Distribution of thermogenic methane in Carboniferous coal seams of the Donets Basin (Ukraine): "Applications to exploitation of methane and forecast of mining hazards"

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-37

  Alsaab, D ^a   Elie, M ^a   Izart, A ^a   Sachsenhofer, R F ^b   Privalov, V A ^c   Suarez Ruiz, I ^d   Martinez, L ^a   Panova, E A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b Institut fur Geowissenschaften Leoben   (Austria)

^c DONETSK NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DEL CARBÓN   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Coal; Donets Basin; Forecast of outbursts; Methane; Storage; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; BASIN FORMATIONS; CARBONIFEROUS COALS; DONETS BASIN; FORECAST OF OUTBURSTS; METHANE CONTENTS; METHANE POTENTIALS; METHANE PRODUCTIONS; MIGRATION AND ACCUMULATIONS; MIGRATION PATHS; MIGRATION PATHWAYS; PRINCIPAL FACTORS; SHEAR BELTS; STORAGE; THERMOGENIC METHANES; UKRAINE;

ADSORPTION; BITUMINOUS COAL; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL INDUSTRY; COAL STORAGE; FORECASTING; METHANATION; MINERALS; RISK PERCEPTION;

METHANE;

ADSORPTION; CARBONIFEROUS; COAL SEAM; COALBED METHANE; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPLOITATION; FORECASTING METHOD; FORMATION MECHANISM; GAS PRODUCTION; GAS STORAGE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; MINING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

DONETS BASIN; EURASIA;

EID: 59849111656     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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