Geochemical characteristics of Galandrud coal in central Alborz, Iran

Organic petrology and geochemistry of Triassic and Jurassic coals of the Tabas Basin, Northeastern/Central Iran

“…Although the mineralogy, inorganic geochemistry, and stratigraphy of the Mesozoic coals of Iran have been investigated by several authors (e.g. Pazand 2015;Goodarzi et al 2006;Ghassabiyan et al 2010; Moore and Esmaeili 2012;Ardebili et al 2012;Moosavirad et al 2013;Ghavidel-Syooki et al 2015;Rajabzadeh et al 2016), only little information is available on the characteristics of organic material that formed these coals (Solaymani and Taghipour 2012;Stasiuk et al 2006;Alizadeh et al 2011Alizadeh et al , 2015Ghavidel-Syooki et al 2015). In order to investigate depositional conditions, plant input and thermal maturity of the aforementioned Iranian coal deposits, a wide range of organic petrological and organic geochemical methods was applied.…”