Stach's Textbook of coal petrology
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...Accumulation of peat in a mire requires the following conditions (Stach et al. 1982): • a gradual and continuous rise in the groundwater table; • protection of the mire against flooding by sea and rivers; • a low-relief hinterland limiting supply of fluviatile sediments....
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...(2) The long term experience and knowledge achieved for the phase composition of themost studied solid fuels suchas coal, peat, petroleum coke and municipal solid waste or refusederived fuel ([39,40,172–175] and references therein) have not been implemented very successfully in the field of biomass (see below)....
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...For example, there are systematic and relatively strict phase specifications for coal (probably also applicable to biomass) including organic ingredients, namely lithotypes, microlithotype groups and macerals, and inorganic matter such as mineral classes, groups and species, which are well recognised worldwide and relatively well characterised ([172,173,176] and references therein)....
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