Titre du document / Document title
Coals of Canada : distribution and compositional characteristics
Auteur(s) / Author(s)
CAMERON A. R. ;
SMITH G. G. ;
Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)
Inst. sedimentary petroleum geology, Calgary AB T2L 2A7, CANADA
Résumé / Abstract
Canada's coal resources occur in 16 sedimentary basins or groups of basins and range in age from Devonian to Tertiary. The Western Canada Sedimentary Basin (WCSB), which contains the vast majority (about 90%) of the nation's coal resources of immediate interest, underlies a large area in the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, extending northward to about the 62nd Parallel in Yukon and Northwest Territories. Coal deposits in the WCSB range in age from Early Carboniferous (Mississippian) to Paleocene. Rank ranges from lignite to semianthracite. About 36% of the total estimated 71,000 megatonnes of resources of immediate interest in the WCSB is bituminous coal, including a high proportion in the medium to low volatile range. Their low sulphur contents and acceptable ash levels make these medium and low volatile bituminous coals attractive as coking feedstocks and large quantities are mined for that purpose. The lower rank western Canadian coals are used mainly for electricity generation
Revue / Journal Title
International journal of coal geology
ISSN
0166-5162
CODEN IJCGDE
Source / Source
Congrès
Recent advances in organic petrology and geochemistry. Symposium, Calgary AB
, CANADA
(09/09/1990)
1991, vol. 19, n
o 1-4 (12 ref.), pp. 9-20
Langue / Language
Anglais
Editeur / Publisher
Elsevier, Oxford, ROYAUME-UNI
(1980)
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Localisation / Location
INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 18273, 35400002338870.0010
Nº notice refdoc (ud4) : 5541475
