Coal and Peat Fires: A Global Perspective
Volume 2: Photographs and Multimedia Tours
- 1st Edition - November 7, 2012
- Latest edition
- Editors: Glenn B. Stracher, Anupma Prakash, Ellina V. Sokol
- Language: English
Coal and Peat Fires: A Global Perspective is a compelling collection of research conducted by scientists and engineers around the world. It presents the scientific and industria… Read more
Coal and Peat Fires: A Global Perspective is a compelling collection of research conducted by scientists and engineers around the world. It presents the scientific and industrial communities as well as the interested lay reader with studies about prehistoric as well as historic coal and peat fires and magnificent illustrations of such fires and related research from countries around the world—a totally new contribution to science. The second of four volumes in the collection, Photographs and Multimedia Tours features stunning photographs from around the world, including Australia, Canada, Northern China, India, Borneo, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Russia, the United States, and more. This essential reference also includes a companion website with a collection of slide presentations and videos about coal and peat fires.
- Authored by world-renowned experts in coal and peat fires
- Global in scope—countries from all of the world are represented
- Beautiful full-color illustrations and online materials including research data banks, an interactive online world map of coal and peat fires, multi-media presentations, and videos bring the contents to life
Mineralogists, petrologists, coal geologists, geophysicists, mining engineers, environmental and remote sensing scientists, and anyone involved in technical aspects of coal mining, coal fires, and combustion metamorphism.
Dedication
Preface to Volume 1
Preface to Volume 2
Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
Volume 2: Photographs and Multimedia Tours
Chapter 1. Bowen Basin and Hunter Valley, Australia
Bowen Basin and Hunter Valley, Australia
Introduction
Photo Tour
References and Additional Reading
WWW Addresses
Chapter 2. Fire Mountain and Mud Volcanoes of Azerbaijan
Fire Mountain and Mud Volcanoes
Introduction
Photo Tour
Yanar Dag (Fire Mountain)
Dashgil Mud Volcano
Lokbatan Mud Volcano
Koturdag
References and Additional Reading
WWW Addresses
Chapter 3. Spontaneous Combustion of Canadian Coals
Canadian Coal Fires
Introduction
Acknowledgments
Photo Tour
References and Additional Reading
WWW Addresses
Chapter 4. Wuda and Ruqigou Coalfield Firesof Northern China
Wuda and Ruqigou Coalfield Fires of Northern China
Introduction
Photo Tour
References and Additional Reading
WWW Addresses
Chapter 5. Clinker at El Cerrejón Coal Mine, Colombia: Characteristics and Potential Uses
Clinker at El Cerrejón Coal Mine, Colombia
Introduction
Photo Tour
References and Additional Reading
WWW Addresses
Chapter 6. Coal Fires and Coal-Waste Piles in the Czech Republic
Czech Republic Coal Fires and Waste Piles
Introduction
Photo Tour
References and Additional Reading
WWW Addresses
Chapter 7. Combustion at Dorset, Wessex Coast of Southern England
Burning on the Wessex Coast of England
Introduction
Photo Tour
References and Additional Reading
WWW Addresses
Chapter 8. Coal Fires of Northern and Massif Central, France
Coal Fires of France
Introduction
Photo Tour
References and Additional Reading
WWW Addresses
Chapter 9. The Burning Anna-I Coal Mine Dump, Germany
The Burning Anna-I Coal Dump
Introduction
The Anna-I Coal Mine Dump
Photo Tour
References and Additional Reading
WWW Addresses
Chapter 10. Coal Fires in the Jharia Coalfield, India
Jharia Coalfield Fires, India
Introduction
Photo Tour
References and Additional Reading
WWW Addresses
Chapter 11. Indonesian Coal Fires of East Kalimantan, Borneo
Indonesian Coal Fires
Introduction
Photo Tour
References and Additional Reading
WWW Addresses
Chapter 12. Combustion Metamorphic “Bifacial Stone Tool Workshop,” Har Parsa, Hatrurim Basin, Israel
Combustion Metamorphic Stone Tools, Hatrurim Basin, Israel
Introduction
Photo Tour
References and Additional Reading
WWW Addresses
Chapter 13. The Peat Fires of Italy
The Peat Fires of Italy
Introduction
Photo Tour
References and Additional Reading
WWW Addresses
Chapter 14. Mud Volcanism and Gas Combustion in the Yli Depression, Southeastern Kazakhstan
Mud Volcanism and Gas Combustion, Kazakhstan
Introduction
Photo Tour
References and Additional Reading
WWW Addresses
Chapter 15. Coal-Waste Dump Fires of Poland
Coal-Waste Dump Fires of Poland
Introduction
Photo Tour
References and Additional Reading
WWW Addresses
Chapter 16. The Douro Coalfield Fires of Portugal
The Douro Coalfield Fires of Portugal
Introduction
Photo Tour
References and Additional Reading
WWW Addresses
Chapter 17. Paleo-Coal Fires in the Western Dacic Basin, Romania
Paleo-Coal Fires of Romania
Introduction
Photo Tour
References and Additional Reading
WWW Addresses
Chapter 18. Ancient Coal Fires, Combustion Metamorphic Rocks, and Minerals from the Kuznetsk Coal Basin
Coal Fires of the Kuznetsk Basin
Introduction
Photo Tour
References and Additional Reading
WWW Addresses
Chapter 19. The Peat Fires of Russia
The Peat Fires of Russia
Introduction
Photo Tour
References and Additional Reading
WWW Addresses
Chapter 20. Self-Sustained Smoldering Combustion of a Coal-Waste Heap in Central Scotland
A Smoldering-Waste Heap in Scotland
Introduction
Photo Tour
References and Additional Reading
WWW Addresses
Chapter 21. Witbank and Free State Coalfield Fires of South Africa
Coalfield Fires of South Africa
Introduction
Photo Tour
Witbank Coalfield
Free State Coalfield
References and Additional Reading
WWW Addresses
Chapter 22. Las Tablas de Daimiel National Park and Guadiana River Peat Fires of Spain
