Coal fires revisited: The Wuda coal field in the aftermath of extensive coal fire research and accelerating extinguishing activities

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 102, Issue , 2012, Pages 75-86

  Kuenzer, Claudia ^a   Zhang, Jianzhong ^b   Sun, Yulin ^c   Jia, Yaorong ^c   Dech, Stefan ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b Beijing ESKY Technology Ltd   (China)

^c NONE   (China)

Author keywords

China; Coal fires; Coal mining; Fire extinguishing; Quickbird data; Wuda

Indexed keywords

COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL MINES; FIRE EXTINGUISHERS; FIRES; REMOTE SENSING;

CHINA; COAL FIRES; COAL MINING; FIRE-EXTINGUISHING; QUICKBIRD DATUM; WUDA;

COAL INDUSTRY;

EID: 84866296511     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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