Risk assessment of underground coal fire development at regional scale

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-94

  Wu, Jian jun ^a   Liu, Xiao chen ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coal fire risk; Index system; Methodology; Regional scale; Underground coal fire; Xinjiang

Indexed keywords

COAL FIRES; INDEX SYSTEMS; METHODOLOGY; REGIONAL SCALE; UNDERGROUND COAL FIRE; XINJIANG;

COAL; COAL MINES; COAL RESEARCH; FIRES; MINES; MINING ENGINEERING; RATING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION;

COAL COMBUSTION;

BURNING; COAL SEAM; METHODOLOGY; MINING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

CHINA; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 79952489633     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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