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COMPONENT COAL [1 record]

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Record 1 2017-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

A petrographic entity, recognizable visually as a band or layer of coal that has distinctive physical appearance and characteristic microstructural features from coal to coal.

CONT

Thiessen recognized three components of banded bituminous coals - anthraxylon, attritus, and fusain.

OBS

The term component is somewhat comparable with the term microlithotype of the Stopes-Heerlem Nomenclature.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Unité pétrographique reconnaissable à l'œil nu, sous forme de strates ou de lits de charbon. Son aspect extérieur est spécifique et sa microstructure distinctive.

Spanish

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