A critical re-examination of the petrology of the No. 5 Block coal in eastern Kentucky with special attention to the origin of inertinite macerals in the splint lithotypes

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 98, Issue , 2012, Pages 41-49

  Richardson, Allison R ^a,d   Eble, Cortland F ^b   Hower, James C ^a   O'Keefe, Jennifer M K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Degradation; Durain; Fungi; Inertinite; Pennsylvanian

Indexed keywords

APPALACHIANS; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; BLOCK COAL; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; DURAIN; EASTERN KENTUCKY; FECAL PELLETS; INERTINITE; MACERALS; PENNSYLVANIAN; PLANT MATERIAL; PLANT TISSUES; WOOD DEGRADATION;

COAL DEPOSITS; DEGRADATION; FUNGI; PETROGRAPHY; TISSUE;

COAL;

BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; COAL SEAM; CONGLOMERATE; DEGRADATION; FUNGUS; INSECT; LITHOTYPE; MACERAL; MITE; PENNSYLVANIAN; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLOGY; PLANT;

APPALACHIANS; KENTUCKY; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; FUNGI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84861006116     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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