Revisiting the late Permian coal from the Huayingshan, Sichuan, southwestern China: Enrichment and occurrence modes of minerals and trace elements

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 122, Issue , 2014, Pages 110-128

  Dai, Shifeng ^a   Luo, Yangbing ^a   Seredin, Vladimir V ^b   Ward, Colin R ^c   Hower, James C ^d   Zhao, Lei ^a   Liu, Shande ^a   Zhao, Cunliang ^a   Tian, Heming ^e   Zou, Jianhua ^e  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Hydrothermal fluid; Late Permian coal; Minerals in coal; Terrigenous material; Trace elements in coal; Volcanic ash

Indexed keywords

ELEMENTS IN COALS; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; LATE PERMIAN COAL; MINERALS IN COALS; VOLCANIC ASH;

COAL DEPOSITS; FILLING; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SULFIDE MINERALS; ZIRCON; ZIRCONIUM;

COAL;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COAL; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PERMIAN; SELENIUM; SOURCE ROCK; SULFIDE GROUP; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLCANIC ASH;

CHINA; HUAYING MOUNTAINS; SICHUAN;

EID: 84892851497     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2013.12.016     Document Type: Article

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