Coal and Peat Fires: A Global Perspective: Volume 1: Coal - Geology and Combustion
Editat de Glenn B. Stracher, Anupma Prakash, Ellina V. Sokolen Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 sep 2010
- Integrates pioneering coal-fires research, with topical coverage of remote sensing, policymaking, and more
- Contains hundreds of tables, graphs, and high quality color images with online links to videos and multimedia presentations
- Serves as an essential guide to the socio-economic and geo-environmental impacts of coal fires
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780444602077
ISBN-10: 0444602070
Pagini: 350
Ilustrații: Approx. 158 illustrations (158 in full color)
Dimensiuni: 210 x 279 mm
Greutate: 1.11 kg
Editura: ELSEVIER SCIENCE
ISBN-10: 0444602070
Pagini: 350
Ilustrații: Approx. 158 illustrations (158 in full color)
Dimensiuni: 210 x 279 mm
Greutate: 1.11 kg
Editura: ELSEVIER SCIENCE
Public țintă
Mineralogists, petrologists, coal geologists, geophysicists, mining engineers, environmental and remote sensing scientists, and anyone involved in technical aspects of coal mining, coal fires, and combustion metamorphismCuprins
Volume 1: Coal -- Geology and Combustion
1. Coal Formation and the Origin of Coal Fires (A.G. Kim).
2. Coal-Mining Techniques and Coal Fires (S.R. Michalski).
3. Spontaneous Combustion and Coal Petrology (M. Mastalerz, A. Drobniak, J.C. Hower, and J.M.K. O’Keefe).
4. Coal and Ancient Man: Cremation at the Tschudi Burn, Chan Chan, Northern Peru (W.E. Brooks, C. Galvez Mora, J.C. Jackson, J.P. McGeehin, and D.G. Hood).
5. Geotechnical and Environmental Problems: Coal and Spontaneous Combustion (L.J. Donnelly, and F.G. Bell).
6. The Effects of Global-Coal Fires (G.B. Stracher, and T.P. Taylor).
7. Environmental and Health Impacts of Coal Fires (R.B. Finkelman, and G.B. Stracher).
8. Coal-Fire Gas Chromatography (T.R. Blake, and S. Meinardi, and D.R. Blake).
9. Gas Vent Mineralization and Coal Combustion (G.B. Stracher).
10. Sample Identification and Imaging of Gas-Vent Mineral Assemblages (P.A. Schroeder, C. Fleisher, and G.B. Stracher).
11. Semivolatile Hydrocarbon Residues of Coal and Coal Tar (S.D. Emsbo-Mattingly, and S.A. Stout).
12. Magnetic Signatures of Rocks and Soils Affected by Burning Coal Seams (R.S. Sternberg).
13. Historical Use of Airborne Thermal Infrared Imaging for Detecting and Studying Coal Fires (D.H. Vice).
14. Remote Sensing of Coal Fires (A. Prakash, and R. Gens).
15. The Policy Setting for Coal Fires: Indicators for Government Action (K.M. McCurdy).
16. United States Bureau of Mines – Study and Control of Fires in Abandoned Mines and Waste Banks (A.G. Kim).
17. Smouldering-Combustion Phenomena and Coal Fires (G. Rein).
18. Burning and Suppression of Smouldering Coal Fires (R. Hadden, and G. Rein).
19. Modern-Foam-Injection Technology for Extinguishing Coal Fires (L. LaFosse, and M. Cummins)
1. Coal Formation and the Origin of Coal Fires (A.G. Kim).
2. Coal-Mining Techniques and Coal Fires (S.R. Michalski).
3. Spontaneous Combustion and Coal Petrology (M. Mastalerz, A. Drobniak, J.C. Hower, and J.M.K. O’Keefe).
4. Coal and Ancient Man: Cremation at the Tschudi Burn, Chan Chan, Northern Peru (W.E. Brooks, C. Galvez Mora, J.C. Jackson, J.P. McGeehin, and D.G. Hood).
