Evaluation of coal bed methane potential of coal seams of Sawang Colliery, Jharkhand, India

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-132

  Pophare, Anil M ^a   Mendhe, Vinod A ^b   Varade, A ^a  

^a RTM NAGPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Central Mining and Fuel Research Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Adsorption isotherm; CBM; Jharkhand; Sawang Colliery

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; COAL SEAM; COALBED METHANE; ISOTHERM; P-T CONDITIONS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; JHARKHAND; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 43149110862     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 02534126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-008-0003-4     Document Type: Article

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