General References on Organic Petrology and Geochemistry

Selected References - revised November, 2009

   These bibliographic references have been compiled as a TSOP project, and organic petrologists have found the references to be useful in their work. They should be available at university or geological research center libraries. They are not available from TSOP, except for those listed on our Publications page, or as part of the TSOP Newsletter.

Alpern, B., and M.J. Lemos de Sousa, 2002, Documented international enquiry on solid sedimentary fossil fuels; coal: definitions, classifications, reserves-resources, and energy potential: International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 50, p. 3-41.

Bustin, R.M., A.R. Cameron, D.A. Grieve, and W.D. Kalkreuth, 1985, Coal petrology, its principles, methods, and applications: Geological Association of Canada, Short Course Notes, v. 3, Second revised edition, 230 p.

Diessel, C.F.K., 1992, Coal-bearing depositional systems: Berlin, Springer-Verlag, 721 p.

Engel, M.H., and S. Macko, 1993, Organic geochemistry; principles and applications: New York, Plenum Press, 861 p.

Hunt, J.M., 1996, Petroleum geochemistry and geology, 2nd ed.: New York, W.H. Freeman and Company, 743 p.

Killops, S.D., and V.J. Killops, 1993, An introduction to organic geochemistry: Longman Scientific and Technical, 265 p.

Papp, A.R., J.C. Hower, and D.C. Peters, 1998, Atlas of coal geology: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Studies in Geology 45, CD-ROM.

Peters, K.E., and J.M. Moldowan, 1993, The biomarker guide: interpreting molecular fossils in petroleum and ancient sediments: Englewood Cliffs, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 360 p.

Potter, J., L.D. Stasiuk, and A.R. Cameron, 1998, A petrographic atlas of Canadian coal macerals and dispersed organic matter: Canadian Society for Coal Science and Organic Petrology, 105 p.

Robert, P., 1988, Organic metamorphism and geothermal history: Boston, Elf-Aquitaine and D. Reidel Publishing Company, 311 p.

Scott, A.C., ed., 1987, Coal and coal-bearing strata: recent advances: Boston, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Geological Society Special Publication 32, 332 p.

Stach, E., M.-Th. Mackowsky, M. Teichmuller, G.H. Taylor, D. Chandra, and R. Teichmuller, 1982, Stach’s textbook of coal petrology, 3rd edn: Berlin & Stuttgart, Gebruder Borntraeger, 535 p.

Suárez-Ruiz, I., and J.C. Crelling, eds., 2008, Applied coal petrology: the role of petrology in coal utilization: New York, Academic Press, 388 p.

Taylor, G.H., M. Teichmuller, A. Davis, C.F.K. Diessel, R. Littke, and P. Robert, 1998, Organic petrology: Berlin & Stuttgart, Gebruder Borntraeger, 704 p.

Thomas, L., 1992, Handbook of practical coal geology: Chichester, John Wiley & Sons, 338 p.

Thomas, L., 2002, Coal geology: San Francisco, CA, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 384 p.

Tissot, B., and D.H. Welte, 1984, Petroleum formation and occurrence, 2nd ed.: New York, Springer-Verlag, 699 p.

Tyson, R.V., 1995, Sedimentary organic matter; organic facies and palynofacies: New York, Chapman & Hall, 615 p.

Ward, C.R., ed., 1984, Coal geology and coal technology: Boston, Blackwell Scientific Publications, 345 p.

Yang, Y., R. Zou, Z. Shi, and R. Jiang, eds., 1996, Atlas for coal petrography of China: Beijing, China University of Mining and Technology Press, 323 p.