European Coal Geology
Product code: SP082
Print publication date: 30/01/1995
Geological Society of London, GSL Special Publications, Earth Resources and Economic Geology
Binding: Hardback
ISBN: 9781897799192
Author/Edited by: Edited by M K G Whateley and D A Spears
Weight: 0.83kg
Number of pages: 500
Lyell Collection URL: https://www.lyellcollection.org/toc/sp/82/1
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Special Publication 82
Despite extensive closure of underground mines throughout the European Union, coal remains a major energy source and the growing energy demands of developing countries mean that the world's coal consumption continues to increase. The European Union has long-established coalfields and considerable research experience in coal exploitation and use, all of which will be important in the future development of coal. This volume covers many aspects of European coal geology and illustrates the depth and breadth of research from sedimentological, geochemical and exploration models, to exploration drilling and economic evaluation of coal deposits, on a local and country-wide scale, as well as the environmental aspects of coal burning and disposal of CO2. The book will fill a gap in the literature on regional coal deposits, having encouraged papers in which description of such deposits is specifically orientated towards the application of the research in the exploration for, exploitation of and environmental considerations required in the study of coal. The well-balanced content of the book should provide a particularly attractive read for those who seek an update on some of the coal deposits of Europe. Such an extensive spectrum of papers will appeal to a wide audience, ranging from researchers, lecturers and students to professionals in industry.
Preface
Exploration and evaluation techniques
FLINT, S., AITKEN, J. & HAMPSON, G. Application of sequence stratigraphy to coal-bearing coastal plain successions: implications for the UK Coal Measures
FULTON, I. M., GUION, P. D. & JONES, N. S. Application of sedimentology to the development and extraction of deep-mined coal
GUION, P. n., FULTON, I. i. & JONES, N. S. Sedimentary facies of the coal-bearing Westphalian A and B north of the Wales-Brabant High
HAMPSON, G. Discrimination of regionally extensive coals in the Upper Carboniferous of the Pennine Basin, UK using high resolution sequence stratigraphic concepts
HARRIS, I. H. Newly developed techniques to determine proportions of undersized (friable) coal during prospective site investigations
JONES, N. S., GUION, P. D. & FULTON, I. i. Sedimentology and its applications within the UK opencast coal mining industry
SPEARS, D. A. & LYONS, P. C. An update on British tonsteins
QUEROL, X. & CHENERY, S. Determination of trace element affinities in coal by laser ablation microprobe-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
Geophysical exploration
GOULTY, N. R. Review of borehole seismic methods developed for opencast coal exploration
Resources, environment and energy policies
KOUKOUZAS, C. & KOUKOUZAS, N. Coals of Greece: distribution, quality and reserves
MEREFIELD, K., STONE, I., JARMAN P., REES, G., ROBERTS, J., JONES, J. & DEAN, A. Environmental dust analysis in opencast mining areas
PESEK, J. & PESKOVA, J. Coal production and coal reserves of the Czech Republic and former Czechoslovakia
WRIGHT, P. European Community energy policy: import dependency and the ineffectual consensus
Case Histories
ALLEN, M. J. Exploration and exploitation of the East Pennine Coalfield
DREESEN, R., BOSSIROY, D., DUSAR, M., FLORES, R. M. & VERKAEREN, P. Overview of the influence of syn-sedimentary tectonics and palaeo-fluvial systems on coal seam and sand body characteristics in the Westphalian C strata, Campine Basin, Belgium
GAYER, R., HATHAWAY, T. & DAVIS, J. Structural geological factors in open pit coal mine design, with special reference to thrusting: case study from the Ffyndaff sites in the South Wales Coalfield
BAILY, H. E., GLOVER, B. W., HOLLOWAY, S. & YOUNG, S. R. Controls on coalbed methane prospectivity in Great Britain
OPLUSTIL, S. & VIZDAL, P. Pre-sedimentary palaeo-relief and compaction: controls of peat deposition and clastic sedimentation of the Radnice Member, Kladno Basin, Bohemia
READ, W. A. Sequence stratigraphy and lithofacies geometry in an early Namurian coal-bearing succession in central Scotland
TOMSCHEY, O. Unusual enrichment of U, Mo and V in an Upper Cretaceous coal seam of Hungary
WHATELEY, M. K. G. & TUNCALI, E. Origin and distribution of sulphur in the Neogene Beypazari Lignite Basin, Central Anatolia, Turkey
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