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Shifeng Dai is affiliated with the China University of Mining and Technology in China. Their work primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering with significant contributions to subfields such as Geochemistry and Petrology, Ocean Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Geophysics, and Pollution.

The scientist's research focuses on several main topics including Coal and Its By-products, Coal Properties and Utilization, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Heavy metals in environment, and Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production.

Shifeng Dai has published extensively in numerous scientific journals. They have notably contributed to the International Journal of Coal Geology with 16 publications, Ore Geology Reviews with 7, Chemical Geology and SSRN Electronic Journal each with 5 publications, and Environmental Science & Technology with 4 publications.

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Recognition of peat depositional environments in coal: A review (2020), International Journal of Coal Geology
  • Modes of occurrence of elements in coal: A critical evaluation (2021), Earth-Science Reviews

Frequent collaborators of Shifeng Dai are Ian T. Graham with 39 coauthored works, James C. Hower with 38, David French with 37, Lei Zhao with 26, and Victor P. Nechaev with 26 coauthored publications.

Best Publications

  • Geochemistry of trace elements in Chinese coals: A review of abundances, genetic types, impacts on human health, and industrial utilization

    Shifeng Dai;Deyi Y. Ren;Chen-Lin Chou;Robert B. Finkelman

  • Coal deposits as potential alternative sources for lanthanides and yttrium

    Vladimir V. Seredin;Shifeng Dai

  • Coal as a promising source of critical elements: Progress and future prospects

    Shifeng Dai;Robert B. Finkelman

  • A review of anomalous rare earth elements and yttrium in coal

    Shifeng Dai;Ian T. Graham;Colin R. Ward

  • Mineralogy and geochemistry of boehmite-rich coals: New insights from the Haerwusu Surface Mine, Jungar Coalfield, Inner Mongolia, China

    Shifeng Dai;Dan Li;Chen-Lin Chou;Lei Zhao

  • Mineralogy and geochemistry of the No. 6 Coal (pennsylvanian) in the Junger Coalfield, Ordos Basin, China

    Shifeng Dai;Deyi Ren;Chen-Lin Chou;Shengsheng Li

  • Enrichment of U–Se–Mo–Re–V in coals preserved within marine carbonate successions: geochemical and mineralogical data from the Late Permian Guiding Coalfield, Guizhou, China

    Shifeng Dai;Vladimir V. Seredin;Colin R. Ward;James C. Hower

  • Mineralogical and geochemical compositions of the coal in the Guanbanwusu Mine, Inner Mongolia, China: Further evidence for the existence of an Al (Ga and REE) ore deposit in the Jungar Coalfield

    Shifeng Dai;Yaofa Jiang;Colin R. Ward;Landing Gu

  • Abundances and distribution of minerals and elements in high-alumina coal fly ash from the Jungar Power Plant, Inner Mongolia, China

    Shifeng Dai;Lei Zhao;Suping Peng;Chen-Lin Chou

  • The importance of minerals in coal as the hosts of chemical elements: A review

    Robert B. Finkelman;Robert B. Finkelman;Shifeng Dai;David French

  • Coal deposits as promising sources of rare metals for alternative power and energy-efficient technologies

    Vladimir V. Seredin;Shifeng Dai;Yuzhuang Sun;Igor Yu. Chekryzhov

  • Recognition of peat depositional environments in coal: A review

    Shifeng Dai;Achim Bechtel;Cortland F. Eble;Romeo M. Flores

  • On the fundamental difference between coal rank and coal type

    Jennifer M.K. O'Keefe;Achim Bechtel;Kimon Christanis;Shifeng Dai

  • Mineralogical and geochemical compositions of the Pennsylvanian coal in the Adaohai Mine, Daqingshan Coalfield, Inner Mongolia, China: Modes of occurrence and origin of diaspore, gorceixite, and ammonian illite

    Shifeng Dai;Jianhua Zou;Yaofa Jiang;Colin R. Ward

  • Petrology, mineralogy, and geochemistry of the Ge-rich coal from the Wulantuga Ge ore deposit, Inner Mongolia, China: New data and genetic implications

    Shifeng Dai;Xibo Wang;Vladimir V. Seredin;James C. Hower

  • Chemical and mineralogical compositions of silicic, mafic, and alkali tonsteins in the late Permian coals from the Songzao Coalfield, Chongqing, Southwest China

    Shifeng Dai;Xibo Wang;Yiping Zhou;James C. Hower

  • Concentration and distribution of elements in Late Permian coals from western Guizhou Province, China

    Shifeng Dai;Shifeng Dai;Deyi Ren;Yuegang Tang;Mei Yue

  • Mineralogical and geochemical anomalies of late Permian coals from the Fusui Coalfield, Guangxi Province, southern China: Influences of terrigenous materials and hydrothermal fluids

    Shifeng Dai;Weiguo Zhang;Weiguo Zhang;Colin R. Ward;Vladimir V. Seredin

  • Modes of occurrence of elements in coal: A critical evaluation

    Shifeng Dai;Robert B. Finkelman;Robert B. Finkelman;David French;James C. Hower

  • Mineralogy and geochemistry of a superhigh-organic-sulfur coal, Yanshan Coalfield, Yunnan, China: Evidence for a volcanic ash component and influence by submarine exhalation

    Shifeng Dai;Deyi Ren;Yiping Zhou;Chen-Lin Chou

  • Enrichment of U-Re-V-Cr-Se and rare earth elements in the Late Permian coals of the Moxinpo Coalfield, Chongqing, China: Genetic implications from geochemical and mineralogical data

    Shifeng Dai;Panpan Xie;Shaohui Jia;Colin R. Ward

Frequent Co-Authors

James C. Hower
James C. Hower University of Kentucky
Colin R. Ward
Colin R. Ward University of New South Wales
Ian T. Graham
Ian T. Graham University of New South Wales
Deyi Ren
Deyi Ren China University of Mining and Technology
Robert B. Finkelman
Robert B. Finkelman The University of Texas at Dallas
Baruch Spiro
Baruch Spiro Natural History Museum
Longyi Shao
Longyi Shao China University of Mining and Technology
Luis F.O. Silva
Luis F.O. Silva University of Lima
Maria Mastalerz
Maria Mastalerz Indiana University
Achim Bechtel
Achim Bechtel University of Leoben

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