Mineralogy and petrography of iron-rich slags and paralavas formed by spontaneous coal combustion, Rotowaro coalfield, North Island, New Zealand

GSA Reviews in Engineering Geology

Volumn 18, Issue , 2007, Pages 117-131

  Masalehdani, M Naze Nancy ^a   Black, Philippa M ^b   Kobe, Huldrych W ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Combustion metamorphism; High temperature minerals; Iron rich slag; Paralava; Spontaneous coal fire

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; FELDSPAR; GLASS; HEMATITE; IRON ORES; MAGNETITE; OXIDATION; PETROGRAPHY; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SLAGS; SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION; TEXTURES;

COAL FIRES; HIGH TEMPERATURE MINERALS; IRON ENRICHMENT; IRON RICH; OXIDATION STATE; PARALAVA; PARTIAL MELTING; TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE;

COAL COMBUSTION;

EID: 84902206920     PISSN: 00802018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.4118(08)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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