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VOLUME 24 NO. 1-4 SPECIAL ISSUE ADVANCES IN ORGANIC PETROLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY F. GOODARZI AND R.M. BUSTIN (EDITORS) Contents Introduction Alexander Rankin Cameron, renowned Canadian coal petrologist P.A. Hacquebard Petrology and facies studies of the Carboniferous coals at Mabou Mines and Inverness in comparison with those of the Port Hood, St. Rose and Sydney coalfields of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada P.A. Hacquebard The geology, petrology and geochemistry of coal seams from the St. Rose and Chimney Corner coalfields, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada A.P. Beaton, W. Kalkreuth and D. MacNeil The geology, petrography and palynology of Tertiary coals from the Eureka Sound Group at Strathcona Fiord and Bache Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada W.D. Kalkreuth, D.J. Mcintyre and R.J.H. Richardson The petrology and origin of coals from the Lower Carboniferous Mattson Formation, south- western District of Mackenzie, Canada J. Potter, B.C. Richards and A.R. Cameron Maturity studies and source-rock potential in the southern Sverdrup Basin, Arctic Canada T. Gentzis and F. Goodarzi Petrography and paragenesis of organic matter associated with the natural fission reactors at Oklo, Republic of Gabon: a preliminary report D.J. Mossman, B. Nagy, M.J. Rigali, F. Gauthier-Lafaye and P. Holliger Algal bloom episodes and the formation of bituminite and micrinite in hydrocarbon source rocks: evidence from the Devonian and Mississippian, northern Williston Basin, Canada L.D. Stasiuk Petrology of fibrous coal (fusain) and associated inertinites from the Early Paleocene of the central Alberta Plains T.D. Demchuk A petrographic examination of coal oxidation S.L. Bend and'D.M. Kosloski A microscopic study of the combustion residues of subbituminous and bituminous coals from Alberta, Canada T. Gentzis and A. Chambers Trace elements in coal samples from active mines in the Foreland Belt, British Columbia, Canada D.A. Grieve and F. Goodarzi Chalcophile elements in western Canadian coals F. Goodarzi and D.J. Swaine Application of geographic information systems to interpretation of coal geochemistry data E. Van der Flier-Keller and P. Bartier Lasers in organic petrology and organic geochemistry, Il. In-situ laser micropyrolysis—GCMS of coal macerals S.A. Stout Electron microprobe and micro-FTIR analyses applied to maceral chemistry M. Mastalerz and R. Marc Bustin The effect of experimental deformation on the graphitization of Pennsylvania anthracite K.R. Wilks, M. Mastalerz, J.V. Ross and R.M. Bustin