Late Cretaceous coal overlying karstic bauxite deposits in the Parnassus-Ghiona Unit, Central Greece: Coal characteristics and depositional environment

S Kalaitzidis, G Siavalas, N Skarpelis, CV Araujo… - International Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
The Pera-Lakkos coal located on top of bauxite deposits in the Ghiona mining district
(Central Greece), is the only known Mesozoic (Late Cretaceous) coal in the country. It was …

A short-term establishment of forest fen habitat during Pliocene lignite formation in the Ptolemais Basin, NW Macedonia, Greece

S Kalaitzidis, A Bouzinos, S Papazisimou… - International Journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
The intermontane basin of Ptolemais is part of a major tectonic trench, located in NW Greece
and includes around 65% of Greek coal reserves. The Upper Xylite Layer (UXL) is a distinct …

Paleodepositional and hydrocarbon source-rock characteristics of the Sonari succession (Paleocene), Barmer Basin, NW India: implications from petrography and …

VP Singh, BD Singh, RP Mathews, A Singh… - Natural Resources …, 2022 - Springer
Lignite deposits, associated with Akli Formation (Paleocene), from the Sonari mine of
Barmer Basin, Rajasthan, were investigated by applying organic petrography, palynofacies …

Coal petrological and xylotomical characterization of Miocene lignites and in-situ fossil tree stumps and trunks from Lusatia region, Germany: Palaeoenvironment and …

J Kus, M Dolezych, W Schneider, T Hofmann… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The present paper investigates rank and composition of coal as well as depositional and
hydrogeological settings persisting during the stage of peat accumulation and evaluates …

Coal facies studies in Greece

K Christanis - International journal of coal geology, 2004 - Elsevier
In Greece, coal-forming conditions prevailed mainly during Neogene and Quaternary times
in several intermontane and paralic basins and resulted in the formation of significant peat …

Neogene Achlada lignite deposits in NW Greece

I Oikonomopoulos, G Kaouras, P Antoniadis… - Bulletin of …, 2008 - geology.cz
Preliminary macro-petrographical analyses of samples taken from late Miocene (Pontian) to
early Pliocene/Pleistocene lignite deposits at Achlada, northwestern Greece, show that there …

Palaeoenvironmental conditions of the Mavropigi lignites, Ptolemais basin, Greece: a petrological study

P Antoniadis, E Mavridou, S Papazisimou… - … Sources, Part A, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this study is to interpret the palaeoenvironmental conditions established during
the formation of several lignite seams at the Mavropigi deposit, Ptolemais, Greece (corehole …

Petrographic characteristics of the Kardia lignites (core KT6A-3), Ptolemais basin (Greece)

P Antoniadis, E Mavridou, S Papazisimou… - … Sources, Part A, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this study is to provide useful coal-petrographic data, which will further help the
characterization, exploitation, and utilization of the Kardia lignite deposit and also initially to …

Coal quality of the miocene Muğla-Hüsamlar lignite

Z Büçkün - 2013 - search.proquest.com
The Hüsamlar coal deposit is located in the Muğla Basin, SW Turkey. It is exploited for
power generation. The seam displays a banded structure consisting of matrix coal and …

Early stages of lignite formation in Ptolemais basin: a coal-petrographic approach

G Siavalas, E Tsompanidou… - Bulletin of the …, 2004 - ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr
With the present study it is intended to assess the depositional palaeoenvironment of the
lower part of the Lignite-bearing Sequence in the Ptolemais Basin, and more specifically in …