VIII.—Burning Cliffs of the Banks of the Mackenzie River, etc

As bearing upon the phenomenon of the spontaneous combustion of bituminous beds of coaly or carbonaceous matter of any geological age (charged with pyrites) in sitû , the account given by Sir John Richardson, C.B., F.R.S., in his “Arctic Searching Expedition; a Journal of a Boat-voyage through Ruper...

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Published in:Geological Magazine
Main Author: H. W.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1908
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800132455
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Summary:As bearing upon the phenomenon of the spontaneous combustion of bituminous beds of coaly or carbonaceous matter of any geological age (charged with pyrites) in sitû , the account given by Sir John Richardson, C.B., F.R.S., in his “Arctic Searching Expedition; a Journal of a Boat-voyage through Rupert's Land and the Arctic Sea,” 1851, vol. i, may not be without interest in this connection.