The location of abandoned mine workings using thermal techniques

Engineering Geology

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 39-52

  Donnelly, Laurance J ^a,b   McCann, David M ^b,c  

^a IMC Consulting Engineers Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b Brit Geol Surv Keyworth N   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coal; Geohazard; Minegas; Mining; Shafts; Thermal techniques

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; INFRARED IMAGING; MINE SHAFTS; OXIDATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; THERMOMETERS;

DIGITAL THERMOMETER; INFRARED THERMAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MINE GAS; PRECISION RADIATION THERMOMETER;

ABANDONED MINES;

ABANDONED MINE; COAL MINE; DETECTION METHOD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; REMOTE SENSING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 0034089619     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(99)00146-5     Document Type: Article

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