Petrologic and stable isotopic study of the Walloon Coal Measures, Surat Basin, Queensland: peat accumulation under changing climate and base level

• Published in: International journal of coal geology Vol. 160-161; pp. 11 - 27
• Main Authors: Hentschel, A., Esterle, J.S., Golding, S.D., Pacey, D.V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 15.04.2016
• Subjects: Basins; Climate; Coal; Coal petrology; Fires; Macerals; Palaeoenvironment; Peat; Sandstone; Seams; Stable organic carbon isotopes; Surat Basin; Walloon Coal Measures; Surat Basin; Stable organic carbon isotopes; Palaeoenvironment; Coal petrology; Walloon Coal Measures

The Late Jurassic Walloon Subgroup (recently dated as Oxfordian) is a productive, subbituminous coal seam gas source in the Surat Basin and can be subdivided from bottom to top into the Taroom Coal Measures, the Tangalooma Sandstone, the Lower and Upper Juandah Coal Measures, which have different co...