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...
Published in: | Geological Magazine |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1908
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800132455 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0016756800132455 |
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. |
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