Progress of Coal Petrology in India

Contents: 1. General introduction. 2. Coal. 3. Coal petrography. 4. Lignite petrology. 5. Techniques of micro-section preparation. 6. Coal and lignite deposits of India. 7. Petrology of Gondwana coals. 8. Cretaceous coal. 9. Petrology of tertiary and other lignites. 9. Petrology of tertiary and other lignites. 10. Petrology of tertiary coals. 11. Fluorescence studies of micro-constituents of coal and lignite. 12. Petrology of natural coke of Jharia and Raniganj coalfields. 13. Correlation of coal seams by coal petrography. 14. Palaeodepth and palaeotemperature estimation by coal petrography. 15. Coking characteristics of coal. 16. Problems of coal industry. 17. Coal bed methane potential. 18. Classification. 19. Conclusion. Bibliography. Selected References (chapters 3, 4, 18).