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Fluvial architectural style and stacking patterns in a high-accommodation coal-bearing succession: the upper Permian Newcastle Coal Measures, eastern Australia 澳大利亚东部上二叠统纽卡斯尔煤系高适应性含煤演替中的河流建筑风格和叠置模式
IF 5.6 2区 工程技术
International Journal of Coal Geology Pub Date : 2025-06-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2025.104829
Christopher R. Fielding, Stephen McLoughlin, Chris Mays, Allen P. Tevyaw, Tracy D. Frank
{"title":"Fluvial architectural style and stacking patterns in a high-accommodation coal-bearing succession: the upper Permian Newcastle Coal Measures, eastern Australia","authors":"Christopher R. Fielding, Stephen McLoughlin, Chris Mays, Allen P. Tevyaw, Tracy D. Frank","doi":"10.1016/j.coal.2025.104829","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2025.104829","url":null,"abstract":"The upper Permian Newcastle Coal Measures (NCM) host world-class coal resources in coastal New South Wales, Australia. They formed close to the foredeep axis of a developing retroarc foreland basin associated with the Hunter-Bowen contractional event. In addition to the typical coal-bearing lithological suite of mudrocks, heteroliths, sandstones, and coals (with several beds of volcanic ash), the NCM preserve numerous, linear bodies of conglomerate up to 100 m thick and 20 km wide that are anomalous in the context of paralic coal-bearing successions worldwide. Four facies associations are recognized: A) linear bodies of conglomerate, gravelly sandstone and sandstone, interpreted as the deposits of major coastal plain channels, B) interbedded mudrocks and sandstones, interpreted as the product of coastal plain floodplains and floodbasins, C) coals and coaly mudrocks, interpreted as the product of coastal plain mires, and D) massive and bedded tuffs, interpreted as the product of pyroclastic falls and flows from nearby stratovolcanoes. Despite having formed on a coastal plain during a time of known sea-level changes, no depositional sequences can be recognized in the NCM, due to high rates of accommodation and sediment supply. The repeated co-occurrence of southward-trending major channel belts across the Newcastle coalfield is attributed to the area being located in the axial foredeep of the basin. A new palaeogeographic reconstruction is proposed in which the northern Sydney Basin, in the late Permian, extended further northwards across what is now the southern New England Orogen, and the north-south-elongate basin was drained by continental scale, basin-axial river systems that carried significant volumes of gravel.","PeriodicalId":13864,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Coal Geology","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144337817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Evidence of solid bitumen and hydrocarbons in low thermal maturity Menilite shales from the Polish part of the Outer Carpathians 外喀尔巴阡山脉波兰部分低热成熟Menilite页岩中固体沥青和碳氢化合物的证据
IF 5.6 2区 工程技术
International Journal of Coal Geology Pub Date : 2025-06-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2025.104830
M. Waliczek, A. Zakrzewski, G. Machowski, G. Ząbek
{"title":"Evidence of solid bitumen and hydrocarbons in low thermal maturity Menilite shales from the Polish part of the Outer Carpathians","authors":"M. Waliczek,&nbsp;A. Zakrzewski,&nbsp;G. Machowski,&nbsp;G. Ząbek","doi":"10.1016/j.coal.2025.104830","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.coal.2025.104830","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study presents the results of microscopic and geochemical analyses of the Menilite Formation from the Polish part of the Outer Carpathians. Twelve Oligocene shales from the Central Carpathian Synclinorium of the Silesian Nappe were examined to evaluate the petrological characterization of the solid bitumen and other organic matter (OM), identify the hydrocarbon evidence in the analyzed samples, and to understand the hydrocarbon generation in low thermal maturity rocks. The OM dispersed in the analyzed Menilite Formation is mainly represented by alginite and bituminite-rich, oil-prone kerogen. The reflectance measurements of vitrinite (VR<sub>o</sub> %), solid bitumen (BR<sub>o</sub> %), and the values of the maturity biomarker parameter indicator revealed that the analyzed samples contain immature to early mature organic matter in terms of hydrocarbon generation. Three types of solid bitumen (SB) were noticed: dark brown, almost black in reflected white light with a scratchy or granular surface bitumen (GR), as well as two types of homogenous SB. One reflected shades of brown-orange when observed under UV light, while the other was a non-fluorescent, lighter gray in reflected white light. Solid bitumen appears in samples where the reflectance of vitrinite is equal to at least 0.43 % VR<sub>o</sub> and has the ability to reflect light from 0.26 to 0.32 % BR<sub>o</sub>. A strong correlation was found between lighter homogenous solid bitumen reflectance with vitrinite reflectance, CPI 25–31, and dinosterane distribution. The lack of a broad interrelation between geochemical parameters and vitrinite reflectance values was linked with different kerogen mixtures within the analyzed strata. Higher content of bacterial Type II kerogen prompted the generation of early-mature hydrocarbons, while higher input of Type I and/or III kerogen leads to a decrease in the scale of the phenomenon of early-mature hydrocarbons. In Menilite shales, the hydrocarbons are generated in the forms of oil droplets and oil exudates.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":13864,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Coal Geology","volume":"307 ","pages":"Article 104830"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144337816","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Modeling the spatial distribution of REEs and Li within two coal ash impoundments 两个煤灰库中稀土和锂的空间分布模拟
IF 5.6 2区 工程技术
International Journal of Coal Geology Pub Date : 2025-06-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2025.104826
Kalyn J. Tew , Rona J. Donahoe , Ibrahim G. Okunlola
{"title":"Modeling the spatial distribution of REEs and Li within two coal ash impoundments","authors":"Kalyn J. Tew ,&nbsp;Rona J. Donahoe ,&nbsp;Ibrahim G. Okunlola","doi":"10.1016/j.coal.2025.104826","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.coal.2025.104826","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Historical and newly acquired data are used to model the spatial variability of rare earth elements (REE), Sc, Y, and Li concentrations in two coal ash impoundments. Samples were collected using a limited sampling scheme and modeled in ArcGIS Pro for total REYSc, Ce, La, Sc, Y, Nd, and Li using 3-dimensional empirical Bayesian Kriging (EBK 3D). Although a higher sample density was modeled at Site 1, the composition of the ash is more variable and randomly distributed throughout the impoundment, resulting in poorly constrained models. At Site 2, the models better represent the spatial distributions of REYSc, Ce, La, Nd, and Li within the coal ash, which vary systematically from east to west, as well as with depth. These results demonstrate that EBK 3D offers a distinct and effective approach for modeling elemental concentrations in coal ash impoundments with limited sampling. Unlike traditional interpolation methods, EBK 3D accounts for spatial uncertainty and variability in three dimensions. It is particularly useful when ash remains undisturbed, the coal source is consistent, or the coal source transitions gradually. This approach introduces a novel methodology for evaluating the resource potential of impounded coal ash as an unconventional feedstock for critical elements.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":13864,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Coal Geology","volume":"307 ","pages":"Article 104826"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144307327","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Integrated stratigraphy of an upper miocene lignite-bearing succession based on wireline log, seismic and organic petrographic data in the Tiszapalkonya-1 core section, NE Hungary 基于电缆测井、地震和有机岩石学资料的匈牙利东北部Tiszapalkonya-1岩心段上中新世含褐煤序列综合地层学研究
IF 5.6 2区 工程技术
International Journal of Coal Geology Pub Date : 2025-06-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2025.104825
Katalin Sári , Mária Hámor-Vidó , Ernő Takács , Márton Bauer , Richard William McIntosh , Zoltán Püspöki
{"title":"Integrated stratigraphy of an upper miocene lignite-bearing succession based on wireline log, seismic and organic petrographic data in the Tiszapalkonya-1 core section, NE Hungary","authors":"Katalin Sári ,&nbsp;Mária Hámor-Vidó ,&nbsp;Ernő Takács ,&nbsp;Márton Bauer ,&nbsp;Richard William McIntosh ,&nbsp;Zoltán Püspöki","doi":"10.1016/j.coal.2025.104825","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.coal.2025.104825","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>An intriguing problem of the Upper Miocene stratigraphy in the Pannonian Basin is the correlation of marginal lignite-bearing units to the thick siliciclastic succession in the basin centre; however, it is inevitable in the stratigraphic investigation of the Jászság Basin, necessitated by a regional scale hydrogeological study. An essential precondition of this investigation is integrating data from lignite and hydrocarbon research of very different scales. The Tiszapalkonya-1 long core traversing the lignite-bearing succession across 1300 m enabled this data integration, as (i) it was measured by wireline logs, (ii) its lignite samples were subjected to laboratory and coal petrological analyses and (iii) the logs can be correlated with seismic sections.