Patterns of coal-related geoheritage: A bibliographical survey

Abstract Geoheritage studies offer a novel perspective for the understanding of coal resources. The related scientific knowledge needs systematization. A major bibliographical database “Scopus” was employed to identify the principal sources of this knowledge published internationally. A total of 42 relevant publications (chiefly journal articles) were selected. It was established that this geoheritage was studied for more than two decades, but principally after 2010. About a third of the works w