Old Smokey coal fire, Floyd County, Kentucky: Estimates of gaseous emission rates

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 150-156

  O'Keefe, Jennifer M K ^a   Neace, Erika R ^a   Lemley, Edward W ^a   Hower, James C ^b   Henke, Kevin R ^b   Copley, Gregory ^b   Hatch, Rachel S ^b   Satterwhite, Anne B ^b   Blake, Donald R ^c  

^a MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abandoned mine lands; Benzene; Coal; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINE LANDS; COAL FIRES; EASTERN KENTUCKY; HAZARDOUS COMPOUNDS; KENTUCKY; PARTS PER BILLION; VENT EMISSIONS; VENT GAS; VOLATILE ORGANICS;

ABANDONED MINES; BENZENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FIRES; TOLUENE; VENTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

COAL;

ABANDONED LAND; ABANDONED MINE; BENZENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; COAL; HAZARD; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

FLOYD COUNTY [KENTUCKY]; KENTUCKY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960382272     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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