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Record Nr.

UNINA9910696256803321

Titolo

Geological investigations of the Vermillion Creek coal bed in the Eocene Niland Tongue of the Wasatch formation, Sweetwater County, Wyoming / / by H.W. Roehler, technical editor, and P.L. Martin, manuscript editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington : , : Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 1987

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 pages) : illustrations + + 3 plates

Collana

U.S. Geological Survey professional paper ; ; 1314A-L

Soggetti

Geology, Stratigraphic - Eocene

Coal - Geology - Wyoming - Sweetwater County

Geology - Wyoming - Sweetwater County

Coal - Geology

Eocene Geologic Epoch

Geology

Geology, Stratigraphic

Wyoming Sweetwater County

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Studies of the composition, resources, and paludal-lacustrine origin of a high-sulfur, radioactive coal bed in the Vermillion Creek basin."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Structure and stratigraphy -- Paleoenvironments and sedimentology / H.W. Roehler -- Palynology of the Vermillion Creek coal bed and associated strata / D.J. Nichols -- Paleoecology / E.I. Robbins --Petrographic and physical properties of coal and rock samples / R.W. Stanton, J.A. Minkin, T.A. Moore -- Element geochemistry / J.R. Hatch -- Organic geochemistry and organic petrography / N.H. Bostick [and others] -- Sulfur isotopic data / R.O. Rye -- Uranium in the Vermillion Creek core samples / J.S. Leventhal, R.B. Finkelman -- Results of exploratory drilling / R.T. Hildebrand -- Coal resources / M.S. Ellis.