The South Cañon Number 1 Coal Mine fire: Glenwood Springs, Colorado

GSA Field Guides

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages 143-150

  Stracher, Glenn B ^a   Renner, Steven ^b   Colaizzi, Gary ^c   Taylor, Tammy P ^d  

^a EAST GEORGIA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Inactive Mines Program ^*  (United States)

^c Goodson and Associates Inc   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal fire gas; Coal fires; Coal pollution; Mineral condensates; South Ca on Number 1 Coal Mine

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL GAS; GAS CONDENSATES; INFILL DRILLING; MINE FIRES; POLLUTION;

COAL FIRES; CONDENSATION PRODUCT; CONTROL PROCEDURES; DRILLING DATA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; FIRE CONTAINMENT; MONITORING THE TEMPERATURES; SURFACE MANIFESTATIONS;

COAL MINES;

EID: 84902018255     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-0005-1.143     Document Type: Article

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