United States Bureau of Mines: Study and Control of Fires in Abandoned Mines and Waste Banks

Coal and Peat Fires: A Global Perspective

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 267-305

  Kim, Ann G ^a,b  

^a National Energy Technology Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

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EID: 85048336191     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52858-2.00016-5     Document Type: Chapter

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