Thickness change involved in the peat-to- coal transformation for a bituminous coal of Cretaceous age in central Utah

Journal of Sedimentary Petrology
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Abstract

The ratio of the thicknesses of a layer of peat and the coal bed formed from that peat has been calculated for a bituminous coal bed in central Utah. The method used involves comparison of the thickness of peat eroded by a laterally migrating channel system with the thickness of coal now absent from the outcrop. The peat:coal thickness ratio calculated by this method is approximately 11:1.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Thickness change involved in the peat-to- coal transformation for a bituminous coal of Cretaceous age in central Utah
Series title Journal of Sedimentary Petrology
DOI 10.1306/212F7B44-2B24-11D7-8648000102C1865D
Volume 50
Issue 3
Year Published 1980
Language English
Publisher SEPM
Description 6 p.
First page 987
Last page 992
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