</div><div>Three lignite-bearing units were identified in the section. According to lithological and organic petrological data, the lower represents mostly floodplain conditions with intermediate complex and marsh. The middle indicates a change from aquatic to unbalanced wet forest swamp, floodplain. In the upper unit more stable, balanced accumulation could develop. The density log proved to be a reliable proxy on the occurrence and ash content of peat-forming environments, and the lignite-bearing units occur as autonomous seismic facies based on their higher seismic amplitude. These enable the basin-scale tracking of the identified lignite-bearing units. A log-based multi-proxy time-series analysis revealed regular cycles in the succession but raised some necessity of re-consideration of the existing magnetostratigraphy of the section. The density log gained eminent cyclostratigraphic potential due to the sensitivity of the “coal window” to climate changes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":13864,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Coal Geology","volume":"307 ","pages":"Article 104825"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144263080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Nanoporosity of graptolite periderm by atomic force microscopy (AFM): A case study from the Baltic Basin, Poland 原子力显微镜(AFM)对笔石周缘纳米孔隙度的研究:以波兰波罗的海盆地为例
IF 5.6 2区 工程技术
International Journal of Coal Geology Pub Date : 2025-06-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2025.104816
Rafał Morga , Roman Wrzalik
{"title":"Nanoporosity of graptolite periderm by atomic force microscopy (AFM): A case study from the Baltic Basin, Poland","authors":"Rafał Morga ,&nbsp;Roman Wrzalik","doi":"10.1016/j.coal.2025.104816","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.coal.2025.104816","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>To date, the pore system of graptolite periderm in shales with thermal maturity at the transition phase from the oil to the gas window has been poorly researched and understood. It was also not clear whether the graptolite periderm develops secondary pores. Therefore, porosity, pore characteristics, and surface roughness of the graptolite periderm (graptolite reflectance GR = 1.30–1.83 %; vitrinite reflectance equivalent VRE = 1.11–1.50 %) in the Silurian shales of the Baltic Basin (northern Poland) were investigated by atomic force microscopy (AFM). The size of the 200 × 200 nm measurement area was chosen to allow observation of pores with diameters ≥1.4 nm. The graptolite periderm shows a very low porosity (0.16–0.28 %), which increases with increasing thermal maturity and decreases the mean equivalent pore diameter and surface roughness. With the onset of the gas window (at GR ≥ 1.58 %; VRE ≥ 1.31 %), limited secondary porosity develops, and percentage of pores &lt;5 nm in size significantly increases. Elliptical or roundish micropores appear within the granular fragments, and sparse pores &lt;5 nm in size emerge within the non-granular fabric. The ability of the graptolite periderm to generate gaseous hydrocarbons at the beginning of the gas window is poor. Granular type is more generative compared to non-granular type. The ratio between the two types of fabric is not significant for the overall source and reservoir potential of the host formation at the maturity level considered in this study. However, it can be important at higher maturities. Changes in the pore system and roughness parameters align with the alteration of the chemistry and microstructure of graptolite periderm. The development of secondary porosity can depend on thermal degradation of the graptolite periderm during and after burial.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":13864,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Coal Geology","volume":"307 ","pages":"Article 104816"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144243228","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Maceral point counting for dispersed organic matter (DOM) 分散有机质(DOM)的显微点计数
IF 5.6 2区 工程技术
International Journal of Coal Geology Pub Date : 2025-06-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2025.104818
Zhiheng Zhou, Hamed Sanei
