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This volume contains three significant studies on environments of deposition and petrology of Chinese coals. The book is broken down into the following topics: Role of Coal in the World Energy Picture; Worldwide Occurrence and Pro­duction of Oil and Coal from Carboni­ferous Rocks; Coal Origin: Modern Peat Deposition and Accumulation; Coal Ori­gin: Models for Various Environments of Deposition; Coal Origin: Depositional Environments for Low-Sulfur Coal; In­organic Constituents of Coal: General Considerations of Mineral Matter and Trace Elements; Inorganic Constituents of Coal: Sulfur; Minerals in Coal-Bearing Strata or Other Rocks of Carboniferous Age; Coal Petrology: Techniques; Coal Petrology: Applied; Regional Coalifica­tion; Geophysical Applications in Coal Exploration; Tectonics and Structural Deformation of Coal; and Oil, Gas and Coal Gas; Origins and Environments. Each topic is covered by at least 3 es­says, usually more. The volume includes more than 70essays.

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Mackenzie Gordon, Jr., is President and Editor-in-Chief of the Ninth International Congress.

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