Coal and Peat Fires: A Global Perspective

Volume 4: Peat - Geology, Combustion, and Case Studies
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-0-444-59510-2
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 174 Seiten, Format (B × H): 211 mm x 297 mm, Gewicht: 794 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stracher, Glenn B

Prakash, Anupma

Rein, Guillermo

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläontologie, Taphonomie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geochemie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Bodenkunde, Sedimentologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Rein, Guillermo
Dr. Guillermo Rein is a Senior Lecturer of Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Fire Technology. He earned an MSc and PhD from University of California at Berkeley and has held academic positions at University of Edinburgh and Imperial College London. His research focuses on fire behavior and combustion of solid fuels, fire dynamics and how engineers design safer buildings and tunnels, and mitigating the accidental burning of ancient carbon deposits.

He has received several international awards, including the Hinshelwood Prize and the FM Global Award. Most recently, he is the recipient of the Early Career Award by the International Association of Wildland Fire (2016). He has contributed to many book chapters and journal papers and maintains a blog, Fortune Favours the Bold, where he writes occasionally in a more informal tone on engineering and fire science.

Prakash, Anupma
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.