Peat‐accumulation and Early Carboniferous environments of the Kizel Coal Basin, Urals, Russia

Abstract Kokowska-Pawłowska, M. and Nowak, J. 2013. Phosphorus minerals in tonstein; coal seam 405 at Sośnica- Makoszowy coal mine, Upper Silesia, southern Poland. Acta Geologica Polonica, 63 (2), 271-281. Warszawa. The paper presents results of research on tonstein, which constitutes an interburden in coal seam 405 at the Sośnica- Makoszowy coal mine, Makoszowy field (mining level 600 m), Upper Silesia, southern Poland. The mineral and chemical compositions of the tonstein differ from the typical compositions described earlier for tonsteins from Upper Silesia Coal Basin area. Additionally, minerals present in the tonsteins include kaolinite, quartz, kaolinitised biotite and feldspars. The presence of the phosphatic minerals apatite and goyazite has been recognized. The presence of gorceixite and crandallite is also possible. The contents of CaO (5.66 wt%) and P2O5 (6.2 wt%) are remarkably high. Analysis of selected trace elements demonstrated high contents of Sr (4937 ppm) and Ba (4300 ppm), related to the phosphatic minerals. On the basis of mineral composition the tonstein has been identified as a crystalline tonstein, transitional to a multiplied one.

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Evolution of Microclimatic Conditions in Paskov Mine / Ewolucja Warunków Mikroklimatycznych W Kopalni Paskov

Archives of Mining Sciences ◽

10.2478/v10267-012-0069-3 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 57 (4) ◽

pp. 1045-1055

Author(s):

Pavel Zapletal ◽

Pavel Prokop ◽

Vítězslav Košňovský

Keyword(s):

Coal Mining ◽

Mining Activity ◽

Mining Engineering ◽

Special Program ◽

Main Subject ◽

Coal Basin ◽

Research Activities ◽

Microclimatic Conditions ◽

Technical University

Abstract The main subject of this paper focuses on scientific and research activities conducted in the Institute of Mining Engineering and Safety of the VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava. Cooperation between the VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava and OKD A.S., the only representative of coal mining in the Ostrava-Karviná coal basin, has recently begun to develop again. This paper describes an example discussed in a certain study, which has been undertaken for the Paskov mine, OKD a.s., dealing specifically with the evolution of microclimate parameters in mines that depend on the progress of mining activity at deeper levels over a period of several years. To this end, a special program, aimed at determination of the necessary refrigerating capacity, was established at the VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava.

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EARLY REPRESENTATIVES OF BRYOZOANS FROM GENUS NIKIFOROVELLA NEKHOROSHEV, 1948 AND THEIR STRATIGRAPHICAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR LATE DEVONIAN-EARLY CARBONIFEROUS

10.24930/1681-9004-2017-17-5-053-066 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 17 (5) ◽

pp. 53-66

Author(s):

Zoya A. Tolokonnikova ◽

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Keyword(s):

Early Carboniferous ◽

Late Devonian

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The first results of isotopic (U-Pb, ID-TIMS) dating of individual zircon grains from dolerite dikes of the Eastern zone of the Urals

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10.24930/1681-9004-2020-20-2-224-230 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 20 (2) ◽

pp. 224-230

Author(s):

V. N. Smirnov ◽

K. S. Ivanov ◽

T. V. Bayanova

Keyword(s):

Isotope Geochemistry ◽

Early Carboniferous ◽

Dynamic Mode ◽

Middle Urals ◽

Volcanic Complex ◽

The Urals ◽

Electron Multiplier ◽

The Middle Urals ◽

Eastern Zone ◽

First Results

Research subject. The article presents the results of dating two dolerite dikes differing in geochemical features from a section along the Iset river in the area of Smolinskoe settlement (the Eastern zone of the Middle Urals). Materials and methods. The dating was performed by an U-Pb ID-TIMS technique for single zircon grains using an artificial 205Pb/235U tracer in the laboratory of geochronology and isotope geochemistry of the Geological Institute of the Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The lead isotopic composition and uranium and lead concentrations were measured using a Finnigan-MAT (RPQ) seven-channel mass spectrometer in dynamic mode using a secondary electron multiplier and RPQ quadrupole in ion counting mode. Results. The dikes were dated 330 ± 3 Ma and 240 ± 2 Ma. Conclusions. The research results indicate different ages of dolerite dikes developed within the Eastern zone of the Middle Urals. The oldest of the two established age levels corresponds to the Early Carboniferous era. This fact, along with the proximity of the dolerites to the petrochemical features of the basaltoids of the Early Carboniferous Beklenischevsky volcanic complex, allows these bodies to be considered as hypabyssal comagmates of these volcanics. The youngest obtained age level – Triassic – indicates that the introduction of some dolerite dikes was associated with the final phases of the trapp formation developed rarely within the eastern outskirts of the Urals and widely further east in the foundation (pre-Jurassic basement) of the West-Siberian Plate.

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