Environmental characterization of burnt coal gangue banks at Yangquan, Shanxi Province, China

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-104

  Querol, X ^a   Izquierdo, M ^a   Monfort, E ^b   Alvarez, E ^c   Font, O ^a   Moreno, T ^a   Alastuey, A ^a   Zhuang, X ^d   Lu, W ^d   Wang, Y ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Coal; Gangue; Leaching; Shanxi; Spontaneous combustion; Waste

Indexed keywords

BURNT COAL GANGUE BANKS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; GAS VENTS; WEATHERED COAL GANGUE;

CARBONATE MINERALS; COAL MINES; CONDENSATION; KAOLINITE; LEACHING; SANDSTONE; SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION; SULFIDE MINERALS;

COAL;

COAL; COAL MINE; COMBUSTION; GANGUE; LEACHING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANXI;

EID: 46549085562     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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