Smoldering Combustion Phenomena and Coal Fires

Coal and Peat Fires: A Global Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 307-315

  Rein, Guillermo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 82855174924     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52858-2.00017-7     Document Type: Chapter

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