{"title":"Maceral point counting for dispersed organic matter (DOM)","authors":"Zhiheng Zhou,&nbsp;Hamed Sanei","doi":"10.1016/j.coal.2025.104818","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.coal.2025.104818","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Point counting is a widely used quantitative technique in microscopic analysis for estimating the volume percentage of target constituents within a sample. Its application in coal petrography has been standardized through international guidelines such as ISO 7404 and ASTM D2797/D2799, which were primarily developed for the analysis of carbonaceous materials such as coal and peat. These standards have governed sample preparation, maceral identification, and point counting procedures since the 1980s. However, modern applications of coal petrography point counting to dispersed organic matter (DOM), particularly in low-TOC samples, have revealed methodological incompatibilities. As a result, significant procedural modifications have been implemented across laboratories, but no universally adopted approach has been established.</div><div>To address these challenges, this study proposes and evaluates a point counting method for dispersed organic matter (DOM) using a 21-crosshair grid reticle. The method embeds 21 crosshairs within a 60-μm-diameter region (under 500× magnification) in the microscope system and requires counting at least 300 suitable microscopic fields where all crosshairs fall on sample particles. The use of 21-crosshair grid increases the probability of intersecting DOM in sample particles within pellets. This results in a 68 % reduction in analysis time (from 2.5 h to 1.0 h per sample) compared to when traditional coal petrography point counting is applied to DOM. Furthermore, the use of a denser grid in the 21-crosshair DOM point counting method improves measurement accuracy by more effectively capturing the areas of constituents within sample particles. By requiring the counting of at least 300 suitable microscopic fields, it generates a robust dataset of over 6300 points, achieving strong correlations (R<sup>2</sup> &gt; 0.80) between the volume percentage of maceral assemblage and TOC in case studies. The method has been validated in applications such as hydrocarbon potential assessment, solid bitumen characterization, thermal maturity analysis, and depositional environment reconstruction. This paper bridges the gap between traditional standards and modern analytical needs by proposing a standardized, efficient, and reliable method for DOM point counting.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":13864,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Coal Geology","volume":"307 ","pages":"Article 104818"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144221678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Investigating coalbed gas productivity response from hydrogeochemical and microbial perspectives: A case study of the Liulin block, eastern Ordos Basin, China 基于水文地球化学和微生物视角的煤层气产能响应研究——以鄂尔多斯盆地东部柳林区块为例
IF 5.6 2区 工程技术
International Journal of Coal Geology Pub Date : 2025-06-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2025.104817
Yueguo Li , Haijiao Fu , Xianbo Su , Detian Yan , Gang Wang , Shuguang Yang , Xing Chen , Jianzhang Liu , Jintao Kong
{"title":"Investigating coalbed gas productivity response from hydrogeochemical and microbial perspectives: A case study of the Liulin block, eastern Ordos Basin, China","authors":"Yueguo Li ,&nbsp;Haijiao Fu ,&nbsp;Xianbo Su ,&nbsp;Detian Yan ,&nbsp;Gang Wang ,&nbsp;Shuguang Yang ,&nbsp;Xing Chen ,&nbsp;Jianzhang Liu ,&nbsp;Jintao Kong","doi":"10.1016/j.coal.2025.104817","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.coal.2025.104817","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The benefits of coalbed gas (CBG) development are directly affected by the production capacity level. Previous studies of CBG productivity response have mainly focused on the hydrogeochemical characteristics of produced water, and paid less attention to the correlation between microbial communities and productivity. This study focuses on nine CBG wells in the Liulin Block of the eastern Ordos Basin, systematically analyzing the CBG genesis, as well as the relationships between hydrogeochemical parameters, microbial community characteristics and CBG productivity. The results show that the CBG in Liulin Block is a mixture of secondary biogenic gas and thermogenic gas, and the proportion of biogenic methane is 48.0 % to 49.7 %. The total dissolved solids (TDS) content is positively correlated with the average daily production of CBG, and the concentration of HCO<sub>3</sub><sup>−</sup> is negatively correlated with the average daily gas production. The concentration of elemental Sn in the produced water is significantly correlated with average daily gas production. Positive δ<sup>13</sup>C<sub>DIC</sub> values indicate the occurrence of microbial methanogenesis. Analysis of the microbial community shows that the bacterial community exhibits significant functional diversity, with <em>Hydrogenophaga</em> having the highest relative abundance and a positive correlation with average daily production of CBG. The archaeal community is dominated by methanogenic archaea. From the perspective of community diversity, the Operational Taxonomic Units (OTU) number, Chao1 and Ace indexes of the archaeal community show a positive correlation with average daily gas production. This study provides a novel perspective for research on microbial indicators of CBG production.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":13864,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Coal Geology","volume":"307 ","pages":"Article 104817"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144212711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Editorial of the special issue: The 2023 joint 74th ICCP and 39th TSOP meeting: Organic petrology in the energy transition era: Challenges ahead 特刊社论:2023年第74届ICCP和第39届TSOP联合会议:能源转型时代的有机岩石学:未来的挑战
