SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION OF COALS AND COAL-SHALES

Spontaneous combustion of coals and coal-shales

Spontaneous combustion of coal is a well-known phenomena around the globe.Apart from the coal itself, burning coal-shales is becoming a problem in the South African coal mines.Serious incidents Drinking Bottles of spontaneous combustion have been reported as a result of self-heating of reactive coal-shales.The intrinsic properties and spontaneous c

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The Disappearing Lake: A Historical Analysis of Drought and the Salton Sea in the Context of the GeoHealth Framework

Abstract The Imperial Valley region of Southeastern California has become one of the most productive agricultural regions in the state and has the highest rates of childhood asthma in California.Lack of precipitation in the Imperial Valley has caused the water level of the Salton Sea to recede to a record low since its formation in the early 1900s.

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