Using helicopter electromagnetic (HEM) surveys to identify potential hazards at coal-waste impoundments: Examples from West Virginia

Geophysics

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Hammack, Richard ^a   Kaminski, Vlad ^b   Harbert, William ^c   Veloski, Garret ^a   Lipinski, Brian ^d  

^a NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d Atlas Energy Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL; DATA HANDLING; EMBANKMENTS;

CONDUCTIVE BODIES; CONDUCTIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS; EMBANKMENT STABILITY; HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; RESISTIVE SURFACES; RESISTIVITY PROFILE; RESISTIVITY SURVEYS;

MINE SURVEYS;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; COAL; DATA INTERPRETATION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; EMBANKMENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IMPOUNDMENT; MINE WASTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLURRY; UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION;

UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 84857481470     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.3505764     Document Type: Article

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