Spontaneous Combustion and Coal Petrology

Coal and Peat Fires: A Global Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 47-62

  Mastalerz, Maria ^a   Drobniak, Agnieszka ^a   Hower, James C ^b   O'Keefe, Jennifer M K ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52858-2.00003-7     Document Type: Chapter

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