Sedimentology of Coal and Coal-Bearing Sequences

Copyright © 1984 The International Association of Sedimentologists

Sedimentology of Coal and Coal-Bearing Sequences

Editor(s): R. A. Rahmani, R. M. Flores

Published Online: 28 APR 2009

Print ISBN: 9780632012862

Online ISBN: 9781444303797

DOI: 10.1002/9781444303797

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      Front Matter (pages i–vii)

    1. Sedimentology of Coal and Coal-Bearing Sequences of North America: A Historical Review (pages 3–10)

      R. A. Rahmani and Romeo M. Flores

  3. General Coal Depositional Models

    1. Depositional Environments of Coal and Coal-Bearing Strata (pages 11–42)

      Peter J. McCabe

    2. Petrographic Composition and Sulphur Content of Coals Associated with Alluvial Fans in the Permian Sydney and Gunnedah Basins, Eastern Australia (pages 43–60)

      J. W. Hunt and D. K. Hobday

    3. Lacustrine-Interdeltaic Coal in the Fort Union Formation (Palaeocene), Powder River Basin, Wyoming and Montana, U.S.A. (pages 61–84)

      W. B. Ayers and W. R. Kaiser

    4. Anastomosed and Associated Coal-Bearing Fluvial Deposits: Upper Tongue River Member, Palaeocene Fort Union Formation, Northern Powder River Basin, Wyoming, U.S.A. (pages 85–103)

      Romeo M. Flores and John H. Hanley

    5. Coal Deposition in an Anastomosing-Fluvial System: The Pennsylvanian Cumberland Group South of Joggins, Nova Scotia, Canada (pages 105–120)

      Brian R. Rust, Martin R. Gibling and Andrew S. Legun

    6. Fluvial Models of the Lower Permian Coal Measures of Son-Mahanadi and Koel-Damodar Valley Basins, India (pages 121–147)

      Satyendra M. Casshyap and Ram C. Tewari

    7. Development of Permian Fluvial Coal Measures, Goonyella, Australia (pages 149–162)

      D. P. Johnson

    8. An Upper Cretaceous Fluvio-Lacustrine Coal-Bearing Sequence, Red Deer Area, Alberta, Canada (pages 163–176)

      John R. Nurkowski and R. A. Rahmani

    9. Relationship of Fluviodeltaic Facies to Coal Deposition in the Lower Fort Union Formation (Palaeocene), South-Western North Dakota (pages 177–195)

      Edward S. Belt, Romeo M. Flores, Peter D. Warwick, Kevin M. Conway, Kirk R. Johnson and Robert S. Waskowitz

    10. Lithologic Relationships of the Upper Cretaceous Gibson-Stratigraphic Interval: Gallup Coal Field, New Mexico, U.S.A. (pages 197–215)

      V. V. Cavaroc and R. M. Flores

    11. Transgressive-Regressive Cycles and the Occurrence of Coal in Some Upper Cretaceous Strata of Utah, U.S.A. (pages 217–227)

      Thomas A. Ryer

  4. Depositional Models of Modern Peats

    1. The Okefenokee Swamp: A Low Sulphur End-Member of a Shoreline-Related Depositional Model for Coastal Plain Coals (pages 229–240)

      Arthur D. Cohen

    2. Sedimentology of Fraser River Delta Peat Deposits: A Modern Analogue for Some Deltaic Coals (pages 241–271)

      W. B. Styan and R. M. Bustin

  5. Applications of Coal Depositional Models to Mining Problems

    1. Depositional Controls of Mineable Coal Bodies (pages 273–289)

      J. C. Ferm and J. R. Staub

    2. Crevasse Splay Deposits and Roof-Rock Quality in the Threequarters Seam (Carboniferous) in the East Midlands Coalfield, U.K. (pages 291–308)

      Paul D. Guion

    3. The Leslie Cemetery and Francisco Distributary Fluvial Channels in the Petersburg Formation (Pennsylvanian) of Gibson County, Indiana, U.S.A. (pages 309–315)

      Donald L. Eggert

    4. Geologic Controls on Deposition of the Pratt Seam, Black Warrior Basin, Alabama, U.S.A. (pages 317–330)

      G. A. Weisenfluh and J. C. Ferm

  6. Coal Composition and Depositional Environments

    1. Coal Microlithotypes Related to Sedimentary Environments in the Cooper Basin, Australia (pages 331–347)

      Michelle Smyth

    2. Petrography of the Middle Pennsylvanian Upper Elkhorn No. 3 Coal of Eastern Kentucky, U.S.A. (pages 349–360)

      Eric J. Trinkle and James C. Hower

    3. Sulphur Concentration in the Japanese Palaeogene Coal (pages 361–371)

      Toshio Shimoyama

  7. Sedimentary Tectonics of Coal Basins

    1. The Tectonic Control for Sedimentation of Coal-Bearing Sequences in East China (pages 373–385)

      Miao Fen

    2. Sedimentation and Tectonic Evolution of Late Mesozoic Faulted Coal Basins in North-Eastern China (pages 387–406)

      Li Sitian, Li Baofang, Yang Shigong, Huang Jiafu and Li Zhen

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      Index (pages 407–412)

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