An investigation of Wulantuga coal (Cretaceous, Inner Mongolia) macerals: Paleopathology of faunal and fungal invasions into wood and the recognizable clues for their activity

James C. Hower; Jennifer M.K. O'Keefe; Nicola J. Wagner; Shifeng Dai; Xibo Wang; Weifeng Xue

doi:10.1016/j.coal.2013.04.005

An investigation of Wulantuga coal (Cretaceous, Inner Mongolia) macerals: Paleopathology of faunal and fungal invasions into wood and the recognizable clues for their activity

James C. Hower, Jennifer M.K. O'Keefe, Nicola J. Wagner, Shifeng Dai, Xibo Wang, Weifeng Xue

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Abstract

Coal macerals are the product of a complex series of decompositional and preservational pathways from living woody and herbaceous tissues to the variety of forms seen in coal. The Cretaceous Wulantuga coal (Inner Mongolia, China) offers an opportunity to observe a number of maceral forms resulting from these disparate pathways. Assemblages of coprolites within fusinite strongly suggest an origin related to arthropod ingestion and consequent in situ emplacement of the macrinitic coprolites within the damaged wood structure, followed by combustion of the whole to achieve the observed reflectance.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	44-53
Number of pages	10
Journal	International Journal of Coal Geology
Volume	114
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2013.04.005
State	Published - Jul 2013

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Funding Information:
This research was supported in part by the National Science Foundation of China (nos. 40930420 and 40725008 ). Special thanks are given to Mr. Guojun Wei and Dr. Wenhui Huang for their assistance during field work and sample collection. We benefited from constructive comments by the unnamed reviewers and editors of this manuscript.

Keywords

Arthropods
Degradation
Fungus
Macrinite
Wulantuga of China

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Fuel Technology
Geology
Economic Geology
Stratigraphy

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