UNIVERSITY MÜNSTER
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HISTORY OF PALAEOZOIC
FORESTS
COAL
Coal has long been and still is one of the most important fossil fuels. The industrial revolution and the development of important industrial centres are strongly connected with occurrences of this natural resource. This is, on its turn, the product of plant life in earlier periods of the Earth's history. The links below give some information on coal and the analysis of its microscopic constituents.
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| Coal Information Page | Kentucky Geological Survey |
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| An Illustrated Guide to Organic Matter in Sediments | G. Cooper, Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia |
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| An Illustrated Guide to Vitrinite Reflectance | G. Cooper, Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia |
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| Coal: an introduction | L. Gammidge, School of Geosciences, Univ. Newcastle, Australia |
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| Atlas of coal macerals | L. Gammidge, School of Geosciences, Univ. Newcastle, Australia |
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| Coal Tutorial - Coal and Coal Maceral Research | Gary Dyrkacz, Argonne National Laboratories, USA |
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| Petrographic Atlas of Coals, Cokes, Chars, Carbons & Graphites | J.C. Crelling, Coal Research Center & Dept. Geology, Carbondale |
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The last check of the list of links was done on 25 November 2002. The links give the most direct connections to illustrations available on the web. The above ratings are of course subjective but should be helpful for finding the fastest way to good pictures on the web. Although links are checked regularly, some may be outdated due to rapid changes of web addresses. Suggestions for improvement and hints to other internet resources are most welcome |
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updated: November 2002
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