Coal and Peat Fires: A Global Perspective

Volume 4: Peat - Geology, Combustion, and Case Studies
Herausgegeben:Stracher, Glenn B.; Prakash, Anupma; Rein, Guillermo

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Produktbeschreibung

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 last of four volumes in the collection, Peat--Geology, Combustion, and Case Studies, examines in detail peat fires chronicled in several countries. In addition, the geology of peat, peat megafires, infrared analysis of fires, and the mathematical modelling of fire hazards are presented. This essential reference includes a companion website with an interactive world map of coal and peat fires, collections of slide presentations, research data, additional chapters, and videos: booksite.elsevier.com/9780444595102.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science / Elsevier Science & Technology
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: C2010-0-68845-6
• Seitenzahl: 174
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 297mm x 211mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 698g
• ISBN-13: 9780444595102
• ISBN-10: 0444595104
• Artikelnr.: 43416814

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Volume 4: Peat -- Geology, Combustion, and Case Studies1. Introduction to Peat and Peat Fires--Guillermo Rein et al2. Peat: Its Origins, Characteristics, and Geological Transformations--Fredrick J. Rich3. Italian Peat and Coal Fires--Giovanni Martinelli, Stefano Cremonini, Eleonara Samonati, Glenn B. Stracher4. Peat Fires in Northeastern Mexico: Geochemistry, Chronology, and Paleo-reconstruction--Priyadarsi D. Roy, Axel Rivero-Navarrete, Norma Lucina Hernández-Juárez, José Luis Sánchez-Zavala, Gowrappan Muthu Sankar, Rufino Lozano-Santacruz 5. Modeling Peat-Fire Hazards: From Driving to Smoldering--Alexander Filkov, Valerie Leroy-Cancellieri, Dominique Cancellieri, Denis Gladky, Albert Simeoni6. Infrared Image Analysis as a Tool for Studying the Horizontal Smoldering Propagation of Laboratory Peat Fires--Nuria Prat-Guitart, Rory M. Hadden, Claire M. Belcher, Guillermo Rein, Jon M. Yearsley

Rezensionen

"This is one of the most comprehensive books ever published on the important topic of coal and peat fires.This major work has the following key features which make it very interesting for the target groups identified above: Integrates pioneering coal-fires research, with topical coverage of remote sensing, policy-making, and more; Contains hundreds of full-color, high-quality images, tables, figures, and diagrams, with many web and literature references, making it a single source for all researchers/managers; Serves as an essential guide to the socioeconomic and geo-environmental impacts of coal fires around the World. This book deserves a place in every university library as well as in the library of research institutes, and on the bookshelf of managers/decision makers concerned with global change and the environment." --International Journal of Digital Earth