Influence of regional structure on the development and quality of the Upper Elkhorn no. 2 coal bed, eastern Kentucky

Richard P. Raione, James C. Hower, Garry D. Wild

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Abstract

The Upper Elkhorn No. 2 coal bed (Middle Pennsylvanian Breathitt Formation) in eastern Kentucky exhibits thickness and coal quality trends which suggest that peat deposition was contemporaneous with tectonism. The coal thickens and has high vitrinite and low ash and sulfur content the Belfry anticline in Pike Country. T in the vicinity of the Floyd Country channel, a basement trough. In both cases other Pennsylvanian coals exhibit similar trends, suggesting that the penecontemporaneous tectonism persisted at least through a portion of the Carboniferous.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)305-325
Number of pages21
JournalInternational Journal of Coal Geology
Volume18
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1991

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We wish to thank Gerald Thomas and his staff at the CAER for chemical analyses and Alan Bland and his staff at the CAER for ash geochemical analysis. This work was funded through U.S. Department of Energy grant DE-FG22-80-PC30223 and by grants from the Commonwealth of Kentucky through the Kentucky Energy Cabinet.

Funding

We wish to thank Gerald Thomas and his staff at the CAER for chemical analyses and Alan Bland and his staff at the CAER for ash geochemical analysis. This work was funded through U.S. Department of Energy grant DE-FG22-80-PC30223 and by grants from the Commonwealth of Kentucky through the Kentucky Energy Cabinet.

FundersFunder number
COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY
Michigan State University-U.S. Department of Energy (MSU-DOE) Plant Research LaboratoryDE-FG22-80-PC30223
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Fuel Technology
    • Geology
    • Economic Geology
    • Stratigraphy

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