Geological models of spontaneous combustion in the Wuda coalfield, Inner Mongolia, China

GSA Reviews in Engineering Geology

Volumn 18, Issue , 2007, Pages 23-30

  Cao, Daiyong ^a   Fan, Xinjie ^a   Guan, Haiyan ^b   Wu, Chacha ^a   Shi, Xiaolei ^a   Jia, Yuerong ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Beijing Remote Sensing Institute   (China)

^c Shenhua Group   (China)

Author keywords

Coal; Geological models; Spontaneous combustion; Wuda coalfield

Indexed keywords

COAL; COAL COMBUSTION; COAL DEPOSITS; GEOLOGIC MODELS;

CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; COAL FIELDS; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL MODELS; GEOLOGICAL MODELS; PROPAGATION MODELING; SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION OF COALS; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT;

SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION;

EID: 69749120641     PISSN: 00802018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.4118(03)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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