Geol.722         COAL GEOLOGY                                                   (2 C.H)

Introduction, Coalification, Coal types, Tectonic Setting of Coal Basins, Coal bearing Cycles & paleoenvironments, Geology of coal, Coal field exploration, Coal in relation to Delta type, Fluvial Coals, Environmental impact of coal mining, Coal resource estimates, General coal Depositional Model.

Books recommended:

• Sedimentology of Coal and Coal bearing sequences by R. A. Rehmani & R. M. Flores, 1984. International Association of Sedimentologists, Black Well scientific publication Oxford, London.
• Coal Geology and Coal Technology by C. R. Ward, 1984, Black well scientific publication, Melborne, Oxford, London.
• Terrigenous clastic Depositional Systems, Application to Petroleum, Coal and uranium exploration by W. E. Galloway and D. K. Hobday 1983, Springer-Verlag, New York Inc.
• Principles and Applications of Coal Petrology SEPM short course No.8 by J. C. Crelling and R. R. Dutcher, 1980, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Indian University at Bloomington.