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Title: Coal from the swash zone - Herrin (no. 11) coal in western Kentucky

Abstract

The Herrin is typically a bright, banded coal, with abundant vitrain and bright clarain, and has a parting, the ''blue band,'' in the lower third of the seam. Herrin coal from a core in the transition zone, however, is largely a coarse breccia with calcite cement. The blue band is present in its usual position as a slickensided clay rather than as indurated siltstone as at nearby sites. A fossiliferous limestone is present in the upper third of the seam. Breccia lithotypes are duller than would be expected in the Herrin coal, but do include fragments with appearance of vitrain and bright clarain. Microscopically, however, the predominate macerals of the lithotypes are not vitrinite, as would be expected, but rather semifusinite. Vitrinite group macerals are frequently ''pseudovitrinite'' or forms showing signs of degradation. The presence of limestone ''offshore'' and as a parting within the coal and the pervasive calcite cementing between breccia fragments points to the strong influence of marine conditions on the peat. Nonbrecciated bands indicate that at least some of the seam is autochthonous. The breccia suggest a high-energy environment where peat fragments were ripped up in place or transported in from elsewhere. Any peat transport was probablymore » along the strike of the transition zone. The peat was oxidized during fragmentation and transport, resulting in alteration of humic macerals to semifusinite and fusinite.« less

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington
OSTI Identifier:
6577059
Report Number(s):
CONF-8405216-
Journal ID: CODEN: AAPGB
Resource Type:
Conference
Journal Name:
Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., Bull.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 68:4; Conference: AAPG annual convention, San Antonio, TX, USA, 20 May 1984
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; COAL DEPOSITS; GEOLOGY; KENTUCKY; DEPOSITION; LIMESTONE; MACERALS; PEAT; CARBONATE ROCKS; ENERGY SOURCES; FEDERAL REGION IV; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS; MINERAL RESOURCES; NORTH AMERICA; ORGANIC MATTER; RESOURCES; ROCKS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; USA; 011000* - Coal, Lignite, & Peat- Reserves, Geology, & Exploration

Citation Formats

Hower, J C, Neuder, G L, Graese, A M, and Trinkle, E J. Coal from the swash zone - Herrin (no. 11) coal in western Kentucky. United States: N. p., 1984. Web.
Hower, J C, Neuder, G L, Graese, A M, & Trinkle, E J. Coal from the swash zone - Herrin (no. 11) coal in western Kentucky. United States.
Hower, J C, Neuder, G L, Graese, A M, and Trinkle, E J. 1984. "Coal from the swash zone - Herrin (no. 11) coal in western Kentucky". United States.
@article{osti_6577059,
title = {Coal from the swash zone - Herrin (no. 11) coal in western Kentucky},
author = {Hower, J C and Neuder, G L and Graese, A M and Trinkle, E J},
abstractNote = {The Herrin is typically a bright, banded coal, with abundant vitrain and bright clarain, and has a parting, the ''blue band,'' in the lower third of the seam. Herrin coal from a core in the transition zone, however, is largely a coarse breccia with calcite cement. The blue band is present in its usual position as a slickensided clay rather than as indurated siltstone as at nearby sites. A fossiliferous limestone is present in the upper third of the seam. Breccia lithotypes are duller than would be expected in the Herrin coal, but do include fragments with appearance of vitrain and bright clarain. Microscopically, however, the predominate macerals of the lithotypes are not vitrinite, as would be expected, but rather semifusinite. Vitrinite group macerals are frequently ''pseudovitrinite'' or forms showing signs of degradation. The presence of limestone ''offshore'' and as a parting within the coal and the pervasive calcite cementing between breccia fragments points to the strong influence of marine conditions on the peat. Nonbrecciated bands indicate that at least some of the seam is autochthonous. The breccia suggest a high-energy environment where peat fragments were ripped up in place or transported in from elsewhere. Any peat transport was probably along the strike of the transition zone. The peat was oxidized during fragmentation and transport, resulting in alteration of humic macerals to semifusinite and fusinite.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6577059}, journal = {Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., Bull.; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 68:4,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1984},
month = {Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1984}
}

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