Assessment of the contribution of in-situ combustion of coal to greenhouse gas emission; based on a comparison of Chinese mining information to previous remote sensing estimates

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 108-119

  van Dijk, Paul ^a   Zhang, Jianzhong ^b,d   Jun, Wang ^a,e   Kuenzer, Claudia ^b   Wolf, Karl Heinz ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^e Ningxia Coalfield Fire fighting Project Management Department   (China)

Author keywords

CO2; Coal fires; Emission; Estimation; Greenhouse; Remote sensing; Spontaneous combustion

Indexed keywords

CO2; COAL FIRES; CONSTRAINED ESTIMATION; EMISSION; GEOPHYSICAL DATA; GHG EMISSION; HUMAN INTERVENTION; HYDROCARBON SEEPAGE; IN-SITU; JOINT ANALYSIS; MINING ACTIVITIES; REDUCTION STRATEGY; REMOTE SENSING DATA; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES;

COAL; COAL COMBUSTION; COAL DEPOSITS; ESTIMATION; FIRES; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS HYDRATES; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; HYDROCARBONS; IN SITU COAL COMBUSTION; IN SITU COMBUSTION; REMOTE SENSING;

SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION;

COMBUSTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GIS; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROCARBON SEEP; MINING; REMOTE SENSING;

CHINA;

EID: 79952488728     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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