Coal and Peat Fires: A Global Perspective

Coal and Peat Fires: A Global Perspective, Volumes 1-4, presents a fascinating collection of research about prehistoric and historic coal and peat fires. Magnificent illustrations of fires and research findings from countries around the world are featured-a totally new contribution to science. This third of four volumes in the collection, Coal Fires - Case Studies, examines in detail specific coal fires chronicled in a number of locations around the world including Brazil, the Czech Republic, Germany, Malawi, Poland, Russia, Spain, Tajikistan, the United States, Venezuela, and others. Authored by world-renowned experts in coal and peat firesGlobal in scope-countries from around the world are representedIncludes beautiful color illustrations, lively presentations, important research data, and informative videos INDICE: Volume 3: Case Studies -- Coal Fires 1. Spontaneous Combustion in Open-Cut Coal Mines: Australian Experience and Research 2. Nanominerals and Ultrafine Particles from Brazilian Coal Fires 3. Remote and In Situ Mapping of Coal Fires: Case Studies from China and India 4. Coal Combustion and Mineralization in the Helen Shan Mountains of Northern China 5. Mineralogy of Burning-Coal Waste Piles in Collieries of the Czech Republic 6. Combustion Metamorphism in the Most Basin, Czech Republic 7. Mineralogy of the Burning Anna I Coal-Mine Dump, Alsdorf, Germany 8. Geothermal Utilization of Smoldering Mining Dumps 9. Impact of Mining Activites on Land Use Land Cover in the Jharia Coalfield, India 10. Stone-Tool Workshops of the Hatrurim Basin, Israel: Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Rock Mechanics of Lithic Industrial Materials 11. Geophysics of Pyrometamorphic and Hydrothermal Rocks of the Nabi Musa Mottled Zone, Vicinity of the Dead Sea Transform, Israel 12. Preliminary Assessment of the Coal Fires of Malawi 13. Fire Prevention in Coal-Waste Dumps: Exemplified by the Rymer Cones, Upper Silesian Coal Basin, Poland 14. Thermal Transformations of Waste Rock at the Starzykowiec Coal- Waste Dump, Poland 15. The Thermal History of Select Coal-Waste Dumps in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin, Poland 16. Coal Mining and Combustion in the Coal-Waste Dumps of Poland 17. Mineral Transformations and Actinide Transport: Combustion Metamorphism in the Wojkowice Coal-Waste Dump, Upper Silesian Coal Basin, Poland 18. Mineralogy and Magnetic Parameters of Materials Resulting from the Mining and Consumption of Coal from the Douro Coalfield, Northwest Portugal 19. Ancient Coal Fires on the Southwestern Periphery of the Kuznetsk Basin, West Siberia, Russia: Geology and Geochronology 20. Ellestadite-Group Minerals in Combustion Metamorphic Rocks 21. Fayalite from Paralavas Associated with Natural Coal Fires: Combustion Metamorphic Complexes in the Kuznetsk Coal Basin,Russia 22. Mineralogy and Origin of Fayalite-Sekaninaite Paralava: Ravat Coal Fire, Central Tajikistan 23. The Volcanoes of Midwestern Venezuela 24. Coal-Fire Hazard Mapping in High-Latitude Coal Basins: A Case Study from Interior Alaska 25. Anthracite Coal-Mine Fires of Northeastern Pennsylvania 26. Historic Record of Coal Fires in the Richmond Basin, Virginia 27. Coal Fires of the Pacific Northwet, USA 28. Combustion Mineralogy and Petrology of Oil-Shale Slags, Lapanouse, Sévérac-le-Château, Aveyron, France: Analogies with Hydrocarbon-Fires 29. A Review of Coal-Fire Sampling Methods

• ISBN: 978-0-444-63839-7
• Editorial: Elsevier Science
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Fecha Publicación: 30/06/2016
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés