Browsing by Author "Kosebalaban, Ayhan"
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Lignite resources of Turkey: Geology reserves and exploration history
Authors:Ediger, Volkan S.; Berk, Istemi; Kosebalaban, Ayhan
Publisher and Date:(Elsevier Science, 2014)This article aims to emphasize the importance of lignite which is the mostly used domestic energy source in the Turkish energy mix by briefly overviewing its geology reserves and exploration. Lignites are distributed in mostly continental sedimentary basins of Tertiary age all over the country. The lignite-bearing basins display the characteristics of different geological settings of which grabens and half-grabens are the most common ones especially in western Anatolia. The geological and chemical ...