| Abstract: | The number or types of origins of the components of a coal bed cannot be determined from its bulk composition. Minerals such as quartz, calcite, and pyrite as well as macerals such as vitrinite can originate from a variety of processes that result from different depositional conditions. The Upper Freeport coal bed was studied and characterized by sampling and analyzing its mappable subunits (facies) over a 120-sq mi area in west-central Pennsylvania. The study was based on field description of mine faces and description of X-ray radiographs of core. A geochemical model proposed for the origin of facies of the Upper Freeport coal bed is consistent with interpretations of modern peat formation resulting from the interaction of climate, plant types, rainfall, ground water geochemistry, nutrient supply, and sedimentation. This model provides a means to evaluate and predict more precisely the variability of a coal resource‘s quality. |
| Genre: | Conference Paper |
| ProdID: | 70013100 |
| Citation Author: | Stanton, R. W.; Cecil, C. B.; Pierce, B. S.; Ruppert, L. F.; Dulong, F. T. |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | GEOLOGIC PROCESSES AFFECTING THE QUALITY OF THE UPPER FREEPORT COAL BED, WEST-CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.; 1985; Conference Paper; Stanton, R. W.; Cecil, C. B.; Pierce, B. S.; Ruppert, L. F.; Dulong, F. T. |
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| Text: | GEOLOGIC PROCESSES AFFECTING THE QUALITY OF THE UPPER FREEPORT COAL BED, WEST-CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.; 1985; Conference Paper; Stanton, R. W.; Cecil, C. B.; Pierce, B. S.; Ruppert, L. F.; Dulong, F. T. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| Date Other: | Tue, 1 Jan 1985 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | Univ of Pittsburgh |
