Gas emissions, minerals, and tars associated with three coal fires, Powder River Basin, USA

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 420, Issue , 2012, Pages 146-159

  Engle, Mark A ^a,b   Radke, Lawrence F ^c,d   Heffern, Edward L ^e   O'Keefe, Jennifer M K ^f   Hower, James C ^g   Smeltzer, Charles D ^h   Hower, Judith M ⁱ   Olea, Ricardo A ^a   Eatwell, Robert J ^d   Blake, Donald R ^j   Emsbo Mattingly, Stephen D ^k   Stout, Scott A ^k   Queen, Gerald ^e   Aggen, Kerry L ^e   Kolker, Allan ^a   Prakash, Anupma ^l   Henke, Kevin R ^g   Stracher, Glenn B ^m   Schroeder, Paul A ⁿ   Román Colón, Yomayra ^a   ter Schure, Arnout ^o   more..

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Airborne Research Consultants   (United States)

^e BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^f MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^h GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ Geomed Associates   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k NewFields Environmental Forensics   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^m EAST GEORGIA COLLEGE   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^o ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Coal fires; Emissions; Greenhouse gas; Mercury; Remote sensing; Spontaneous combustion

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEYS; COAL FIRES; ELEMENTAL MERCURY; GAS SAMPLES; GROUND BASED; NATURAL OUTCROPS; POWDER RIVER BASIN; SUBBITUMINOUS COAL; WYOMING;

ABANDONED MINES; BENZENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COAL; COAL MINES; COAL TAR; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; MERCURY (METAL); METHANE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; REMOTE SENSING; SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION; SURVEYS; VENTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

FIRES;

BENZENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COAL; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MERCURY; METHANE; MINERAL; TAR; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ABANDONED MINE; AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COAL; EMISSION INVENTORY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHANE; REMOTE SENSING; TAR; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FIRE; GAS EMISSION; MINERAL EMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAR EMISSION; UNITED STATES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FIRES; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MERCURY; METHANE; WYOMING;

SHERIDAN COUNTY [WYOMING]; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 84857647389     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.01.037     Document Type: Article

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