/0144-5987.30.2.171     Document Type: Article

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