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Depth-Volatile Relations in Coalfields

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

R. P. Suggate
R. P. Suggate
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(New Zealand Geological Survey, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Zealand) Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Geological Survey, Christchurch, N.Z.
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Abstract

General considerations relating to the use of analyses for determining depth-volatile relations in coalfields are discussed. New evidence from New Zealand is presented and British evidence reviewed. A maximum rate of downward decrease of volatiles is inferred at 23 per cent volatiles, and a depth-volatile band from 42 to 5 per cent volatiles is presented. British coalfield sequences fit the band, rendering unnecessary the complex geological explanations for differing rates of downward decrease of volatiles given by previous authors. Tectonic pressure is rejected in favour of depth of burial as a cause of rank differences.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 93 , Issue 3 , June 1956 , pp. 201 - 217
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1956

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