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Trace element contamination in soils surrounding the open-cast coal mines of eastern Raniganj basin, India
Trace element pollution of soils surrounding coal-mining areas affects the health of local communities. The increasing coal-mining and associated activities in the Raniganj basin (east India) have led to incre...
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Soil pollution in Indian coal mines, available remediation techniques and rock dust application: A review
Soil pollution due to coal mining and its associative activities has become a serious environmental concern in India. The by-products of coal mining are often disposed directly to the bare lands, significantly...
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Structural and thermal properties of vitrain lithotype in coal-inferences from TG-DTG-DSC, Rock-Eval and X-ray diffraction
Vitrain is one of the most important lithotype for the end utilization of humic coals in relevant industries. In this work, we examine the thermal, structural and pyrolysis properties of vitrains, manually iso...
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Thermal Behavior of Some Indian Coals: Inferences from Simultaneous Thermogravimetry–Calorimetry and Rock–Eval
In this work, thermal behaviors of ten coal samples (across different thermal maturity levels) collected from five different open cast mines in the Jharia and Raniganj basins, India, were examined using differ...
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Source rock properties and pore structural framework of the gas-prone Lower Permian shales in the Jharia basin, India
This paper examines the source rock potential and pore structural framework of Lower Permian shales belonging to Barren Measures and Barakar Formations of Jharia basin, eastern India. The Jharia basin contains...
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Coal combustion analysis using Rock-Eval: importance of S4-Tpeak
The Rock-Eval technique has been conventionally used for source-rock analysis. In this work we document the importance of Rock-Eval S4 oxidation graphics and S4-Tpeak as indicators for coal reactivity and thermal...