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Table 1 Maceral and mineral compositions of the Lower Cretaceous coals in NE China

From: Characteristics of Early Cretaceous wildfires in peat-forming environment, NE China

Area

Sample No.

Total macerals (vol.%)

Total minerals (vol.%)

Percentage of maceral groups in the total macerals (vol.%, mmf)

Percentage of inertinite macerals in the total macerals (vol.%, mmf)

Huminite Reflectance (%Ro)

Huminite

Liptinite

Inertinite

Fusinite

Semifusinite

Sclerotinite

Macrinite

Micrinite

Inertodetrinite

Hailar Basin

401

100.0

0.0

84.7

0.0

15.3

14.6

0.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.42

 

407

99.5

0.5

84.2

0.0

15.8

15.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.38

 

411

99.8

0.2

79.4

0.0

20.6

18.2

2.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.43

 

416

93.8

6.2

93.6

0.0

6.4

4.7

1.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.40

 

419

97.4

2.6

87.2

0.0

12.8

12.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.42

 

426

98.3

1.7

89.2

0.0

10.8

10.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.40

 

431

98.8

1.2

90.9

0.0

9.1

9.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.39

 

436

98.5

1.5

83.8

0.0

16.2

16.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.35

 

441

100.0

0.0

81.4

0.0

18.6

18.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.40

 

446

99.6

0.4

95.6

0.0

4.4

4.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.30

 

452

99.4

0.6

67.2

0.0

32.8

32.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.32

 

455

100.0

0.0

40.2

0.0

59.8

55.8

4.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.41

Sanjiang Basin

302

100.0

0.0

92.0

2.3

5.7

3.5

2.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.55

 

305

100.0

0.0

88.7

1.5

9.8

6.8

3.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.41

 

310

99.8

0.2

74.9

0.8

24.3

19.2

5.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.57

 

311

99.3

0.7

91.5

2.2

6.3

1.5

4.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.60

 

313

99.0

1.0

88.1

9.2

2.7

0.0

2.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.44

Erlian Basin

201

99.2

0.8

64.2

1.2

34.6

6.5

15.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

13.1

0.32

 

203

98.1

1.9

68.7

5.4

25.9

4.9

4.2

0.0

1.2

0.2

15.4

0.40

 

204

95.2

4.8

86.3

2.3

11.3

5.0

2.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

3.6

0.33

 

205

91.0

9.0

89.2

1.5

9.2

1.3

2.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

5.2

/

 

206

96.3

3.7

96.8

1.9

1.3

0.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.9

0.33

 

207

94.2

5.8

98.7

0.6

0.6

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.4

/

 

208

92.0

8.0

29.3

9.5

61.2

20.4

19.7

0.2

5.0

0.0

15.9

0.42

 

209

94.4

5.6

54.3

1.4

44.3

16.6

11.2

0.0

0.2

0.0

16.3

/

 

210

98.0

2.0

31.1

2.2

66.7

33.1

17.9

0.6

0.6

0.0

14.5

0.39

 

211

96.9

3.1

67.5

1.7

30.9

18.0

2.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

10.8

/

 

212

94.6

5.4

14.4

0.6

85.0

39.5

11.9

0.0

0.2

0.0

33.4

/

 

213

97.6

2.4

34.2

2.0

63.7

29.6

9.9

0.0

0.4

0.2

23.6

/

 

214

98.0

2.0

58.8

6.1

35.1

7.4

14.9

0.0

1.0

0.0

11.8

0.34

 

215

97.4

2.6

63.1

9.4

27.4

7.3

8.2

0.2

0.6

0.0

11.1

/

 

216

89.0

11.0

95.1

3.9

1.0

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.0

0.6

0.32

 

217

94.1

5.9

29.9

1.1

69.0

44.4

6.8

0.2

0.4

0.0

17.2

/

 

218

97.2

2.8

83.7

15.0

1.2

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.0

/

 

219

82.3

17.7

99.3

0.5

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.2

/

 

220

98.8

1.2

32.1

0.4

67.5

19.9

27.2

0.0

0.2

0.0

20.2

0.36

 

14–1*

98.6

1.4

68.4

0.2

31.4

22.8

3.7

0.7

0.2

0.0

4.0

/

 

14–2*

97.6

2.4

76.2

1.4

22.4

8.1

3.6

0.4

0.0

0.0

10.3

/

 

14–3*

98.8

1.2

71.5

1.8

26.7

11.5

3.5

1.0

0.2

0.0

10.5

/

 

11–1*

99.1

0.9

14.9

0.5

84.6

54.2

6.1

0.2

1.9

0.0

22.2

/

 

11–2*

84.5

15.5

86.9

1.5

11.6

2.2

0.4

0.4

0.0

0.0

8.6

/

  1. *Data from the Tengger Formation of the Huolinhe sag in the Erlian Basin (Xu 2011). mmf Mineral-matter-free (= no mineral matter)