Commission I
Chair
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Energy Resources Consulting Pty Ltd.,
PO Box 54,
Coorparoo,
Queensland 4151,
AUSTRALIA,
Tel.: 61-7-4781 5195 / 61 (0)409 723 677 (mobile),
Fax: 61-7-4781 5167 |
Secretary
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Department of Economic Geology,
Faculty of Mining and Geology,
University of Belgrade,
Djusina 7, 11000 Belgrade,
SERBIA,
Tel.: +381 11 3219 251,
Fax: +381 11 3235 539 |
General Coal and Organic Petrology
Red chlorophyllinite in former leaf (cutinite-yellow) – Mequinenza Coal, NE Spain; blue light excitation. Width of image approx. 200 mm.
This commission is concerned with the establishment of uniform nomenclature and analytical methods used throughout the field of coal and organic petrology. As in all of the Commissions, the Working Groups in Commission I change from time to time depending upon current interests; however, important emphases have been upon the standardisation of reflectance, maceral, fluorescence analyses and maceral nomenclature.
The commission hosts the Accreditation Program for single seam coal analysis (SCAP).
Publications
ICCP (1963, 1971, 1975, 1985, 1993), International Handbook of Coal Petrography
ICCP (1998): The New Vitrinite Classification (ICCP System 1994) – Fuel, 77: 349-358.
ICCP (2001): The New Inertinite Classification (ICCP System 1994) – Fuel, 80: 459-471.
B. KWIECINSKA, H. I. PETERSEN (2004): Graphite, semi-graphite, natural coke, and natural char classification – ICCP system. -Int. J. of Coal Geology, 57, 2: 99-116.
SYKOROVA, I., PICKEL, W., CHRISTANIS, K., WOLF, M., TAYLOR, G.H. & FLORES, D. (2005): Classification of huminite – (ICCP System 1994).- Int. J. of Coal Geology, 62: 85-106.
PICKEL, W., KUS, J., FLORES, D., KALAITZIDIS, S., CHRISTANIS, K., CARDOTT, B., MISZ-KENNAN, M., RODRIGUES, S., HENTSCHEL, A., HAMOR-VIDO, M., CROSDALE, P., WAGNER, N., (2017). Classification of Liptinite – ICCP System 1994. Int. J. Coal Geol., 169: 40-61.
KUS, J., MISZ-KENNAN, M., ICCP., 2017. Coal weathering and laboratory (artificial) coal oxidation. Int. J. Coal Geol., 171: 12-36.
KWIECINSKA, B., PUSZ, S., VALENTINE, B.J., ICCP., 2019. Application of electron microscopy TEM and SEM for analysis of coals, organic-rich shales and carbonaceous matter. Int. J. Coal Geol., 211: 103203.
Accreditation Programme
Convenor: Kimon Christanis (christan@upatras.gr)
Single Coal Accreditation Program (SCAP) for both maceral group and vitrinite random reflectance analyses. In this program the ability of an analyst to identify and quantify the maceral groups and to identify and measure the vitrinite reflectance of a coal sample according to ISO standards is tested.
For more information please visit: Accreditation in Petrographic Analysis
Service
ICCP Training
ICCP provides training courses on Organic Petrology subjects. For more information please visit Courses