Coal Exploration Geophysical Well Logging

"The handbook gives the essential theory and practice of geophysical logging as it applies to coal exploration and is not designed as a theoretical textbook."--Preface.

"The aim of this book is to provide students, trainees and engineers with a manual covering all wel-logging measurements ranging from drilling to production, from oil to minerals going by way of geothermal energy. Each chapter is necessarily a summary, especially in the field of conventional measurements which are effectively described by service companies and some authors, but each topic can be followed further by means of the bibliographic lists which give the best references in each field."--Preface

"This manual describes recommended procedures for carrying out borehole logging, concentrating on practical aspects of the operation of interest to those actually involved in day-to-day field work."--Introduction.

Naturally burning coal fires and those ignited by human activities receive little attention from the media compared to other environmental hazards, but their study is gaining ground. Here, the world's leading experts present their research findings covering topics such as the gases generated in underground coal fires, the origin of gas-vent minerals and land-cover changes due to coal fires.