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Temporal transition analysis of coal mine fire of Jharia coalfield India using Landsat satellite imageries

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Title Temporal transition analysis of coal mine fire of Jharia coalfield India using Landsat satellite imageries
 
Creator Pandey, Jitendra
Singh, V.K.
 
Subject Mine Fire
 
Description Coal is dominant energy source of world at large and India in particular for several decades and expected to being continued for foreseeable future. However, fire in this fossils fuel is still a global catastrophe for the major coal-producing countries. There are several direct and cascading distress of coal mine fire has been encountered by environment, economy, safety and society. Without knowledge of actual status and extent of coal mine fire, any scope for its better managements may be futile. In India, the coal mine fire of well-known Jharia coalfield (JCF) has been continued since last ten decades and still spreading towards newer areas. The aim of this paper is to highlight the chronological net lateral spatial changes in coal mine fire areas of JCF using Landsat satellite thermal imageries. The mapping of coal mine fire area of JCF during 1988–2013 has been carried out with consecutive 5-year intervals. The lateral changes in surface and subsurface fire areas along with propagation towards new area have been studied. The study also included to evaluate changes of status and extent fire during this time span and effect of its management efforts. On the basis of aforementioned analysis, the study concludes a slow reducing trend in coal mine fire area during last 25 years.
 
Publisher Springer
 
Date 2017-06
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
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Identifier http://cimfr.csircentral.net/1794/1/pandey.pdf
Pandey, Jitendra and Singh, V.K. (2017) Temporal transition analysis of coal mine fire of Jharia coalfield India using Landsat satellite imageries. Environmental Earth Science, 76 (12). p. 439. ISSN 1866-6280
 
Relation http://DOI 10.1007/s12665-017-6765-8
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