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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0120-3630</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Boletín de Ciencias de la Tierra]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Bol. cienc. tierra]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0120-3630</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional de Colombia]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0120-36302019000100034</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15446/rbct.n45.76114</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Los Cuervos formation&#8217;s proximate analysis and coal&#8217;s organic petrography in the Chucarima sector (Chitagá, Norte de Santander), Colombia]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Análisis próximos y petrografía orgánica del carbón de la formación Los Cuervos en el sector de Chucarima (Chitagá, Norte de Santander) Colombia]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Paredes-C.]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jairo Alonso]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Romero-R.]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luís Miguel]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bedout-O.]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Julián David De]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bernal-R.]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos Mauricio]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Pamplona  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Villa del Rosario ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Industrial de Santander Escuela de Geología ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bucaramanga ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<numero>45</numero>
<fpage>34</fpage>
<lpage>40</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0120-36302019000100034&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0120-36302019000100034&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0120-36302019000100034&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen En este estudio se analizaron los macerales y análisis próximos de los carbones de la formación Cuervos perteneciente a la mina La Lomita ubicada en la vereda de San Luís de Chucarima del Municipio de Chitagá (Norte de Santander), la cual está localizada en la cuenca del Catatumbo. Inicialmente, se analizaron las muestras para determinar su poder calorífico, contenido de humedad, cenizas, carbono fijo, azufre y propiedades coquizables. Dando como resultado una muy buena calidad del carbón principalmente por los bajos contenidos de azufre (0.59% en base seca según la normal ASTM D4239-14), con índice de hinchamiento libre de 5.0 secado al aire según la norma ASTM-720M15, lo que le da un fuerte carácter aglomerante haciéndolo un carbón coquizable. Además, a partir del análisis petrográfico, inicialmente se realizó un resumen de las nomenclaturas y características visuales de todos los macerales y después fue posible analizar las muestras obtenidas en el sector. En el cuál, se observó un predominio de la vitrinita haciendo este un carbón vítrico altamente compuesto por kerógeno tipo III presente en cuatro mantos de aproximadamente 30cm de espesor en la zona de estudio.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract In this study Los Cuervos formation&#8217;s coals&#8217; macerals and proximate analysis were analyzed, those belonging to La lomita mine located in the San Luis of Chucarima village of Chitaga&#8217;s Town (Norte de Santander) which is located in the Catatumbo basin. Initially, the samples were analyzed in order to determine their calorific value, moisture content, ash, fixed carbon, sulfur, coking properties. Giving as a result a very good quality of the coal, mainly due to the low sulfur content (0.59% in dry basis according to the ASTM D4239-14 standard), with free swelling index of 5.0 air drying according to ASTM-D720M15 standard), which gives it a strong binder character making it a caking coal. In addition, based on the petrographic analysis, initially a summary of the nomenclatures and visual characteristics of all macerals was performed, then it was possible to analyze the samples obtained in the sector. In which, a predominance of the vitrinite was observed, making this a vitric highly composed of type III kerogen present in four layers of approximately 30cm thick in the study area.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Los Cuervos formation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[macerals]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[La Lomita Mine]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[caking coal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[proximate analysis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[formación los Cuervos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[macerales]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Mina la Lomita]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[carbón coquizable]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[análisis próximos]]></kwd>
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