IF 5.6 2区 工程技术
International Journal of Coal Geology Pub Date : 2025-05-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2025.104811
Stavros Kalaitzidis, Kimon Christanis
{"title":"Editorial of the special issue: The 2023 joint 74th ICCP and 39th TSOP meeting: Organic petrology in the energy transition era: Challenges ahead","authors":"Stavros Kalaitzidis, Kimon Christanis","doi":"10.1016/j.coal.2025.104811","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2025.104811","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13864,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Coal Geology","volume":"5 3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144237512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Li concentration and isotopes in kaolinite and organic of coals determined by secondary ion mass spectrometry 二次离子质谱法测定煤中高岭石和有机物中Li的浓度和同位素
IF 5.6 2区 工程技术
International Journal of Coal Geology Pub Date : 2025-05-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2025.104815
Jia Song , Beilei Sun , Sandra Rodrigues , Chao Liu , Zhanming Guo , David French
{"title":"Li concentration and isotopes in kaolinite and organic of coals determined by secondary ion mass spectrometry","authors":"Jia Song ,&nbsp;Beilei Sun ,&nbsp;Sandra Rodrigues ,&nbsp;Chao Liu ,&nbsp;Zhanming Guo ,&nbsp;David French","doi":"10.1016/j.coal.2025.104815","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.coal.2025.104815","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Lithium (Li) enrichment in coal has attracted significant attention due to its economic potential and complex geochemical behavior during coal formation. This study investigates the concentration and isotopic composition of Li in kaolinite and organic matter from three high-Li coals from North China using Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS), complemented by TESCAN Integrated Mineral Analyzer (TIMA), Scanning Electron Microscopy with Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), Fourier Transform-Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), and Confocal Raman Microscopy (Raman). Results reveal that kaolinite is the primary host of Li, with concentrations exceeding 1516 μg/g. Lithium isotopic compositions (δ<sup>7</sup>Li) in kaolinite from high-rank coals exhibit narrow ranges, suggesting Li isotopic homogenization as a result of the elevated paleotemperature. In contrast, δ<sup>7</sup>Li values in lower-rank coals show greater variability, influenced by pore fluids and depth-dependent fractionation processes. Organic material, characterized by lower lithium concentrations (mostly &lt;100 μg/g) and highly variable δ<sup>7</sup>Li values, exhibits a heavier lithium isotopic composition in high-rank coal compared to δ<sup>7</sup>Li values in low-rank coal. These findings highlight the role of kaolinite in this isotopic fractionation. and emphasize the role of kaolinite as a major Li carrier. This study provides critical insights into Li enrichment mechanisms and isotopic fractionation during coalification, contributing to a better understanding of Li sources and mobility in coal-bearing strata.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":13864,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Coal Geology","volume":"306 ","pages":"Article 104815"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144184395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Component identification of solid biomass fuels using reflected light microscopy: Interlaboratory study 2 使用反射光显微镜鉴定固体生物质燃料的成分:实验室间研究2
IF 5.6 2区 工程技术
International Journal of Coal Geology Pub Date : 2025-05-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2025.104814
Agnieszka Drobniak , Maria Mastalerz , Zbigniew Jelonek , Iwona Jelonek , Menandro N. Acda , Tushar Adsul , Neža Malenšek Andolšek , Lorenzo Animali , Omid H. Ardakani , Telma Ataide , Demberelsuren Batbold , Mohd Younus Bhat , Tara Congo , Bryon S. Donohoe , Olugbenga A. Ehinola , Deolinda Flores , Carolina Fonseca , Santanu Ghosh , Paula Gonçalves , Paul C. Hackley , Konrad Ziemianin
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