Coal and Peat Fires: A Global Perspective
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Coal and Peat Fires: A Global Perspective

Volume 3: Case Studies – Coal Fires

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eBook - ePub

Coal and Peat Fires: A Global Perspective

Volume 3: Case Studies – Coal Fires

About this book

Coal and Peat Fires: A Global Perspective, Volumes 1–4, presents a fascinating collection of research about prehistoric and historic coal and peat fires. Magnificent illustrations of fires and research findings from countries around the world are featured—a totally new contribution to science. This third of four volumes in the collection, Coal Fires – Case Studies, examines in detail specific coal fires chronicled in a number of locations around the world including Brazil, the Czech Republic, Germany, Malawi, Poland, Russia, Spain, Tajikistan, the United States, Venezuela, and others. - Authored by world-renowned experts in coal and peat fires - Global in scope—countries from around the world are represented - Includes beautiful color illustrations, lively presentations, important research data, and informative videos

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Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Captions for Front Cover Photos
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Preface to Volume 1
  8. Preface to Volume 2
  9. Preface to Volume 3
  10. Acknowledgments
  11. List of Contributors
  12. Volume 3
  13. Chapter 1. Spontaneous Combustion in Open-Cut Coal Mines: Australian Experience and Research
  14. Chapter 2. Nanominerals and Ultrafine Particles from Brazilian Coal Fires
  15. Chapter 3. Remote and In situ Mapping of Coal Fires: Case Studies from China and India
  16. Chapter 4. Coal Combustion and Mineralization in the Helan Shan Mountains of Northern China
  17. Chapter 5. Mineralogy of Burning-Coal Waste Piles in Collieries of the Czech Republic
  18. Chapter 6. Combustion Metamorphism in the Most Basin, Czech Republic
  19. Chapter 7. Mineralogy of the Burning Anna I Coal Mine Dump, Alsdorf, Germany
  20. Chapter 8. Geothermal Utilization of Smoldering Mining Dumps
  21. Chapter 9. Impact of Mining Activities on Land Use Land Cover in the Jharia Coalfield, India
  22. Chapter 10. Stone-Tool Workshops of the Hatrurim Basin, Israel: Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Rock Mechanics of Lithic Industrial Materials
  23. Chapter 11. Geophysical Studies of Pyrometamorphic and Hydrothermal Rocks of the Nabi Musa Mottled Zone, Vicinity of the Dead Sea Transform, Israel
  24. Chapter 12. Preliminary Assessment of the Coal Fires of Malawi
  25. Chapter 13. Fire Prevention in Coal Waste Dumps: Exemplified by the Rymer Cones, Upper Silesian Coal Basin, Poland
  26. Chapter 14. Thermal Transformations of Waste Rock at the Starzykowiec Coal Waste Dump, Poland
  27. Chapter 15. The Thermal History of Select Coal-Waste Dumps in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin, Poland
  28. Chapter 16. Coal Mining and Combustion in the Coal Waste Dumps of Poland
  29. Chapter 17. Mineral Transformations and Actinide Transport: Combustion Metamorphism in the Wojkowice Coal-Waste Dump, Upper Silesian Coal Basin, Poland
  30. Chapter 18. Mineralogy and Magnetic Parameters of Materials Resulting from the Mining and Consumption of Coal from the Douro Coalfield, Northwest Portugal
  31. Chapter 19. Ancient Coal Fires on the Southwestern Periphery of the Kuznetsk Basin, West Siberia, Russia: Geology and Geochronology
  32. Chapter 20. Ellestadite-Group Minerals in Combustion Metamorphic Rocks
  33. Chapter 21. Fayalite from Paralavas Associated with Natural Coal Fires: Combustion Metamorphic Complexes in the Kuznetsk Coal Basin, Russia
  34. Chapter 22. Mineralogy and Origin of Fayalite–Sekaninaite Paralava: Ravat Coal Fire, Central Tajikistan
  35. Chapter 23. The “Volcanoes” of Midwestern Venezuela
  36. Chapter 24. Coal-Fire Hazard Mapping in High-Latitude Coal Basins: A Case Study from Interior Alaska
  37. Chapter 25. Anthracite Coal-Mine Fires of Northeastern Pennsylvania
  38. Chapter 26. Historic Record of Coal Fires in the Richmond Basin, Virginia
  39. Chapter 27. Coal Fires of the Pacific Northwest, USA
  40. Chapter 28. Combustion Mineralogy and Petrology of Oil-Shale Slags in Lapanouse, Sévérac-le-Chùteau, Aveyron, France: Analogies with Hydrocarbon Fires
  41. Chapter 29. A Review of Coal-Fire Sampling Methods
  42. Additional Case Studies
  43. Author Index
  44. Subject Index