5. Geotechnical and Environmental Problems: Coal and Spontaneous Combustion (L.J. Donnelly, and F.G. Bell).
6. The Effects of Global-Coal Fires (G.B. Stracher, and T.P. Taylor).
7. Environmental and Health Impacts of Coal Fires (R.B. Finkelman, and G.B. Stracher).
8. Coal-Fire Gas Chromatography (T.R. Blake, and S. Meinardi, and D.R. Blake).
9. Gas Vent Mineralization and Coal Combustion (G.B. Stracher).
10. Sample Identification and Imaging of Gas-Vent Mineral Assemblages (P.A. Schroeder, C. Fleisher, and G.B. Stracher).
11. Semivolatile Hydrocarbon Residues of Coal and Coal Tar (S.D. Emsbo-Mattingly, and S.A. Stout).
12. Magnetic Signatures of Rocks and Soils Affected by Burning Coal Seams (R.S. Sternberg).
13. Historical Use of Airborne Thermal Infrared Imaging for Detecting and Studying Coal Fires (D.H. Vice).
14. Remote Sensing of Coal Fires (A. Prakash, and R. Gens).
15. The Policy Setting for Coal Fires: Indicators for Government Action (K.M. McCurdy).
16. United States Bureau of Mines – Study and Control of Fires in Abandoned Mines and Waste Banks (A.G. Kim).
17. Smouldering-Combustion Phenomena and Coal Fires (G. Rein).
18. Burning and Suppression of Smouldering Coal Fires (R. Hadden, and G. Rein).
19. Modern-Foam-Injection Technology for Extinguishing Coal Fires (L. LaFosse, and M. Cummins)
Recenzii
"This is one of the most comprehensive books ever published on the important topic of coal and peat fires. ...This book deserves a place in every university library as well as in the library of research institutes, and on the bookshelf of managers/decision makers concerned with global change and the environment." --International Journal of Digital Earth
"This is one of the most comprehensive books ever published on the important topic of coal and peat fires.
This Volume 1 is aimed at both the research scientists and engineers, while remaining comprehensible to the general public interested in these catastrophic fires. This is achieved by the excellent use of hundreds of magnificent color photographs, tables, charts, multimedia presentations, and many active web links and an extensive bibliography." --International Journal of Digital Earth
"This is one of the most comprehensive books ever published on the important topic of coal and peat fires…This major work has the following key features which make it very interesting for the target groups identified above: Integrates pioneering coal-fires research, with topical coverage of remote sensing, policy-making, and more; Contains hundreds of full-color, high-quality images, tables, figures, and diagrams, with many web and literature references, making it a single source for all researchers/managers; Serves as an essential guide to the socioeconomic and geo-environmental impacts of coal fires around the World. This book deserves a place in every university library as well as in the library of research institutes, and on the bookshelf of managers/decision makers concerned with global change and the environment." --International Journal of Digital Earth
"This is one of the most comprehensive books ever published on the important topic of coal and peat fires.
This Volume 1 is aimed at both the research scientists and engineers, while remaining comprehensible to the general public interested in these catastrophic fires. This is achieved by the excellent use of hundreds of magnificent color photographs, tables, charts, multimedia presentations, and many active web links and an extensive bibliography." --International Journal of Digital Earth
"This is one of the most comprehensive books ever published on the important topic of coal and peat fires…This major work has the following key features which make it very interesting for the target groups identified above: Integrates pioneering coal-fires research, with topical coverage of remote sensing, policy-making, and more; Contains hundreds of full-color, high-quality images, tables, figures, and diagrams, with many web and literature references, making it a single source for all researchers/managers; Serves as an essential guide to the socioeconomic and geo-environmental impacts of coal fires around the World. This book deserves a place in every university library as well as in the library of research institutes, and on the bookshelf of managers/decision makers concerned with global change and the environment." --International Journal of Digital Earth