Applied Coal Petrology

Chapter 11. Other Applications of Coal Petrology

11.1. Introduction

This chapter focuses on applications of the coal petrology other than those included in previous chapters. As has been shown, coal petrology and the techniques used in coal petrology, particularly optical microscopy, have important applications in a number of areas related to coal and its derivative products as well as in other areas not directly related to coal. In this chapter the application of organic petrology methods in archaeology in relation to the organic gems and artifacts, environmental studies, spontaneous combustion (in respects not mentioned in previous chapters), forensic geology, and auto brakes (as the commercial final product) is discussed. Other applications ...