Looking back at the Centralia coal fire: A synopsis of its present status

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 99-106

  Nolter, Melissa A ^a   Vice, Daniel H ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Centralia; Coal bed fires; Coal fires; Pennsylvania

Indexed keywords

COAL BED; GARBAGE DUMPS;

COAL MINES; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE HAZARDS; FIRE PROTECTION; PUBLIC POLICY;

MINE FIRES;

COAL; COMBUSTION; FIRE;

CENTRALIA; NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3042597463     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2003.12.008     Document Type: Article

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