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CHARBON SAPROPELIQUE [1 record]

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Record 1 2005-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining of Organic Materials
  • Solid Fossil Fuels
DEF

Coal that is derived from organic residues (finely divided plant material, spores, algae) in stagnant or standing bodies of water.

CONT

The main types of sapropelic coal are cannel coal, boghead coal and torbanite. Sapropelic coals are high in volatiles, generally, dull, massive, and relatively uncommon.

OBS

Putrefaction under anaerobic conditions rather than peatification is the formative process [of sapropelic coals].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation de matières organiques (Mines)
  • Combustibles fossiles solides
DEF

Charbon d'Algues, donnant à la distillation des hydrocarbures analogues aux pétroles.

OBS

cannel coal : Charbon sapropélique riche en spores [qui] brûle avec une longue flamme fumeuse [...]

Spanish

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