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CHAPTER 1
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Coal Formation and the Origin of Coal
Fires
CHAPTER CONTENTS
1.1 The Formation of Coal
Introduction
Geologic Distribution of
Coal Seams
Coal Swamps
Cyclothems
Coalification
Coal Composition
1.2 Origin of Coal Fires
Introduction
Incidence of Coal Fires
Ignition and Propagation
of Coal Fires
Control of Coal Fires
Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Important Terms
References
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Additional Reading
Evidence for an underground coal-mine fire in Renton, Pennsylvania includes this sink-
hole and the anomalous snow melt, smoke, and fumes. As pillars of coal that support the
roof of an underground mine burn, the roof collapses, forming a sinkhole visible at the
surface.
Photo: US Bureau of Mines, 1985.
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