Peat depositional environments, the sites where and conditions under which peat
accumulates, significantly influence a resultant coal's physical properties, chemical …

This article addresses the fundamental difference between coal rank and coal type. While
theoretically settled long ago as being different aspects of coal systems science, the two …

Aluminum-hydroxide (boehmite and diaspore)-, Ga-, REY (rare earth elements and Y)-, and
Al-rich Pennsylvanian Taiyuan Formation coals have previously been found in the Jungar …

The Early Cretaceous Wulantuga high-Ge coal deposit in Inner Mongolia is one of the major
coal-hosted Ge deposits in China. This paper reports new data on the petrological …

The petrological, geochemical, and mineralogical compositions of the coal-hosted Jurassic
uranium ore deposit in the Yili Basin of **njiang province, northwestern China, were …

Organic carbon burial plays a critical role in Earth systems, influencing atmospheric O2 and
CO2 concentrations and, thereby, climate. The Carboniferous Period of the Paleozoic is so …

Siderite is a common carbonate mineral in coal and usually contains geochemical
indications (elemental associations and isotopic compositions) for sedimentary …

The Late Permian coals in the Heshan Coalfield of southern China are preserved within
marine carbonate successions and characterized by super-high organic sulfur (5.13 …

To better understand the formation mechanism of coal-hosted Ge ore deposits, this paper
reports on the petrological, mineralogical, and geochemical compositions of the low-Ge …

Paleo-wildfires are of great significance in the study of paleomire ecosystems. The products
of such fires preserved in paleomires can provide detailed information for the reconstruction …