Origin of minerals and elements in the Late Permian coals, tonsteins, and host rocks of the Xinde Mine, Xuanwei, eastern Yunnan, China

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 121, Issue , 2014, Pages 53-78

  Dai, Shifeng ^a   Li, Tian ^a,b   Seredin, Vladimir V ^c   Ward, Colin R ^d   Hower, James C ^e   Zhou, Yiping ^f   Zhang, Mingquan ^f   Song, Xiaolin ^f   Song, Weijiao ^a   Zhao, Cunliang ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHONGQING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY OF ORE DEPOSITS   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^f Yunnan Institute of Coal Geology Prospection   (China)

Author keywords

Late Permian coal; Minerals in coal; Tonsteins, elements in coal; Xuanwei of eastern Yunnan

Indexed keywords

EASTERN YUNNAN; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; ELEMENTS IN COALS; GEOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; LATE PERMIAN COAL; MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITIONS; MINERALS IN COALS; VOLCANIC ASH GENERATIONS;

BARITE; BITUMINOUS COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; CONCRETE AGGREGATES; FLOORS; KAOLINITE; MICA; MINERALS; QUARTZ; ROOFS; SEDIMENTS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; VOLCANOES; ZINC SULFIDE; ZIRCONIUM;

MINE ROOF CONTROL;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COAL; GEOCHEMISTRY; HOST ROCK; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; ILLITE; MINERALOGY; PERMIAN; SMECTITE; SULFUR; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLCANIC ASH;

CHINA; XUANWEI; YUNNAN;

EID: 84890095985     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2013.11.001     Document Type: Article

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