The Peat Fires of Spain
Introduction
Photo Tour
References and Additional Reading
WWW Addresses
Chapter 23. Coal Fires of the United States
United States Coal Fires
Introduction
Photo Tour
References and Additional Reading
WWW Addresses
Chapter 24. La Cuesta, Lobatera, and Paso Diablo Coal Fires of Venezuela
Coal Fires of Venezuela
Introduction
Photo Tour
References and Additional Reading
WWW Addresses
Author Index
Subject Index
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: November 7, 2012
- Language: English
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Glenn B. Stracher
Dr. Glenn B. Stracher is Professor Emeritus of Geology and Physics at East Georgia State College, University System of Georgia, Swainsboro, Georgia, USA. After receiving his M.S. in Geology and a Ph.D. in Geology and Engineering Mechanics from the University of Nebraska, he served as a Lady Davis Scholar at the Institute of Earth Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. He was also nominated by the United Nations as a Fulbright Scholar while in graduate school before completing his postdoctoral work in Israel. Dr. Stracher is the former chair of the Geological Society of America’s Coal Geology Division and served on the society’s External Awards Committee. He is the co-author of three chemical thermodynamics books, published in English and Japanese and taught graduate level courses in this subject at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. In 2010, he was named a University System of Georgia “Shining Star,” by the state’s Board of Regents, for excellence in research and teaching. In 2015, he was named a Geological Society of America Fellow for his contributions to coal-fires science.
Trained as a structural geologist, mineralogist, and metamorphic petrologist, the main focus of his research since 1995; and for which he is internationally known, is coal fires burning around the world. In addition to numerous peer-reviewed publications about coal fires, he has convened coal-fires symposia with the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Geological Society of America (GSA), and led four GSA National coal-fires field trips. Dr. Stracher is the editor of the Geological Society of America book, Geology of Coal Fires: Case Studies from Around the World. He also edited the International Journal of Coal Geology special publication, Coal Fires Burning Around the World: A Global Catastrophe.
His latest project is a four-volume book published by Elsevier and entitled Coal and Peat Fires: A Global Perspective http://www.elsevierdirect.com/brochures/coalpeatfires/index.html
The China University of Mining and Technology in Xuzhou, Jiangsu, has invited him to teach short courses about coal and peat fires using this four-volume book. He has also received an invitation to visit and do research at Tianjin University in China.
Dr. Stracher appears in two National Geographic Channel (NGC) movies about coal-fires: Wild Fires, part of a seven part NGC series entitled Built for Destruction, and the more recent movie, Underground Inferno, that has won several international film-festival awards. Currently, he is working with historian Timo Hauge at the German Mining Museum in Bochum, Germany, on a permanent display about mine fires. The display in the 37,000 square foot museum will open in 2018 and feature much of Dr. Stracher’s work, as well as photos taken by Glenn and Janet Stracher during their numerous field expeditions. The German Mining Museum is the most famous mining museum in the world. The web address of the museum is: http://www.bergbaumuseum.de/index.php/en.
Dr. Glenn B. Stracher and his wife, Janet, were recently the guests of four universities in China, where Dr. Stracher gave six presentations. In addition to the 2,000 page, four-volume book Dr. Stracher published with Elsevier, entitled Coal and Peat Fires: A Global Perspective, he recently signed a contract with the company to publish a fifth volume entitled Coal and Peat Fires: New Global Perspectives. The latest work is scheduled for publication late in 2017 or 2018. The fifth volume will include contributions from engineers and scientists in China. The Strachers have been invited to return to China at a later date, where Dr. Stracher would serve as a visiting professor at the China University of Mining and Technology and the Xi’an University of Science and Technology.
Affiliations and expertise
East Georgia State College, Swainsboro, GA, USAAP
Anupma Prakash
Anupma Prakash is Professor of Geophysics (Remote Sensing) at the Department of Geosciences and the Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA. After receiving her M.Sc. degree in Geology from Lucknow University, India, and a Ph.D. in Earth Sciences from the Indian Institute of Technology – Roorkee, India, she moved to the Netherlands to work for the International Institute of Geo-information Surveys and Earth Sciences (ITC), Enschede, The Netherlands. She is internationally recognized for her research on the use of remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) techniques for investigating surface and underground coal mine fires. Her coal fire research involves fire detection, mapping, monitoring, depth estimation, characterization and quantitative estimation of environmental impacts.
Affiliations and expertise
Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, USAES
Ellina V. Sokol
Ellina Sokol is a distinguished research scientist at the Institute of Geology and Mineralogy of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Novosibirsk, Siberia.
Affiliations and expertise
Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, RussiaRead Coal and Peat Fires: A Global Perspective on ScienceDirect