Peat in modern swamps mimics coal origins 300 M years ago

Technical Report · Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:5409009

Given, P H; Ryan, N J; Rhoads, C A; Spackman, W; Stout, S; Painter, P C; Boon, J J; de Leeuw, J W; Pugmire, R J; Alemany, L

Peat swamps can provide excellent models of ancient coal-forming processes. Peats of differing salinity and vegetational cover exhibit different trends of chemistry with depth, which have been studied in order to clarify ideas of coal origins. Thus changes with depth of phenolic structures determined by pyrolysis/gas chromatography/mass spectrometry reflect changes in plant source and partial microbial degradation of lignin, which will be reflected in the structure of coals that may form later. 12 refs., 3 figs.

• Research Organization: Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park (USA). Coll. of Earth and Mineral Sciences; FOM-Instituut voor Atoom-en Molecuulfysica, Amsterdam (Netherlands); Technische Hogeschool Delft (Netherlands); Utah Univ., Salt Lake City (USA). Dept. of Fuels Engineering
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-81ER10988
• OSTI ID: 5409009
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/10988-3; ON: DE85017606
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ORIGIN
BIODEGRADATION
CELLULOSE
COALIFICATION
DRILL CORES
FOURIER TRANSFORMATION
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY
INFRARED SPECTRA
LIGNIN
MASS SPECTROSCOPY
NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE
PEAT
PHENOLS
POLYSACCHARIDES
PYROLYSIS
SWAMPS
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
AROMATICS
CARBOHYDRATES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHROMATOGRAPHY
DECOMPOSITION
ECOSYSTEMS
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INTEGRAL TRANSFORMATIONS
MAGNETIC RESONANCE
MINERAL RESOURCES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC MATTER
RESONANCE
RESOURCES
SACCHARIDES
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SPECTRA
SPECTROSCOPY
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TRANSFORMATIONS
WETLANDS
011000* - Coal
Lignite
& Peat- Reserves
Geology
& Exploration