British Columbia exports about 25 million tonnes per year of metallurgical coal from two coalfields, which follow the Rocky Mountains along the eastern edge of the Province. In the north there are two mines in the Peace River coal&Id and in the south, five mines in the east Kootenay coalfields (Figure I). The east Kootenay coalfields are divided into the Elk Valley, Crowsnest and Flathead field...

The Benue Trough Basin (BTB) of Nigeria is geologically and geo-morphologically subdivided into upper, middle, lower segments. BTB the subject geological research due to its rich coal deposits that have potential for oil gas. purpose present study examine origins, depositional environments, thermal history selected coals processes influence their quality. Coal samples from different open cast m...

Daerah penelitian berada pada Desa Tanjung Belit, Kabupaten Dharmasraya, Sumatera Barat yang termasuk dalam Cekungan Selatan, Sub-Cekungan Jambi. Metode berupa pemetaan dan pengambilan conto sampel batubara dilakukan sebagai dasar analisa maseral piroksimat. Berdasarkan dari hasil analisis maseral, daerah dapat dibedakan menjadi dua seam batubara, yaitu Seam A B. Hasil RV (Refletan Vitrinite), ...

The organic-rich shale of the Upper Cretaceous Qingshankou Formation is an important hydrocarbon source rock in Northeast China. In this study, taking lacustrine as example, geochemical analysis, including total organic carbon (TOC), Rock-Eval pyrolysis, maceral compositions, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and biomarker analyses, were carried out on twenty-four samples to evaluate geochemistry enviro...