Organic associations of nonmineral elements in coal: A review
Coal is a complex material formed by diagenesis of organic matter and incorporating a broad range of minerals (Finkelman et al., 2019) and chemical elements (Swaine, 1990; Ketris and Yudovich, 2009) (also see Fig. 1).Coal formed from algal remains or spores is referred to as sapropelic coal and that from the decomposition of higher plants, humic coal; the latter being the most abundant coal ...