I am going on holiday for a while and would like to unsuscribe for a while.
If this is not the correct email address please let me know the correct one.
Regards,
Catherine
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From: Tim Young <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 2:12 AM
Subject: Re: Coal Mining in the Cotswolds.
> As I mentioned in my previous message the UK erxpert is Harold
> Smith. The technique is to use a combination of microfora and rank.
> The microflora alone wont do it - so you need to ascertain the
> reflectance too.
>
> Tim
>
> On 6 Sep 2002 at 14:27, Barry Job wrote:
>
> > On the question of whether coal can be analysed to ascertain its
> > origin? - certainly different seams have different organic
> > constituents (macerals) and it has been possible to identify seams
> > according to the relative proportions of different plant spores
> > present. However, this would depend on being able to obtain a
> > representative sample both from the coal in question and the seams it
> > may have been mined from. Plus you would need to find someone with
> > the skill to do it. So the answer to the question is- yes in theory,
> > but difficult in practice.
> > Barry.
> >
> > Barry Job.
> >
> > Eur. Ing. Dr. Barry Job,
> > Department of Geology,
> > School of Sciences,
> > Staffordshire University,
> > College Road,
> > Stoke-on-Trent,
> > ST4 2DE.
>
> Dr Tim Young
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