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CHARBON HUMIQUE [3 records]

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Record 1 2012-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Origins and Composition of Coal
DEF

A coal whose attritus is composed mainly of transparent humic degradation material.

OBS

Depending on the origin, coals have been grouped in to (a) sapropelic coal, and (b) humic coals ... Unlike sapropelic coals the humic coals are banded in character and the constituent bands are distinct in their physical appearance. Humic coals have a series of rank starting from wood-peat-lignite-bituminous coal to anthracite. In humic coals, the remains of wood and bark predominate. Over time, geological processes apply pressure to peat, which is transformed successively into the following ranks: lignite, ... subituminous coal, ... bituminous coal [and] anthracite.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Origine et constitution des charbons
DEF

Charbon formé de laies de brillance variée, alternées plus ou moins finement, résultant de l’accumulation de débris végétaux autochtones et hypautochtones plus ou moins importants.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

... the attritus of ordinary humic coal, which is ordinarily composed largely of transparent humic matter, with spores, cuticles, resins, and opaque matter in minor proportions.

OBS

As opposed to "opaque attritus."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Attritut du charbon humique normal, composé surtout de matière humique transparente(spores, cuticules, résines et, dans une moindre proportion, matière opaque).

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Classification of Coal
  • Mining of Organic Materials
DEF

Humic coal of subbituminous rank.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Classification des charbons
  • Exploitation de matières organiques (Mines)
DEF

Variété de charbon humique.

Spanish

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