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In-Depth Information
Acknowledgments
T
he authors acknowledge the support and assistance provided by Wardell Armstrong LLP; Halcrow Group Ltd;
British Geological Survey; International Mining Consultants Ltd; Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de
Minas, Centro del Carbon, Medellin, Colombia; Universidad Popular del Cesar, Valledupar, Colombia; INGEO-
MINAS (the Colombian Geological Survey); Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Limited (CMPDIL),
India. Parts of this chapter have been reproduced with the kind permission of Taylor & Francis (Bell and Donnelly,
2006).
Important Terms
abandoned mine workings
pyrite content
burning debris cone
red shale
burning underground
residual deposits
cleats
self-heating
clinker
self-ignition
coal fire
shallow mines
colliery spoil heaps (spoil tips)
site investigation
crown holes
smoldering
exothermic reaction
subsurface cavities
fissures
spontaneous combustion
high wall
subsidence
hot spots
thermal imagery
ignite
volatile content
loss-on-ignition
water-gas
moisture content
pyrite content
noxious gas
red shale
oxidation of coal
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