Determining the Source of Longwall Gob Gas: Lower Kittanning Coalbed, Cambria County, PA

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Determining the Source of Longwall Gob Gas: Lower Kittanning Coalbed, Cambria County, PA

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01/01/1992

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Four coreholes were drilled at a longwall mine in the Lower Kittanning coalbed to obtain coal and rock samples from overlying strata to determine their gas content during the mining cycle. Test results indicate that 91% of the gas came from coalbeds.
Document Type:

Report
CIO:

NIOSH
Division:

NIOSH Mining
Location:

North America
NIOSHTIC Number:

nn:na
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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