Evidence of Aalenian-stage palaeofires in an extremely thick coal seam of the eastern Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, China

Scholars increasingly support the hypothesis that inertinite in coal is the product of incomplete combustion of plants in coal-forming peat swamps during fire events. In this study, charcoal fragments were extracted from an extremely thick coal seam in the Wucaiwan mining area in the eastern Junggar...

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Main Authors: Qin Zhang, Shuo Feng, Bo Yang, Xin Li, Wenfeng Wang, Jijun Tian, Xingli Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2025.1579389/full
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