Opencast coal mining in India: Assessing air pollutant emission rates

Environmental Quality Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-51

  Ghose, Mrinal K ^a  

^a INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COAL MINING; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MITIGATION; MONSOON; OPENCAST MINING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WIND DIRECTION;

ASIA; BIHAR; EURASIA; INDIA; JHARIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34848875151     PISSN: 10881913     EISSN: 15206483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tqem.20150     Document Type: Review

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