Publication details
Uhelná ložiska Faerských ostrovů
| Title in English | Coal deposits in the Faroe Islands |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2015 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Zprávy o geologických výzkumech v roce 2014 |
| MU Faculty or unit | |
| Citation | |
| Web | http://www.geology.cz/img/zpravyvyzkum/fulltext/19_kubouskova.pdf |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.3140/zpravy.geol.2014.19 |
| Field | Geology and mineralogy |
| Keywords | Faroe Islands; Mykines Island; coal; old mining; XRF analysis |
| Attached files | |
| Description | This paper contains localization and characteristics of coal deposits in the Faroe Islands. Samples were analysed by XRF. Major oxides and trace elements contents were compared for coal from the older Prestfjall Formation on the Mykines Island and from the younger Beinisvord Formation on the Suduroy Island. Results show that the coal from both formations is geochemically distinguish. |