Alteration of the low­rank coal by basaltic lava flows on the Faroe Islands

• Main Authors: Kuboušková, S., Krmíček, L. (Lukáš)
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Suduroy Island; low­rank coal; basalt lava; alteration; mineralization; Faroe Islands; Suduroy
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0262702

This study characterizes alteration effects on low-rank coal on the Faroe Islands. The basalt lava flows covering the coal-bearing layer caused either slight thermal alteration of the coal surface, but without total elevation of the coal rank, or complete change of the organic matter due to the subs...