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Description / Table of Contents: M. Widdowson: The geomorphological and geological importance of palaeosurfaces / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:1-12, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.01 --- C. R. Twidale: The great age of some Australian landforms: examples of, and possible explanations for, landscape longevity / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:13-23, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.02 --- Europe --- Philip S. Ringrose and Piotr Migoń: Analysis of digital elevation data for the Scottish Highlands and recognition of pre-Quaternary elevated surfaces / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:25-35, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.03 --- Peter Coxon and Catherine Coxon: A pre-Pliocene or Pliocene land surface in County Galway, Ireland / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:37-55, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.04 --- John J. McAlister and Bernard J. Smith: Geochemical trends in Early Tertiary palaeosols from northeast Ireland: a statistical approach to assess element behaviour during weathering / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:57-65, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.05 --- David W. Jolley: Palaeosurface palynofloras of the Skye lava field and the age of the British Tertiary volcanic province / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:67-94, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.06 --- Karna Lidmar-Bergström, Siv Olsson, and Mats Olvmo: Palaeosurfaces and associated saprolites in southern Sweden / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:95-124, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.07 --- Yvonne Battiau-Queney: Preservation of old palaeosurfaces in glaciated areas: examples from the French western Alps / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:125-132, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.08 --- W. Brian Whalley, Brice R. Rea, Michelle M. Rainey, and John J. McAlister: Rock weathering in blockfields: some preliminary data from mountain plateaus in North Norway / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:133-145, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.09 --- M. Gutiérrez-Elorza and F. J. Gracia: Environmental interpretation and evolution of the Tertiary erosion surfaces in the Iberian Range (Spain) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:147-158, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.10 --- Harald Borger: Environmental changes during the Tertiary: the example of palaeoweathering residues in central Spain / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:159-173, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.11 --- E. Molina Ballesteros, J. García Talegón, and M. A. Vicente Hernández: Palaeoweathering profiles developed on the Iberian Hercynian Basement and their relationship to the oldest Tertiary surface in central and western Spain / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:175-185, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.12 --- Piotr Migoń: Tertiary etchsurfaces in the Sudetes Mountains, SW Poland: a contribution to the pre-Quaternary morphology of Central Europe / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:187-202, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.13 --- Ján Lacika: Neogene palaeosurfaces in the volcanic area of Central Slovakia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:203-219, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.14 --- India --- M. Widdowson: Tertiary palaeosurfaces of the SW Deccan, Western India: implications for passive margin uplift / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:221-248, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.15 --- Yanni Gunnell: Topography, palaeosurfaces and denudation over the Karnataka Uplands, southern India / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:249-267, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.16 --- M. Widdowson, J. N. Walsh, and K. V. Subbarao: The geochemistry of Indian bole horizons: palaeoenvironmental implications of Deccan intravolcanic palaeosurfaces / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:269-281, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.17 --- Africa --- Kevin White, Nick Drake, and John Walden: Remote sensing for mapping palaeosurfaces on the basis of surficial chemistry: a mixed pixel approach / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:283-293, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.18 --- D. J. Bowden: The geochemistry and development of lateritized footslope benches: The Kasewe Hills, Sierra Leone / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:295-305, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.19 --- South America --- L. Kennan, S. H. Lamb, and L. Hoke: High-altitude palaeosurfaces in the Bolivian Andes: evidence for late Cenozoic surface uplift / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:307-323, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.20 --- Errata --- Erratum / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:ERR, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.22 --- Erratum / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 120:ERR, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.120.01.23

Description / Table of Contents: Dr Rod Gayer and Professor Jiri Pesek: Preface / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:vii-viii, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.01 --- Regional Coal Reserves, Coal Basin Tectonics and Stratigraphy --- Josef Doruška: The Czech Republic energy policy: conception and implementation in a market economy / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:1-2, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.02 --- J. Pešek and M. Dopita: Coal production and usage in the Czech Republic / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:3-12, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.03 --- O. Kumpera: Controls on the evolution of the Namurian paralic basin, Bohemian Massif, Czech Republic / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:13-27, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.04 --- Miroslav Krs, Jiří Pešek, Petr Pruner, Vladimír Skoček, and Jana Slepičková: The origin of magnetic remanence components of Westphalian C to Stephanian C sediments, West Bohemia: a record of waning Variscan tectonism / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:29-47, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.05 --- Roland Dreesen, Dominique Bossiroy, Rudy Swennen, Jacques Thorez, Aurelio Fadda, Luciano Ottelli, and Eddy Keppens: A depositional and diagenetic model for the Eocene Sulcis coal basin of SW Sardinia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:49-75, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.06 --- H. İnaner and E. Nakoman: Turkish lignite deposits / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:77-99, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.07 --- A. I. Karayigit and M. K. G. Whateley: The origin and properties of a coal seam associated with continental thin micritic limestones, Selimoglu-Divrigi, Turkey / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:101-114, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.08 --- A. I. Karayigit and M. K. G. Whateley: Chemical characteristics, mineralogical composition and rank of high sulphur coking coals of Middle Miocene age in the Gökler coal field, Gediz, Turkey / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:115-130, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.09 --- Nicolae Ţicleanu and Dorina Diaconiţǎ: The main coal facies and lithotypes of the Pliocene coal basin, Oltenia, Romania / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:131-139, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.10 --- George D. Šiškov: Bulgarian low rank coals: geology and petrology / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:141-148, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.11 --- I. E. Stukalova: Coal petrology and facies associations of the South Yakutian Coal Basin, Siberia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:149-160, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.12 --- Coal Petrology and Palaeontology --- Rod Gayer, Richard Fowler, and Gareth Davies: Coal rank variations with depth related to major thrust detachments in the South Wales coalfield: implications for fluid flow and mineralization / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:161-178, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.13 --- J. Dvořák, J. Honěk, J. Pešek, and P. Valterová: Deep borehole evidence for a southward extension of the Early Namurian deposits near Němčičky, S. Moravia, Czech Republic: implication for rapid coalification / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:179-193, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.14 --- Irena Kostova, Kalinka Markova, and Krasimir Kuntchev: Mössbauer spectroscopic investigation of low rank coal lithotypes / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:195-199, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.15 --- P. I. Premović, R. S. Nikolić, and M. P. Premović: Comparison of solid state 13C NMR of algal coals/anthracite and charcoal-like fusinites: further evidence for graphitic domains / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:201-205, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.16 --- Ivana Sýkorová, Jaroslav Černý, Helena Pavlíková, and Zuzana Weishauptová: Composition and properties of North Bohemian coals / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:207-217, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.17 --- Maya Stefanova and Caroline Magnier: Aliphatic biological markers in Miocene Maritza-Iztok lignite, Bulgaria / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:219-228, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.18 --- Svetilana Syabryaj: Floristic characters of the upper coal-bearing formation in the Transcarpathians / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:229-236, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.19 --- Mineral Matter in Coal and the Environment --- S. R. H. Baqri: The distribution of sulphur in the Palaeocene coals of the Sindh Province of Pakistan / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:237-243, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.20 --- Paul F. Cavender and D. Alan Spears: Sulphur distribution in a multi-bed seam / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:245-260, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.21 --- Vladimír Bouška, Jiří Pešek, and Karel Žák: Values of δ34S in iron disulphides of the North Bohemian Lignite Basin, Czech Republic / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:261-267, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.22 --- G. Jankes, O. Cvetković, and T. Glumičić: Determination of different forms of sulphur in Yugoslav soft brown coals / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:269-272, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.23 --- P. I. Premović, N. D. Nikolić, M. S. Pavlović, LJ. S. Jovanović, and M. P. Premović: Origin of vanadium in coals: parts of the Western Kentucky (USA) No. 9 coal rich in vanadium / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:273-286, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.24 --- D. A. Spears: Environmental impact of minerals in UK coals / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:287-295, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.25 --- Mining Geophysics --- Vít Gregor and Antonín Těžký: A well logging method for the determination of the sulphur content of coal seams by means of deep gammaspectrometry / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:297-307, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.26 --- Karel Mach: A logging correlation scheme for the Main coal seam of the North Bohemian brown coal basin, and the implications for the palaeogeographical development of the basin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:309-320, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.27 --- Karel Holub: Seismic monitoring for rockburst prevention in the Ostrava-Karviná Coalfield, Czech Republic / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:321-328, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.28 --- Zdeněk Kaláb: An analysis of mining induced seismicity and its relationship to fault zones / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:329-335, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.29 --- Stanislav Opluštil, Jiří Pešek, and Jiří Skopec: Comparison of structures derived from mine workings and those interpreted in seismic profiles: an example from the Kačice deposit, Kladno Mine, Bohemia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:337-347, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.30 --- Coal Technology and Coalbed Methane --- J. Barraza, M. Cloke, and A. Belghazi: Improvements in direct coal liquefaction using beneficiated coal fractions / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:349-356, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.31 --- B. R. Aleksić, M. D. Ercegovac, O. G. Cvetković, B. Ž. Marković, T. L. Glumičić, B. D. Aleksić, and D. K. Vitorvić: Conversion of low rank coal into liquid fuels by direct hydrogenation / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:357-363, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.32 --- R. Asmatulu, N. Acarkan, G. Onal, and M. S. Celik: Desulphurization of low-rank coals by low-temperature carbonization / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:365-369, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.33 --- Michael K. G. Whateley, Zafer Gencer, and Ertem Tuncali: Amelioration of high organic sulphur coal for combustion in domestic stoves / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:371-377, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.34 --- M. Stanojević, G. Jankes, M. Kuburović, M. Stanojević, and P. Blagojević: The use of pulverized lignite/natural gas mixed fuels in the high-temperature process of a cement rotary kiln / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:379-383, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.35 --- Douchko Douchanov and Venecia Minkova: The possibility of underground gasification of Bulgarian Dobrudja’s coal / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:385-390, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.36 --- E. L. Boardman and J. H. Rippon: Coalbed methane migration in and around fault zones / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:391-408, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.37 --- V. Holub, M. Eliáš, P. Hrazdíra, and J. Franců: Geological research into gas sorbed in the coal seams of the Carboniferous in the Mšeno-Roudnice Basin, Czech Republic / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:409-423, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.38 --- Ireneusz Grzybek, Lidia Gawlik, Wojciech Suwała, and Ryszard Kuzak: Method for estimating methane emissions from Polish coal mining / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:425-434, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.39 --- G. Takla and Z. Vavrušák: Methane emission and its utilization from Ostrava-Karviná Collieries in the Upper Silesian coal basin, Czech Republic / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 125:435-440, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.125.01.40